SCRIPTURE ACCOUNT 



OF THB 



F^iTi /&m pi^eineE of enaiTiaii; 



CONSISTING OF AN 

EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF PERTINENT TEXTS OF SCRIPTURE, ILLUSTRATIVE O? 
THE VARIOUS ARTICLES OF REVEALED RELIGION : 

REDUCED INTO DISTINCT SECTIONS, • 

80 AS TO EMBRACE ALL THE BRANCHES OF EACH SUBJECT, THE MOTIVES TO THE BELIEF OR 

PRACTICE OF THE DOCTRINES TAUGHT, AND THE THREATENINGS, PROMISES, 

REWARDS, PUNISHMENTS, EXAMPLES, ETC. ANNEXED. 

ADDRESSED TO 

THE UNDERSTANDING, THE HOPES, AND THE FEARS OF CHRISTIANS. 

THE WHOLE FORMING 

A COMPLETE CONCORDANCE 



THE ARTICLES OF FAITH AND PRACTICE TAUGHT IN THE HOLY 
SCRIPTURES. 



BY HUGH GASTON, V. D. M. 

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NEW EDITION, CORRECTED AND REVISED, 

BY THE REV. JOHN HALL. 



PHILADELPHIA: 
B. F. JACKSON, 

1853. 



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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1841, by 

Hogan &. Thompson, 

In the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the Eastern District 

of Pennsylvania. 



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ADVERTISEMENT. 



Although the former Philadelphia editions of Gaston's Collections 
embraced very material corrections and revisions of the original work, 
yet experience has shown that it was still in want of a searching re- 
examination. In preparing to issue this new edition, the publishers 
provided for the most accurate revision ; and the result has been the 
correction of a multitude of errors in the references and citations, that 
have defaced all former impressions, both British and American. It is 
believed to be now as perfectly correct as the most minute care can 
make it ; and the publishers have great confidence, that the present 
edition of this important work will be received as the only standard one 
that has ever appeared ; and that its hitherto acknowledged usefulness 
will be greatly enhanced by the labours of the present editor. 



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PREFACE 



The sacred Scriptures, after the strictest researches of an en- 
lightened and inquiring age, are still allowed by the wise, judicious, 
and thinking part of mankind, who are acquainted with them, to be 
the only books in the world which truly and fully show the way 
of salvation to all those who take any serious thought about it. 
The Scriptures, from the solid principles of truth contained in them, 
have the strongest tendency to improve and perfect human nature in 
every branch of personal and social duty, and to make mankind 
wiser and better in every station and relation of life. This effect 
they have produced, and will still produce, wherever they are duly 
attended to. An attempt, if well executed, to promote the knowledge 
and practice of the truths they contain, must therefore be of real 
service to society ; and though the attempt should fail, the undertaker 
may, nevertheless, enjoy the pleasure of a heart ready and disposed 
to do good, while the candid part of mankind will, on account of the 
goodness of the design, make the most favourable allowances. 

With these views, the author of the following work offers it to the 
public ; confident that it will be found, upon perusal, as well as by 
the following account of it, to be entirely new, and different, at least 
in method, from any thing of the Kind hitherto published. 

Method. — In this work, the several articles of revealed religion 
are ranged under distinct heads, or Chapters. The subject of each 
chapter is only mentioned at the beginning of it ; and the Scripture 

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account of the subject is afterwards given at large, in a numerous 
collection of express and pertinent texts of Scripture, with which the 
chapter is filled up. Care is taken to insert every article of revealed 
religion, and every express and pertinent text upon each article, in 
order to make it full and complete. The several different words 
by which any article of religion is expressed in the Bible, are ex- 
hibited under distinct Sections ; and these sections are filled up with 
those texts in the Bible, where the word occurs upon that subject, 
and introduced mostly in the order in which they lie in the sacred 
boo^s : So this work, in some measure, answers the ends both of a 
Common-place Book, and Concordance, upon the various articles 
of religion. Thus, in chap. i. page 34, the eternity of God is 
expressed by the different words, eternal, everlasting, for ever, the 
first and the last, which make so many distinct sections. In like 
manner, every doctrine or duty of revealed religion is laid down first, 
and the motives to the belief or practice of them are made so many 
distinct sections in each chapter, and generally come under the heads 
of threatening, promises, rewards, punishments, examples, fyc. — 
In this respect the work differs from any book of the kind hitherto 
published. So much is transcribed of the places quoted, as expresses 
the principal part of the text, while at the same time it directs the 
reader to the places themselves, as they lie in the Bible, to be con- 
sulted at large upon the subject: more would have needlessly 
increased the size of the book, and not have left sufficient room for 
inserting every express and pertinent text upon each subject. 

Occasion and design of the work.— It might easily be made 
appear, that the reading of the Holy Scriptures, after a method 
which the nature of their composition seems to require, must be highly 
useful and proper, for our acquiring from the Scriptures themselves 
the true knowledge of every article of religion contained in 
them. 

Every one who is acquainted with the sacred Scriptures knows, 
that the complete account which they contain of any one article 



PREFACE. IX 

of religion, is never to be met with altogether in one place, without 
otter subjects intermixed with it ; but is to be collected from many 
diferent places of the Bible, where the sacred writers have touched 
upm it. 

h every one of the many different places of the Bible, where any 
one article of religion is touched upon, it is still placed in some 
useul light for instruction, so that none of these places are su- 
perfuous. All these places, taken together, do make up the com- 
plete Scripture account of the subject ; and contain all the light which 
the Spirit of revelation has afforded upon it, as needful for our 
instnction: whoever, therefore, will view any Scripture truth in 
all tint light afforded, must search the Scriptures for the different 
place j in which it is contained, or where the subject is mentioned. 
In thse places it will be found sufficiently explained, enforced by 
all its proper motives, applied to all its proper uses, and set in 
every advantageous light needful for being rightly understood, 
and poperly applied, even after extraordinary inspiration hath 
ceased. 

Our tessed Saviour, who best knew the most profitable method 
of our -eading the Scriptures, directed [John v. 39] to search 
them forthe knowledge of his character and offices, taught, not all 
in one, bt in different places of the Scriptures ; which being taken 
altogether fully and plainly described him to the world, and left 
unbelieve; inexcusable. Those have succeeded best in ascertaining 
the true sese of many portions of Scripture, and in answering objec- 
tions again, them, and setting several Scripture doctrines in a clear 
light, who bye first searched the Scriptures for the whole and complete 
account of te subject : hereby they were enabled to show that what 
was doubtfuby being briefly expressed in one place, was sufficiently 
enlarged upc and explained in others. Besides such explications 
of Scripture \uths as are to be found in the Scriptures themselves, 
none else ar^o be depended upon: for the sacred writers, being 
sufficiently quified for their work, did not leave it to be mended by 

inferior hands^ut left the Scriptures a finished performance, con 

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taming a system of religion from God, which, like all his other works, 
is good and perfect in its kind ; being full and complete in all its 
parts, plain and proper in its terms and expressions, and efficacious 
or sufficient to answer the ends for which it was written. If it nils, 
no other writing will prove effectual for reforming the world, and 
making mankind wise to salvation. 

Every hopeful method ought to be tried for assisting Chrisians 
to reap from the Holy Scriptures all the benefit they are suited to 
afford. The dividing of the books of the Bible into chapter? and 
verses, [though not first written in that form,] is of great ue for 
finding any particular place the reader is directed to consut. A 
work, pointing out to the reader the various places of the Bible ^here 
may be found the complete and full account which the sacred raters 
have given of every article of religion, it is presumed, might be of 
great use to many who have not leisure or proper helps f<r such 
a research ; and also to others, on many occasions, who would 
hereby be furnished with all the express and pertinent Sriptures 
before them, at once, upon any subject they had occasion to treat 
of, without the pains of collecting them. Such a work mighlikewise 
be of service to those who have not ability to purchase may books, 
and to others who have not leisure to read many upon jligion, or 
any other subject; as by it they would be assisted to nd in the 
Bible those places, that, taken together, do contain th< best, the 
fullest, and plainest, though brief account, that is to I expected, 
or anywhere to be found, of every article both of fail and prac- 
tice. A work that would answer this end, might h the means 
of occasioning proper places of the Bible to be consulte upon every 
article of religion, and of use for direction in every ci'umstance of 
life ; and well calculated for turning the attention ofreaders from 
books wherein error is often conveyed along with trut, to the great 
danger or hurt of their souls ; and thus engaging thei^ttention more 
to the Holy Scriptures, which are the most usefulmd improving 
writings for all Christians. And when it shall pl<se God to turn 
the attention of Christians chiefly to the Bible, ancto enable them 



PREFACE. XI 

to make a right use of it, it may be expected that the blessed Re- 
deemer's kingdom, of knowledge and righteousness, truth and holi- 
ness, peace and love, shall be more enlarged and strengthened in the 
earth. It was thus, at the first spreading of the gospel, and also at 
our happy Reformation, that heathens and Papists were turned from 
the worship of creatures to the worship of the one living and true 
God, through the one only Mediator, our Lord Jesus Christ ; and the 
security of the Protestant religion against Popery, and every other 
error, does, under God, depend on the knowledge and use Pro- 
testants make of their Bible. 

In hopes of answering, in some measure, some of the valuable 
ends above stated, the following work is composed, upon the fore- 
going plan or method mentioned. All possible care has been taken 
to render it satisfactory to the reader, by making it more full and 
complete than any thing of the kind hitherto published ; and by 
inserting the true Scripture account of the subjects mentioned, without 
regard to the private distinguishing opinions of any party or denomi- 
nation of Christians ; so that it is presumed it may be useful at least 
to some of every denomination ; and can be offensive or hurtful to 
none, who are not prejudiced against Scripture truth. 



CONTENTS. 



CHAP. I. 

Of the Being and Attributes of God. 
Beet. 

1 That there is a God, asserted, and proved 

by his works. 

2 The perfection of God. 

3 The unity of God. 

4 He is God and Lord alone. 

5 There is none else. 

6 There is none besides him. 

7 There is none with him. 

8 None before him. 

9 None like him. 

10 None to be compared unto him. 

1 1 No Ikeness of God among the creatures. 

12 He is the living God. 

13 The true God. 

14 God is a Spirit. 

15 invisible. 

16 unsearchable. 

17 eternal. 

18 everlasting. 

19 for ever. 

20 the First and the Last. 

21 immortal. 

22 incorruptible. 

23 blessed. 

24 unchangeable. 

25 present everywhere. 

26 God's greatness. 

27 God is exalted. 

28 God's excellency. 

29 God's majesty. 

30 God is glorious — He is the God of glory. 

31 He is glorious in favours spiritual and 

temporal. 

32 God's knowledge is perfect. 
30 It is underived. 



Sect. 

34 Extendeth to all things. 

35 Things which God only knoweth. 

36 Secret things which God will discover. 

37 God's knowledge of man and all his ways. 

38 God knoweth the hearts of all men. 

39 of the righteous, 

40 of the wicked. 

41 God knoweth his people. 

42 their religious principles 

and practice. 

43 God knoweth their works — Their wants, 

their sorrows, their afflictions, their 
wrongs from oppressors. 

44 God's knowledge of the wicked and their 

sins. 

45 God knoweth the proud. 

46 the impenitent. 

47 hypocritical professors. 

48 liars and uncharitable per- 



envious persons, 
wicked works, 
whoredom, natural and spi- 



ritual. 

52 He knoweth murderers. 

53 Sins of the wicked against God's know- 

ledge. 

54 The wisdom of God in general. 

55 God's wisdom in creation. 

56 In redemption by Jesus Christ. 

57 The wisdom of creatures, nothing in com- 

parison of God's wisdom. 

58 The power of God. 

59 Might ascribed to God. 

60 He is the Almighty God. 

61 God's strength. 

62 God's arm. 

63 The hand of God. 

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Sect. 

64 Finger of God. 

65 God called a Rock. 

66 Nothing hard to God. 

67 All things possible to God. 

68 He is able to do every thing. 

69 God's power in his wonderful doings. 

70 The prosperity and adversity of man in 

God's hand. 

71 God's power in the creation of heaven 

and earth. 

72 in the government of the 

heavens and the earth. 

73 Acts of God's power toward his church. 

74 God's power towards the righteous. 

75 — in spiritual blessings toward 



his people. 



76 



against the wicked. 



77 Sins of the wicked against the attribute 

of power. — Duties resulting from, or 
founded upon the doctrine of God's 
power. 

78 God's power manifested in the miracles 

recorded in the Old Testament, in- 
stanced under eleven different heads. 

79 The righteousness of God. 

80 In punishing the wicked. 

81 In men's reaping as they sow. 

82 In rewards to the righteous. 

83 Things of God declared to be right. — 

His judgments, statutes, precepts, tes- 
timonies, commands, words, ways. 

84 The justice of God. 

85 Injustice and iniquity denied of God. 

86 God's truth — Truth ascribed to him. 

87 Things of God called truth. 

88 Lying denied of God. 

89 The faithfulness of God. 

90 Things of God called faithful.— His 

commands, testimonies, word, counsels, 
Christ. — God is to be praised for his 
faithfulness. 

91 God's faithfulness in fulfilling his pro- 



in fulfilling his threat- 



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enings. 

93 God's purity. — God is pure. 

94 God's holiness. 

95 God's holiness otherwise expressed. 



Sect. 

96 God is the Holy One by way of emi 

nence. 

97 Things pertaining to God called holy. 

— His name, throne, heaven, place, 
hill, &c. &c. 

98 The goodness of God. 

99 The Lord doth good. 

100 The mercy of God. — He is merciful. 

101 Mercy promised. 

102 Persons to whom mercy is promised. — 

Those who obey, repent, fear, love, and 
trust in God. 

103 Mercy prayed for. 

104 Mercy acknowledged in various instances. 

105 Thanks for mercy. 

106 Mercy in the pardon of sin. 

107 Pardon and forgiveness prayed for. 

108 Compassion ascribed to God. — God ex- 

cited to compassion towards his people. 

109 Compassion to whom promised. 

110 Instances of God's compassion. 

111 Compassion ascribed to Christ. — In- 

stances. 

112 Pity ascribed to God. — He hath pity on 

his people. 

113 God will not pity the wicked. 

1 14 Long-suffering of God. 

115 Forbearance ascribed to God. 

116 Kindness ascribed to God, and promised 

and exercised toward his people. 

117 Kindness prayed for. 

118 Thanks for God's kindness. 

119 Grace of God. — He is gracious. 

120 God's throne is a throne of grace. 

121 God's Spirit is a Spirit of grace. 

122 Christ is gracious. 

123 The grace of God in the economy of 

man's salvation. In election. 

124 Our calling is of grace. 

125 Justification is of grace. 

126 Pardon of sin is through grace. 

127 Adoption through grace. 

128 Sanctification through grace. 

129 The Gospel is of grace given. 

130 Giving alms called grace. 

131 Ministerial abilities are of grace. 

132 Effects of the Gospel in a sanctified na 

ture and practice, called grace. 



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133 Faith through grace. 

134 Hope through grace. 

135 Prayer and praise through grace. 

136 Salvation is of grace. 

137 Grace prayed for. 

1 38 God's favour. 

139 denied to the wicked. 

140 God giveth the favour of men. 

141 He withholdeth the favour of men. 

142 God is bountiful. 

143 Men ought to be bountiful. 

144 God's blessing. — He blesseth his people. 

145 Persons pronounced blessed ; their graces 

and duties. 

146 God's blessing promised by way of cove- 

nant ; or covenant blessings. 

147 God's anger. 

148 threatened against the wicked. 

149 Wrath of God threatened against sinners. 

150 God is wrath. — Prayers deprecating his 

wrath. Promises. 

151 God's indignation against sinners. 

152 Fury ascribed to God. 

153 His vengeance. 

154 God abhorreth. 

155 loatheth — despiseth. 

156 hateth. 

157 The Lord is a terrible God. 

158 The dreadful God. 

159 God is jealous for his people. Promises. 

His jealousy in threats against sinners. 

160 Zeal ascribed to God. 

chap. n. 

Of Creation. 

1 God created all things. 

2 He created the heavens and the earth. 

3 Sun, moon, and stars. 

4 The sea. 

5 Summer and winter. 

6 North and south. 

7 Clouds, wind. 

8 Rain. 

9 Creatures in the sea. 

] Inferior creatures on the dry land. 
] I Grass, herbs and trees. 
1 2 Man created. His body. 



Sect. 

13 His soul. 

14 Man's spiritual state after his creation. 

15 Man's first disobedience or fall from his 

happy state. 

1 6 His first sin and its consequences referred to. 

17 Angels. Their number. 

18 Their names — Cherubim, &c. 

19 Their nature. — Superior to man. 

20 They excel in strength. 

21 Their employment for the good of God's 

people. 

22 Instances of the care and services of an- 

gels for God's people. 

23 Revelations of God's will, and directions, 

given by angels. 

24 Angels inflict God's judgments on the 

wicked. 

25 Their attendance on, and services to Christ 

on earth. 

26 They shall attend Christ at his coming to 

judgment. 

27 Their employment at the day of judgment. 

28 They are worshippers of God the Father. 

29 They worship Christ, and are subject to 

him. 

30 Devils are angels that sinned, and are re- 

served unto punishment 

31 What their sin is supposed to have been. 

32 Names given to them in scripture. 

33 They are enemies to all good, and pro- 

moters of sin and misery. 

34 Satan's enmity to Christ and his servants. 

35 Devils believe that there is a God. They 

knew Christ 

36 They knew Christ's servants. 

37 They know the sacred scriptures. 

38 Satan was overcome by Christ 

39 He is overcome by Christians through di- 

vine power communicated. 

40 Promises to them that overcome Satan. 

41 Duties exhorted to in opposition to Satan. 

CHAP. III. 

God's Government 

1 God is King, Ruler and Governor of the 
world ; having a throne, kingdom, do- 
minion, government 



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Sect. 

2 God is the Law-giver. 

3 He is the Judge of the earth. 

4 Counsels of God. — He hath his counsels. 

5 Purpose of God. 

6 God doth will. 

7 Determinations of God. 

8 Ordinations of God. — Things ordained of 

God. 

9 Decrees of God. — Things decreed. 

10 Things appointed of God. 

1 1 Predestination. Things predestinated. 

12 Election of the Jews. 

13 Election of Christians. 

14 Persons chosen or elected of God to fill 

offices in church and state. 

15 Calling. — God doth call; his people are 

called. 

16 Particular persons called to offices. — 

Priests, &c. 

17 Justification. — God justifieth. 

18 Men not justified by the works of the law. 

19 Men are justified freely, and by grace 

through Christ. 

20 Sanctification. — God sanctified the Jews. 

21 Jews were commanded to sanctify them- 

selves. 

22 God doth sanctify Christians. 

23 God sanctifieth Christians by his word and 

Spirit. 

24 Justification and sanctification otherwise 

expressed. — God doth wash, &c. 

25 God doth cleanse. — Duty to cleanse our- 

selves. Promises to the cleansed. 

26 God doth purge. — Duty. I 

27 God purifieth.— Duty. 

28 God doth refine. 

29 The Lord is a God unto his people ; he is 

with them and among them. 

30 God forsaketh not his people. 

31 Prayers that God would not forsake his 

people. 

32 God forsaketh the wicked. 

33 God doth not cast off nor reject his 

people. 

34 Prayers against being cast off. 

35 God casteth off and rejecteth the wicked. 

36 God a Father. — He is a Father to his 

people. 



Sect. 

37 How any of mankind come into the rela- 
N tion of children unto God, besides that 

of being created by him. 

38 Blessings from God as a Father to his 

people as his children. 

39 Marks and characters of God's children, in 

the exercise of the graces, and practice 
of the duties of religion. 

40 The wicked styled children of whatever 

principle reigns in them. 

41 Under God, their heavenly Father, Chris- 

tians are brethren and sisters, and owe 
to each other the duties of that relation. 

42 Christ is their elder brother. 

43 Salvation.— God is a Saviour. — He saveth 

his people. 

44 Persons to whom salvation is promised. — 

Salvation prayed for. 

45 Salvation is of grace. 

46 The word of God a mean of salvation. 

47 Ministry a mean of salvation. 

48 God a defence. — He if the defence of his 

people. 

49 Redemption. — God a Redeemer. 

50 God redeemeth his people from enemies 

and other evils. — Threats. — Redemption 
of particular persons from evils. 

51 God a counsellor. — He giveth counsel to 

the righteous. 

52 He depriveth the wicked of counsel. 

53 God a teacher; he doth teach his people, 

— Teaching from God prayed for. 

54 The Holy Ghost teacheth. 

55 God doth instruct. 

56 God doth direct. 

57 God doth lead. — Promises that God will 

lead his people. 

58 Christ doth lead. 

59 God doth guide his people. 

60 God doth strengthen. — Strength promised. 

— Prayed for. — Obtained. 

61 God doth uphold. 

62 God giveth safety. 

63 God a shield, rock, fortress, refuge, &c. 

64 God is a helper to his people. — Help from 

God promised. — Prayed for. — Help ac- 
knowledged. 

65 Help from the creatures vain. 



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Sect. 

66 God a deliverer. — He delivereth from sick- 

ness. 

67 God delivereth from enemies, &c. and op- 

pression. 

68 Christ a deliverer. — Deliverance prayed 

for. 

69 Persons that shall be delivered. — The poor 

and needy. 

70 Prophets and apostles. 

71 All God's faithful servants. 

72 Deliverance from moral evil. 

73 God delivereth into natural evil. — The 

wicked into their enemies' hands. — 
Heathens into the hands of the Israel- 
ites. 

74 The Lord doth keep his people. — Hekeep- 

eth his servants from evil. 

75 God preserveth his people. 

76 God is the creator of his people. — Threats 

against those who apostatized. 

77 He is the creator of Christians ; they are 

new creatures, God's workmanship. 

78 Duty of Christians as new creatures. 

79 God is to his people their planter, builder, 

&c. ; they are his planting, his vineyard 
which he watereth, &c. — God planted 
the Jewish nation in Canaan. 

80 The Lord planted, watered, and made 

fruitful the Jewish church. 

81 Apostasy or unfruitfulness ; threats and re- 

proofs against it. 

82 The fruitful, whether Jews or Gentiles, are 

God's planting. 

CHAP. IV. 

Prophecies concerning Christ, his Sufferings, 
Death, Resurrection, $c. Miracles of 
Christ. 

1 The testimony of prophecy appealed to as 

a foundation of faith in Christ 

2 The testimony of prophecy urged by the 

apostles. 

3 Prophecies concerning Christ, fulfilled in 

his incarnation, life, death, resurrection 
and ascension. 

4 The nation, tribe and family he was to de- 

scend from. 

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Sect. 

5 The time of his life and death fixed by 

other events foretold in prophecy. 

6 The country and town where Christ should 

be born. 

7 Prophecies concerning his forerunner, 

John Baptist. 

8 Christ's purging the temple. 

9 His working miracles. 

10 That the Spirit of the Lord should be upon 

him. 

1 1 That he should be a prophet. 

12 That he should preach or teach. 

13 That he should not seek the applause of 

men. 

14 That he should be a sufferer. — Infirmities 

he endured. 

15 That he should be despised of men. 

16 That he should be hated. 

17 reproached. 

18 Reproaches that were cast upon him. 

19 That he should be persecuted. 

20 That the Jews and Gentiles should jola 

against him. 

21 That he should be sold for money. 

22 The use they apply the money to foretold* 

23 Prophecies concerning his betrayer. 

24 Concerning the miserable end of Judas. 

— How this is expressed by Christ. 

25 That Christ should be forsaken. — How ex- 

pressed by him. 

26 Peter's denying him. 

27 That Christ should be beaten and spit on* 

28 Christ's own testimony of this. 

29 What kind of death he should die. 

30 Christ's silence. 

31 They gave sentence against him. 

32 They gave him gall. 

33 mock him on the cross. 

34 part his garments. 

35 His words on the cross. — He prays for his 

enemies. 

36 His death. 

37 That a bone of him should not be broken 

38 That he should be buried with the rich. 

39 ■ arise from the dead. 

40 Christ rests the credit of his pretension* 

on the event of his rising from the dead 

41 The witnesses of his resurrection. 

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42 Other evidences of his resurrection ; his 

appearances, &c. 

43 He was raised by the power of God. 

44 Prophecies concerning his ascension. 

45 That he should sit at God's right hand. 

46 The Holy Ghost promised. 

47 Promised by Christ. 

48 Prophecies of Christ concerning the per- 

secution of Christians. 

49 Miracles of Christ. — The evidence of mi- 

racles appealed to as a foundation of 
faith in him. 

50 New Testament miracles a foundation of 

faith in Christ. — Those attending the 
birth of Christ and that of John his fore- 
runner. 

51 Miraculous cures performed by Christ, and 

the effects thereof. 

52 Devils cast out. 

53 Sicknesses healed. Blindness, deafness, 

lameness, &c. 

54 The dead raised to life. 

55 He calms the wind and sea, walks on the 

water, feeds thousands, &c, &c. 

56 Miracles accompanying the death of 

Christ. 

57 Christ empowers his disciples to work mi- 

racles. 

58 Miracles wrought by the apostles. 



CHAP. V. 

Christ's Glory and Exaltation. 

1 Christ's glory before his incarnation. 

2 His glory on earth. 

3 His glory after his resurrection. 

4 Christ's exaltation at God's right hand. 

5 He is exalted above mankind. 
C The church is subject to him. 
7 He is exalted above angels. 



CHAP. VI. 

Divine Titles given to Christ 

1 Christ is the Son of God. — Hence the title 
of Father, so often given to God. 



Sect. 

2 He is distinguished from the created sons of 

God. 

3 Christ is called the image of God. 
4 God. 

5 Lord. 

6 Christ is one with the Father. 

7 The same things spoken of the Father, and 

of Christ. Christ's titles in general, 
arranged alphabetically. 



CHAP. VII. 

Christ's Works. 

1 He created all things. 

2 He will raise the dead. 

3 Will change the bodies of men. 

4 He will judge the world. 

5 He will dispense suitable rewards and pu 

nishments. 

6 Rewards from Christ to the righteous. 

7 Punishments to be inflicted on the wicked 

by Christ. 



CHAP. VIII. 

Worship offered to Christ. 

1 Acts of worship offered to Christ jointly 

with the Father. 

2 Acts of worship offered to Christ alone. 

CHAP. IX. 

Perfections of Christ. 

1 Christ's knowledge. 

2 wisdom. 

3 Power and dominion. 

4 Acts of Christ's power towards his pea 

pie. 

5 Acts of power against his enemies. 

6 Christ's righteousness. 

7 He promoted righteousness. 

8 Christ's holiness. 

9 justice. 

10 truth. 

11 goodness. 

12 eternity. 



CONTENTS. 



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CHAP. X. 

Christ's benefits to merit or blessings they re- 
ceive through him as a Saviour, Redeemer, 
Deliverer, <$fC. 

Sect. 

1 Christ is the Saviour : salvation is by him. 

2 Christ a Redeemer; redemption through 

him. 

3 Christ a ransom. 

4 a price. 

5 a Deliverer. 

6 ■ a Mediator. 

7 an Intercessor. 

8 an Advocate. 

9 Reconciliation by Christ. 

10 Peace with God by him. 

11 Grace from Christ. 

12 Justification by Christ. 

13 Sanctiiication through Christ. 

14 Christ is called life to his people. 

15 Eternal life is from and by him. 

16 is the gift of God through 

Christ. 

17 Benefits from Christ against sin. 

18 Christ's love to his people. 

19 His care of his people — his presence with 

them . 

20 Christ's excellencies and benefits, briefly 

expressed. 

21 Titles given to Christ taken from the 

highest and the most useful offices on 
earth. 

22 His prophetic office carried on by the Spi- 

rit, speaking in the prophets of old. 

23 Foretold by the prophets. 

24 His own account of his prophetic office. 

25 Christ is called the light of the world. 

26 Christ a Priest. 

27 His offering himself a sacrifice. 

28 Christ was given and delivered , the de- 

sign thereof. 

29 He gave himself, and for what end. 

30 Christ suffered : the end thereof. 

31 Christ's death : the efficacy thereof. 

32 Christ's blood : its efficacy. 

33 Christ a propitiation. 

34 an atonement. 

35 a King, having dominion. 



Sect. 

36 Christ a Prince. 

37 a Governor. 

38 He is styled David. 

39 The offspring of David, 

40 The son of David. 



CHAP. XI. 

Baptism and the Lord's Supper. 

1 Baptism before Christ's death. 

2 after his resurrection. 

3 The institution of the Lord's Supper. 

4 It is to be received frequently. 

5 And with a suitable preparation. 



chap. xn. 

Of the Holy Ghost. 

1 The Spirit's influences upon the material 

and animal creation. 

2 Upon the minds of mankind. 

3 Upon the formation of Christ's body. 

4 Upon the endowments of Christ's mind. 

5 Upon the actions of Christ's life. 

6 Upon his miracles. 

7 Upon his oblation. 

8 Upon his resurrection. 

9 The Spirit's influences upon the apos- 

tles, is a witness to Christ. 

10 Upon the apostles, furnishing them with 

the knowledge of divine truths, and ut- 
terance to express them. 

11 The scriptures written by the prophets and 

apostles under the influence of the Holy 
Ghost. 

12 Miraculous gifts of the Spirit upon the 

apostles and some primitive Christians. 

13 Influences of the Spirit upon the minds of 

Christians in general. 

14 Upon governors, magistrates, and war 

riors. 

15 The Spirit proceedcth from the Father 

and the Son, or is given and sent by 
them. 

16 Sins against, and duties toward the Spi- 

rit 



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CONTENTS. 



CHAP. XIII. 

Of the Trinity. 

The same things attributed to the Father, to 

the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. — viz. 
Sect. 

1 Eternity. 

2 Omnipresence. 

3 Omniscience. 

4 Wisdom. 

5 Omnipotence. 

6 Goodness. 

7 Works of Trinity. — Creation. 

8 Sending teachers. 

9 Teachers receive their knowledge from 

Father, Son and Holy Ghost 

10 Father, Son and Spirit, spake by those 

that were sent. 

1 1 Father, Son and Holy Ghost, are in Chris- 

tians as in a temple. 

12 Sanctification by Father, Son and Spirit. 

13 God's people led by Father, Son and Holy 

Spirit. 

14 Giving of life. 

15 Raising the dead. 

16 The Son and Spirit joined with the Fa- 

ther in acts of worship. 

CHAP. XIV. 

Duties toward God. 

1 Knowing God and Christ. 

2 Denying God. 

3 Prayers for them that know God, and pro- 

mises to them. 

4 God will be known by his people. — Is 

made known by his works. 

5 Christ called Light, as a teacher sent to 

give the true knowledge of God. 

6 Duties of the enlightened, who know God. 

7 The wicked know not God. 

8 Faith in God. 

9 in Christ. 

10 Brief summaries thereof.' 

1 1 Confessing Christ : promises. 

12 Denying Christ : threats. 

13 The certainty and assurance of faith. 

14 Graces and duties accompanying true 

faith ; or marks and evidences of it. 



Sect. 

15 God the author and supreme cause of fai 

16 Prayers and thanks to God for faith, as his 

gift. 

17 Christ the author of faith.— The Holy 

Ghost also the author of faith. 

18 Means of faith. — God's word. 

19 A Gospel ministry. — The Gospel called 

faith, and the law of faith. 

20 Promise of Justification to believing in 

God. 

21 Justification promised to believing in 

Christ. 

22 Adoption, or being sons of God, promised 

to faith. 

23 God's love promised to believing in Christ 

24 Christ prayeth for believers. 

25 Pardon of sin to believers. 

26 The Holy Spirit is given to them. 

27 They have light and direction. 

28 grace and peace. 

29 joy and comfort. 

30 Christ is precious to believers. 

31 They have access to God in prayer. 

32 Sanctification by faith. 

33 Salvation by faith in God. 

34 - by faith in Christ. 

35 Things extraordinary promised to the 

faith of some primitive Christians. 

36 These promises fulfilled. 

37 Miracles wrought for persons of eminent 

faith. 

38 Other instances of approved faith. 

39 Infidelity. — Want of faith reproved. 

40 Exhortations against unbelief. 

41 Threatenings against unbelief toward 

God. 

42 Against unbelief toward Christ. 

43 Causes of unbelief assigned in scripture. 

44 Looking to God. 

45 Remembering God. — Not remembering 

him. 

46 Forgetting God. 

47 Threats against those that forget God. 

48 Warnings against forgetting God. 

49 Meditation upon God and his word. 

50 Fearing God. — Fear due unto him. 

51 The excellency of fearing God. 

J 52 To fear God a commanded duty. 



CONTENTS. 



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Sect. 

53 God is to be feared on account of his per- 

fections. 

54 On account of his words and works. 

55 Fear of the Lord promised and prayed for. 

56 joined with obedience toward God. 

57 With the worship of God. 

58 It is a motive of duty, and a restraint from 

sin. 

59 Promises to them that fear God. 

60 Other expressions setting forth the fear of 

God. — Trembling. 

61 Heaven and earth tremble at God's great- 

ness. — Quake, terror, reverence, afraid. 

62 Threatenings against those that fear not 

God. 

63 The wicked fear not God with that fear 

which is a restraint from sin, and motive 
to duty. 

64 They have a tormenting fear of God, which 

is their punishment. 

65 God delivers the wicked up to their fears 

of enemies. 

66 Love to God commanded. 

67 Promises to them that love God. 

68 Prayers for them that love God. 

69 Exhortations to love God. 

70 Instances of Persons loving God. 

71 How love to God is produced in Chris- 

tians. 

72 Prayed for as a gift from God. 

73 It is a fruit of the Holy Spirit. 

74 Evidenced by keeping his commandments, 

and loving his servants. 

75 Love to Christ enforced by promises. 

76 Prayers for them that love Christ. 

77 Love to Christ enforced by threatenings. 

78 By the example of God the Father. 

79 By the example of the church of God. 

80 By Christ's love to his church. 

81 Obedience to Christ the evidence of love to 

him. 

82 Hating God. — Threats against it. 

83 Hating Christ. 

84 Desiring God. 

85 Thirsting, longing for God, and the things 

of God. Promises. 

86 Joy in God. 

87 through Christ. 



Sect. 

88 Persons encouraged to rejoice in God 

The righteous. 

89 The meek. 

90 Those that seek God. 

9 1 ■ trust in God. 

92 hope in God. 

93 Those who have faith, or believe. 

94 Joy promised. 

95 Things to be rejoiced in : viz. God hin> 

self — Christ Jesus. 

96 The Holy Ghost. 

97 God's worship. 

98 The worship of God fixed among his peo- 

ple, a cause of rejoicing. 

99 God's presence with his people, a cause 

of joy. 

100 God's love and care of bis people, a cause 

of joy. 

101 His mercy, a cause of joy. 

102 Help and strength from God, a cause of 

j°y- 

103 Salvation from God against enemies, a 

cause of joy. 

104 God's vengeance upon his and his peo- 

ple's enemies, a cause of rejoicing. 

105 Rejoicing in God's word. 

106 Joy in God's providential government. 

107 Temporal deliverances of God's church, a 

cause of joy. 

108 Spiritual blessings a cause of rejoicing. 

109 God's work of creation, a cause of joy. 

110 Worldly prosperity from the hand of 

God, a cause of joy. 

111 Rejoicing in God in time of worldly ad- 

versity. 

112 Comfort in God. — He giveth comfort and 

consolation. 

113 Satisfaction. — God satisfieth. 

114 Delight in God. 

115 Things of God delighted in by his peo- 

ple. 

116 Delight in Christ. 

117 Glorying in God. 

118 Sinful glorying forbidden. 

119 Boasting in God. 

120 Sinful boasting of the wicked. 

121 Hope in God — and in Christ. 

122 The hope of the wicked perisheth 



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Sect. 

123 The expectation of the righteous from 

God. 

124 Expectation of the wicked. 

125 Waiting. — The righteous wait for God. 

126 The wicked wait not for him. 

127 Submission and resignation to God. — 

Language expressive of this temper o 
mind. 

128 Relying upon God. 

129 Trusting in God — and in Christ. 

130 Confidence in God. 

131 Confidence in God a security against the 

fear of evil from man. 

132 The confidence of the wicked. 

133 Assurance of the righteous. 

134 Seeking God commanded. 

135 God is to be sought with all the heart. 

136 Promises to them that seek God. 

137 Prayers for them that seek him. 

138 Examples of God's people seeking him. 

139 The wicked seeking not God. 

140 They seek not God aright. — Threats 

against such. 

141 Drawing near to God. 

142 Coming to God through Christ.— To 

Christ. 

143 Following God. 
144 Christ. 

145 Forsaking God. Threats. 

146 Departing from God. — Not departing; 

instances. 

147 Backsliding from God. 

148 Going astray. — The wicked go aside, go 

astray, err, wander, turn away from 
God. 

149 Confession of going astray. 

150 Threats against going astray. 

151 Worship. — Due to God only. 

152 How God is to be worshipped. 

153 Worship offered by the wicked unaccept- 

able to God. 

1 54 Fasting. — Appointed of God. 

155 Fasts extraordinary and miraculous. 

156 Fasting acceptably. 

157 Fasts of the wicked. 

158 General occasions of Fasts. — Before war. 

159 After being defeated by enemies. 

160 Upon threatened judgments, &c. 



Ser*. 

161 Discretionary fasts of particular persons. 

162 Prayer. — Persons whose prayer shall be 

heard. 

163 The divine influence, or the Spirit's* assis- 

tance in prayer. 

1 64 Prayer to be made in the name of Christ. 

165 Prayer to be made in faith. 

166 With sincerity of heart. 

167 With love to God. 

168 With the fear of God. 

169 With obedience to God. 

170 With humility, confession, and turning 

from sin. 

171 With forgiveness toward men. 

172 With alms and good works. 

173 Prayer must be frequent, fervent, and im 

portunate. 

174 Prayer with tears. 

175 Private prayer. 

176 Public prayer, a part of public wo. 

ship. 

177 Directions concerning the words or ex 

pressions to be used in prayer. 

1 78 Of the gestures of the body in prayer. 

179 Things to be prayed for, &c. 

180 The Lord's prayer, a good and brief mo- 

del of these. 

181 Spiritual blessings, wisdom and grace, 

to be prayed for. 

182 Such earthly things as are agreeable to 

God's will, with submission to it. 

183 Daily bread to be prayed for. 

184 Health and deliverance from sickness. 

185 The prayer of the poor heard. 

186 Intercessory prayer, or prayer for others. 

1 87 For whom we ought to pray. 

188 For the church of God. 

189 Instances of such prayers. 

190 For enemies. 

191 Instances of such prayers. 

192 Motives to prayer. It is a commanded 

duty. 

193 God promiseth that he will hear prayer. 

1 94 Declarations that he hath heard prayer. 

195 Testimony of God's people that he hath 

heard their prayers. 

196 Their expectations that their prayers 

shall be heard. 



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Sect. 

197 Their entreaties that they may be heard. 

198 Their grief at not being answered. 

199 The efficacy of prayer. Miracles wrought 

by it. 

200 Armies defeated by prayer, and God's 

people delivered. 

201 Prayers against evil from enemies. 

202 Prayer in trouble; instances thereof. 

203 Of prayerless persons, or of not pray- 

ing. 

204 The prayers of hypocrites. 

205 The prayers of the wicked not acceptable 

to God. 

206 Of praising God. — Praise and thanks 

due unto him, and required from the 
righteous. 

207 Praises from the wicked unacceptable to 

God. 

208 The wicked are unthankful. 

209 Praise must be frequent. 

210 It must be with sincerity. 

211 God prepareth his people for his praise; 

or divine influences therefor. 

212 Thanking God through Christ. 

213 Praise is a part of public worship. 

214 Of singing the praises of God. 

215 Subjects of praise. God's goodness and 

mercy, &c. 

216 Praise for Christ. 

217 For blessings by and through Christ 

218 For God's will revealed. 

219 For the obedience and faith of Christians 

as owing to God. 

220 For his care of his church. 

221 For his great and marvellous works. 

222 For God's marvellous acts upon the bodies 

and minds of mankind. 

223 For daily bread. 

224 For deliverance from trouble and afflic- 

tion. 

225 For deliverance from enemies. 

226 Honouring God. — Honour due to God, 

and claimed by him. 

227 God is honoured by acts of worship. 

228 By holiness of life. 

229 By keeping the Sabbath. 

230 By acts of charity and mercy to the 

poor. 



Sect. 

231 Honouring Christ. Motives. 

232 The wicked dishonour God, and are pu- 

nished. 

233 Glorifying God. — Commanded. 

234 Christ glorified on earth. 

235 Men glorify God by praise and thankful- 

ness. 

236 By faith. 

237 By good works. 

238 By various branches of duty. 

239 Doxologies, or glory ascribed to God in 

worship. 

240 God is glorified in the restoration and 

prevalence of true religion among his 
people. — By those who saw the mira- 
cles wrought by Christ. 

241 The wicked glorify not God, and are pu- 

nished. 

242 God is glorified in the destruction of the 

wicked. 

243 Sanctifying God. 

244 Threats against those who sanctify not 

God. 



CHAP. XT. 

Characters good and bad, with promises and 
threats. 

1 Godliness in heart and life. 

2 Promises to the godly. 

3 Means of godliness given. 

4 Godliness misrepresented. 

5 Tbe ungodly described by their prac- 

tice. 

6 Threats against the ungodly. 

7 Righteousness required. 

8 Promises to the righteous of peculiar fa- 

vour from God. 

9 Promises of blessings, as the consequence 

of righteousness, by the appointment of 
God. 

10 The righteous shall be delivered from ene- 

mies. 

1 1 The death of the righteous blessed. 

12 They are blessed after death. 

13 Unrighteousness forbidden. 

14 Threats against the unrighteous. 



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CONTENTS. 



Sect. 

15 Pardon promised to those that forsake un- 

righteousness. 

16 Zeal a duty. — Erroneous zeal. Want of 

zeal. 

17 Uprightness. 

18 Promises to the upright. 

19 Uprightness prayed for. 

20 Integrity. 

21 Particular instances of integrity. 

22 Sincerity. 

23 Perfection, a commanded duty. 

24 Directions for attaining perfection. 

25 Perfections, from God and Christ. 

26 The holy Scriptures a mean of perfec- 

tion. 

27 The ministry a mean of perfection. 

28 Promises to the perfect. 

29 Instances of Persons called perfect. 

30 Hypocrisy forbidden. 

31 Marks of hypocrites. 

32 Threats. 

33 Hypocrites hurtful to men. 

34 The heart. — The heart of the righteous is 

toward God. The whole heart signifies 
sincerity in duties. 

35 A pure heart. 

36 Perfect heart. 

37 Upright heart. 

38 Single heart. 

39 Clean heart. 

40 Broken contrite heart; 

41 Duties respecting the heart. 

42 God taketh notice of the heart. 

43 God influenceth the hearts of the right- 

eous. 

44 God's judgments on the heart of the 

wicked. 

45 Satan influences the hearts of the wicked : 

instances thereof. 

46 An evil heart described. 

47 The heart of the wicked variously cha- 

racterized; as wicked, uncircumcised, 
&c. <fec. 

48 Keeping a good conscience. 

49 A good conscience how attained. 

50 Natural conscience, instances of the force 

thereof. 

51 A weak conscience not to be wounded. 



Sect. 

52 Of an evil conscience. 

53 Serving God commanded. 

54 With the heart. 

55 With suitable dispositions. 

56 God's servants. Promises to them. 

57 Prayers for them. 

58 Not serving God. Threats. 

59 Obedience to God commanded. 

60 Universal obedience required. 

61 Obedience required, with a high esteem of 

God's law. 

62 With resolution of heart. 

63 Ability for obedience promised. 

64 . prayed for. 

65 Ability from God acknowledged. 

66 Instances of obedience. 

67 Promises to the obedient. 

68 Threats against the disobedient. 

69 Obedience to Christ commanded. 

70 Promises to them that obey Christ. 

71 Promises to them that overcome tempta- 

tions in obeying Christ. 

72 Disobedience to Christ. Threats. 

73 Works. — God will render to mankind ac- 

cording to their works, good or bad. 

74 Good works commanded. 

75 Ability for good works promised. 

76 Promises to the performance of good 

works. 

77 Examples of good works. 

78 Omission of good works. Threats. 

79 Doing good. — Shunning evil and doing 

good commanded. 

80 Promises to them that do good. 

81 Evil-doers; their works to be avoided. 

82 Doing evil, the character of the wicked. 

83 Threats against evil-doers. 

84 Darkness, and the works thereof. 

85 Threats against them. 

86 The righteous walk not in darkness. 

87 Dead works. — The wicked, and their 

works, called dead; the righteous are 
alive from the dead. 

88 Works of the devil, children of the devil. 

89 The righteous have no fellowship with the 

children of the devil. 

90 Works of the flesh. Living after the flesh. 

91 Lusts of the flesh forbidden to Christians 



CONTENTS. 



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Sect 

92 Lusting after women. 

93 Lusting after meats and drinks. 

94 The evil of lusts. 

95 Corruption prevailing. 

96 Confession of corruption. 

97 The righteous not corrupt. 

98 Defilement of sin. 

99 Threats against it. 

1 00 Uncleanness of sin. 

101 Confession of uncleanness. 

102 Promises against uncleanness. 

103 Directions against it. 

104 Threats against it 

105 Pollution. 

106 Filthiness. 

107 Directions. 

108 Promises. 

109 Threats. 

110 Vileness. 

111 Confession of vileness. 

112 Abominableness. 

113 Promises to the just, and prayers for 

them. 

114 Threatenings against the unjust 

115 The unjust hurtful in the earth. 

116 The general character of a good man's 

walk and life. 

117 Promises to the good. 

118 Evil men. 

119 Perverseness. 

120 Threats. 

121 Threats against the froward. 

122 The righteous not froward. 

123 Stubbornness, the stiff-necked in their 

own ways, and ways of their own 
sight and eyes. 

124 The wicked are revolters. 

125 Rebellion against God forbidden. 

126 Enemies, adversaries of the Lord. 

127 Deliverance from enmity against God. 

128 God's threatenings against the wicked. 

129 Threats against the wicked of evils, as 

the consequences of wickedness, under 
the providential government of God. 

130 God's threatenings against sinners. 

131 Sinners threatened with various evils 

under the providence of God. 

132 Transgressors, threatenings against them. 



Sect. 

133 Iniquity forbidden. 

134 God's threatenings against the workers 

thereof. 

135 Iniquity, the punishment thereof threat- 

ened under the providential govern- 
ment of God, with instances thereof 
executed. 

First Commandment. 

136 Idolatry, or the worship of strange gods 

forbidden. 

137 Threatenings against idolaters. 

138 Judgments inflicted upon idolaters. 

139 God's judgments upon particular trans- 

gressors of this commandment. 

140 Covenants and intermarriages with the 

inhabitants of Canaan forbidden to the 
Jews. 

141 Making covenants and intermarriages 

with transgressors of this command- 
ment punished. 

142 Strange gods to be put away. 

143 Transgressors of this commandment 

among the people of Israel, and the 
enticers thereto, to be put to death. 

144 Threatenings against strange gods. 

145 Strange gods are vanity. 

146 Inquiring concerning future events of 

those who by nature are no gods for- 
bidden. 

Second Commandment. 

147 Images, the use of them forbidden. 

148 God's judgments on the breakers of this 

commandment. 

149 Images no representation of God. 

150 Images were commanded to be broken. 

151 Images were broken. 

152 Instances of images used by apostates as 

outward symbols in worship offered to 
the true God. 

153 Worship to images refused though com- 

manded by kings. 

154 Threats against idols and idolaters. 

155 Promises, warnings, and exhortations 

against idolatry. 

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CONTENTS. 



Sect. 

156 God's judgments upon idolaters. 

157 Upon magicians. 

158 Enchanters. 

159 Soothsayers. 

160 Observers of times. 

161 Witches. 

162 Wizards — worshipping angels, &c. 

163 Diviners; instances. 

164 Diviners are deceivers, and false prophets. 

165 Threatenings against them. 

166 Familiar spirits; threats against those 

that consult them. 

Third Commandment. 

167 Profaning the name of God. 

168 Swearing falsely. 

169 Swearing by the creatures. 

170 Swearing by false gods. 

171 Swearing in common conversation. 

172 Swearing to commit sin, or to en- 

courage it. 
* 73 Rash unnecessary swearing. 

174 The positive part of this commandment — 

God only is to be sworn by. 

175 The nature and duty of an oath. 

176 Such oaths to be carefully kept. 

177 Things to be sworn to, are, truth and 

duty. 

178 Articles of peace ratified by oath. 

179 Breach of such oaths punished. 

180 Private compacts ratified by oath. 

181 Oaths sworn to kings. 

182 The oath of a single person decides con- 

troversy in certain cases. 

183 The duty and lawfulness of swearing. — 

Examples, viz. 

184 God swears to Abraham. 

185 To give the land of Canaan. 

186 To fulfil his covenant. — To continue the 

seed of David. 

187 To the perpetuity of Christ's priesthood. 

188 To fulfil his threatenings against the 

unbelieving and disobedient. 

189 Jesus Christ answers upon oath. 

190 The angel swears. 

191 Asseveration of sincerity, equal to an 

oath among Christians. 



Sect. 

192 Ancient forms of swearing. 

193 Blasphemy forbidden. 

194 Occasions of it to be avoided. 

195 From whence it proceeds. 

196 Instances of blasphemers and theii pu 

nishment. 

197 Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost: 

its punishment. 

198 Persons unjustly accused of blasphemy. 

199 Of vows: they are religiously to be 

fulfilled. 

200 Vows to do duty. 

201 Sinful vows. 

Fourth Commandment. 

202 Of the Sabbath 

203 The Sabbath a day of rest from servile 

work. 

204 Duties of the Sabbath ; worshipping God, 

reading, hearing his word, &c. 

205 Works of charity and mercy to be done 

on the Sabbath. 

206 Promises to them that keep the Sabbath. 

207 The care of God's people to sanctify the 

Sabbath, and to prevent the profaning 
of it by others. 

208 Threatenings against Sabbath-breakers. 

209 Sabbath privileges withdrawn. 

210 The change of the Sabbath from the 

seventh to the first day of the week. 



CHAP. XVI. 

Duties towards Mankind. 

1 Love.- 

2 How love towards mankind is produced. 

3 Prayers and thanks to God for Christian 

love, as being his gift. 

4 The influence and effects of love upon 

Christians, &c. 

5 Charity, with other graces, enjoined. 

6 Approved examples of charity. 

7 Hatred ; threatenings against it. 

8 Duty of the righteous towards those that 

hate them. 



CONTENTS. 



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Sect. 

10 Promises to those that are unjustly hated, 

and threatenings against their haters. 

1 1 Envy forbidden to the righteous. 

12 The wicked, their envy hurtful to them- 

selves. 

13 Envy a mark of an unconverted state. 

14 Malice forbidden to the righteous. 

15 Malice in the wicked. 

16 Anger forbidden. 

17 Instances of the anger of the righteous 

against sin. 

18 Sinful anger, instances thereof. 

19 Wrath. 

20 Contention forbidden. 

21 Promises against contention. 

22 The righteous contend only against sin. 

23 Peace commanded, with promises to it. 

24 Motives to peace among Christians. 

25 Peace prayed for. 

26 Peace the gift of God ; promises and 

instances thereof. 

27 Peace with God the reward of the right- 

eous. 

28 Peace promised to the church of God. 

29 Unity. 

30 Honouring one another. 

31 Despising others. 

32 Strife forbidden to the godly. 

33 Fightings, quarrels. 

34 Divisions forbidden. 

35 Offences forbidden. 

36 Threats against offenders. 

37 Doing good to others. 

38 Doing evil. 

39 Doing wrong. 

40 Doing mischief, the character of the 

wicked. 

41 Of being harmless. 

42 Blameless. 

43 Promises to the merciful. 

44 Unmerciful. Threats. 

45 Compassion and pity. 

46 Cruelty of the wicked. 

47 Forgiveness. 

48 Revenge. 

49 Duty of giving and receiving good counsel. 

50 Rejecting evil counsel ; the duty and safety 

thereof. 



Sect. 

51 Mutual obligation to giving and receiving 

instruction. 

52 Of refusing instruction. 

53 To edify one another. 

54 To exhort one another. 

55 To warn one another. 

56 To admonish one another. 

57 To rebuke one another, and to hearken 

to rebuke. 

58 Of not giving and receiving rebuke. 

59 To reprove one another. 

60 Of not hearkening to reproof. 

61 Gentleness. 

62 To show kindness, commanded. 

63 To give comfort. 

64 Friendship, and faithfulness therein. 

65 Unfaithfulness in friendship. — Bearing 

with one another's weaknesses, &c. 

66 Forbearing to judge one another. 

67 Setting good example. 

68 Of enticing others, and being enticed to 

sin. 

69 Of gratitude, or returns of friendship 

70 Ingratitude. 



CHAP. XVII. 

Duties toward ourselves. 

1 Of temperance in meat and drink. 

2 Intemperance in meat and drink. 

3 Drunkenness ; the evils thereof. 

4 Of making others drunk. 

5 Sleep. 

6 Labour commanded, and promises to the 

laborious, &c 

7 Of the sluggard, the slothful, and 

idle. 

8 The study and pursuit of wisdom recom- 

mended. 

9 The excellency of wisdom above all other 

endowments. 

10 Wisdom is profitable, pleasant, and ho- 

nourable. 

1 1 Wisdom is the gift of God. 

12 Wisdom prayed for. 

13 Wisdom and religion the same. 



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Sect. 

14 A fool's vain pretences to wisdom. 

15 He receiveth no instruction. 

16 He discovereth his folly. 

17 His conduct towards his parents. 

18 A fool is mischievous. 

19 He is wrathful. 

20 Contentious. 

21 A fool's words 

22 His folly is his pleasure. 

23 Treatment for fools. 

24 Folly and wickedness the same. 

25 Patience toward God. 

26 Patience toward men. 

27 Contentment. 

28 Discontent, murmuring. 

29 Grudging. 

30 Meekness ; the exercise of it required. 

31 How produced. 

32 Examples of meekness. 

33 Promises to the meek. 

34 Humility toward God. 

35 Toward men. 

36 Promises to the humble. 

37 Promises to humbled sinners. 

38 Examples of humility. 

39 The elect are humble. 

40 Humbled saints ; their expressions. 

41 Pride against God. 

42 Pride against men. 

43 Spiritual pride — such seem to be right- 

eous. 

44 They are proud of their supposed wisdom 

and knowledge. 

45 The proud seek honour from men. 

46 Threats and prayers against the proud. 

47 Arrogancy. 

48 Loftiness. 

49 Haughtiness. 

50 Exalting one's self. 

51 Lifting up one's self. 

52 Magnifying one's self. 

53 Glorying. 

54 Boasting. 

55 Scorning. 

56 Threats against kings and nations for 

their pride, &c. 

57 Of marriage. 

58 Divorce by the law of Moses. 



Sect. 

59 Divorce was disapproved. 

60 is expressly forbidden in the New 

Testament. 

61 Of marriage with unbelievers. 

62 The Jews were forbidden to marry with 

the heathen. 

63 Embracing Christianity did not dissolve 

marriage contracts. 

64 Husbands' duties. 

65 Duties of wives. — Women's apparel. 

66 Duties towards children. — To provide for 

their support. 

67 To defend them. 

68 To pray for them. 

69 To instruct them. 

70 Particular heads of instruction. 

71 Instances of parents careful to instruct 

their children. 

72 Correcting children. 

73 Parents careful to marry their children 

into religious families. 

74 Portions given to children. 

75 Children are among the promised blessings 

of God to mankind. 

76 Children promised. 

77 A desire of children natural to mankind. 

78 God's care of mothers. 

79 God's care of children. 

80 Grief of parents at parting with their 

children. 

81 Godly parents blessed in the happiness 

of their children. 

82 The wicked punished in the calamities 

of their children. 

83 Particular calamities threatened against 

the children of the wicked. — Captivity. 

84 That they shall be slain by enemies. 

85 Suffer by famine. 

86 Other evils upon the children of the 

wicked. 

87 Erroneous principles in religion have 

destroyed the natural affection of 
parents. 

88 Calamities upon wicked parents and 

children. 

89 Want of children to the wicked. 

90 Promises to the godly who are child- 

less. 



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Fifth Commandment. 
Sect. 

9 1 Duties of children toward parents. 

92 Dutiful children blessed. 

93 Disobedient and undutiful children; 

threats against them. 

94 Undutiful children cursed. 

95 Duties of masters towards servants. 

96 Duties of servants. 

97 Duties of the civil magistrate, to ad- 

minister justice impartially. 

98 Qualifications of the magistrate. 

99 The magistrate's concern with religion. 

100 Good magistrates, a blessing promised 

to God's people. 

101 Magistracy is of divine appointment. 

102 Sins of magistrates: perverting of judg- 

ment, respect of persons, &c. 

103 Perverting of judgment through covet- 

ousness, taking gifts, &c. 

104 Through drunkenness. 

105 The misery of being governed by weak 

or wicked rulers. 

106 Wicked rulers set over people as a 

punishment for sin. 

107 Wicked rulers enemies to religion. 

108 God's providence over kings and rulers. 

109 Particular instances of God's providence 

exalting or abasing rulers. 

110 Duties toward governors. Praying for 

them. 

111 Honour and respect to be shown to 

magistrates. 

112 Obedience to magistrates. 

113 Rebellion against magistrates, the sin 

and punishment thereof. 

1 14 Disobedience to magistrates a duly, when 

they command things contrary to 
God's law. 

115 Ministers of Christ, their duties. The 

commission given to the apostles. 

116 Power committed to them. 

117 Excommunication. 

118 None may intrude into the ministerial 

office. 

1 19 Teaching truth the duty of ministers. 

120 The good effects of preaching. 

121 A good ministry promised. 



Sect. 

122 A faithful ministry. Promises to, and 

prayers for them. 

123 They are holy and unblameable in life 

and conversation. 

124 Their humility, self-denial, and con- 

descension in their office. 

125 They seek not applause from men; they 

flatter not, &c. 

126 They seek not riches; neither are co 

vetous. 

127 Their duty and encouragement to speak 

boldly the truths of religion without 
fear. 

128 Instances of becoming boldness in re- 

proving sinners, and declaring the 
truth. 

129 The sufferings of the apostles, &c. for 

religion. 

130 Their temperance. 

131 They pray for the people. 

132 The supports of Christians in general, 

and of the Lord's ministers in par- 
ticular, under sufferings for religion. 

133 Wicked ministers, their sin and punish- 

ment 

134 Their covetousness. 

135 Their intemperance. 

136 Their slothfulness. 

137 Of false prophets and false teachers. — 

They deceive the people. 

138 Duties toward the ministry. To receive 

their instructions. 

139 To esteem and love them. 

140 To pray for them. 

141 To give them support. 

142 Despising and not hearkening to their 

instructions. Threats. 

143 Not supporting them. 

Sixth Commandment. 

144 Of murder. 

145 Cases wherein killing of a man was not 

to be punished with death. 

146 Threatenings against murderers. 

147 Instances of their punishment. 

148 Striking, wounding, maiming; how to 

be punished. 

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CONTENTS. 



Seventh Commandment. 

Sect. 

149 Of adultery and fornication. 

150 Threatenings; or the evil consequences 

of adultery and fornication. 

151 Examples, exhortations, promises, &c, 

against adultery and fornication. 

Eighth Commandment* 

152 Precepts concerning property, and the 

use of riches. 
53 Threatenings against theft. 

154 Robbery forbidden ; with threats. 

155 Fraud and cheating in commerce for- 

- bidden. 

156 Concerning property in lands; the law 

thereof. 

157 Things found, lent, or entrusted with a 

neighbour ; the law thereof. 

158 Oppression forbidden, and duties towards 

the oppressed. 

159 Restitution to the injured to be made. 

160 Oppressors threatened. 

161 Prayers for the oppressed. 

162 Promises to the oppressed. 

163 Duties of the rich toward the poor. — Hos- 

pitality. 

164 Lending without usury. 

165 Giving alms. 

166 Alms to be done in secret. 

167 To be given to the poor of every deno- 

mination. 

168 To poor Christians especially. 

169 Promises to the poor. 

170 Of being uncharitable to the poor. 

171 The stranger, widow, and fatherless: 

duties toward them, and threatenings 
against those that oppress them. 

172 Promises to the stranger, fatherless, and 

widow. 

Ninth Commandment. 

173 Of witness-bearing. False swearing, &c. 
74 Lying forbidden. 



Sect. 

1 75 Abhorred by God and good men. 

176 Satan and his children are liars. 

177 Threatenings and prax/ers against liars. 

178 The words of the wicked injurious. 

179 Words of the wicked against God. 

180 Evil speaking. 

181 Talkativeness ; rashness with the tongue. 

182 Flattery. 

183 Talebearing. 

184 Whispering. 

185 Backbiting. 

186 Slandering, &c. 

187 Reproach: prayers and complaints 

against it. 

188 God will bring it upon the wicked. 

189 Promises against reproach. 

190 Reviling practised by the wicked, and 

endured by the godly. 

191 Railing. 

192 Evil communications. 

193 Unprofitable disputes about religion. 

194 Cursing forbidden, and avoided by the 

righteous. 

195 Practised by the wicked. 

196 The righteous; their care of their 

words. 

197 They praise God with their mouths. 

198 The words of the righteous toward 

men. 

Tenth Commandment. 

199 Of covetousness. 

200 Threats against the covetous. — Instances 

of their punishment. 

201 An insatiable desire of riches. 

202 Threats against unjust acquiring of 

riches. 

203 Riches are not a lasting possession. 

204 They cannot be carried hence to the 

other world. 

205 Possessing riches but not using them 

the vanity thereof. 

206 Riches are attended with care and 

trouble. 

207 They recommend no man to the favour 

of God. 



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Sect. 

208 The advantages which one man hath 

over another by means of riches. 

209 Trusting in riches and abusing them, the 

sin of the wicked, and avoided by the 
godly. 

210 Riches take the heart and thoughts off 

from God and religion. 

211 The wicked rich man, his portion. 

212 The use of riches in the hand of a wise 

and good man 

213 God maketh rich. 

214 Riches promised to the righteous. 

215 Instances of good men that were rich. 

216 Riches not regarded by good men. 

217 Things necessary to the support of life 

promised to the righteous. — Food. 

218 Deliverance from famine. 

219 Spiritual riches, or the interests of the 

soul, the chief object of a wise man's 
desires and pursuits. 

220 Raiment promised. 

221 Supports of life miraculously supplied. 



chap. xvm. 

Of Repentance. 

1 Repentance the first doctrine preached at 

publishing the gospel. 

2 The duty of repentance enforced by 

threatenings. 

3 Encouraged by promises 

4 Promises to those that return to God. 

5 Remarkable instances of returning sinners 

obtaining mercy. 

6 Turning to God enjoined by commands, 

and enforced by threatenings. 

7 The cause and means of repentance and 

conversion. 

8 Jesus Christ giveth repentance. 

9 God's law a mean of conversion. 

10 The ministry a mean of converting sin- 

ners. 

11 Repentance promised. 

12 Self-examination needful to repentance. 

13 Consideration needful thereto. 

14 Tnconsideration of the wicked. 



Sect. 

15 The case of those who withstand the 

means of repentance. 

1 6 Sorrow for sin. 

17 Mourning for sin. 

18 Reproofs and threats for not mourning 

for sin. 

19 Heaviness for sin. 

20 Grief for sin. 

21 Not grieving for sin. 

22 Weeping for sin. 

23 Tears for sin. 

24 The heart affected for sin. 

25 A broken and contrite heart. 

26 Shame the portion of sinners. 

27 Shame enjoined as a mark of true peni 

tents. 

28 Avoiding sin is avoiding shame. 

29 Reproofs for not being ashamed of sin. 

30 Abhorring and loathing one's self fos 

sin. 

31 & 32 Confession and acknowledgment 

of sin. Promises to it. 

33 Exhortations to confession. 

34 Instances of confessing penitents obtaining 

mercy. 

35 Confessions made in Scripture expres- 

sions. 

36 Amendment. 

37 Fruitfulness in religion. 



CHAP. XIX. 

Of Death and the Resurrection. 

1 The shortness of human life. 

2 The term or boundary of human life. 

3 The time of life is in God's nand. 

4 Death prevailing over all mankind, of every 

character, rank, and station. 

5 Preparative duties for death. 

6 No preparative duties are to be performed 

after death. 

7 The death of the righteous happy. 

8 The death of the wicked. 

9 The dead leave all their possessions behind 

them. 
10 Of the resurrection of the dead. 



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CONTENTS. 



CHAP. XX. 

Of a Future Judgment, and the State of the 

Righteous and the Wicked. 
Sect. 

1 Of a future judgment and its conse- 

quences. 

2 God is judge. 

3 The persons and things that shall be 

judged. 

4 When the day of judgment shall be. 

5 Uses to be made of the doctrine of future 

judgment, for encouraging steadfastness 
and perseverance, &c. 

6 The dissolution of the heavens and the 

earth. 

7 Happiness of the righteous in heaven 

inconceivably great. 

8 Christians are heirs ; they have an in- 

heritance, a kingdom, &c. 

9 The righteous have rest. 

10 They enjoy mansions, a new heaven, a 

heavenly temple, light, &c. 

1 1 They are present with Christ. 



Sect. 

12 Are in a state of joy. 

13 Are free from pain and sorrow. 

14 Eternal life is from God. 

15 Life promised to sundry graces and duties, 

16 To righteousness. 

17 To the spiritually minded. 

18 To seeking God. 

19 To godliness. 

20 To the fear of God. 

21 To loving God. 

22 To mortification, dying unto sin. 

23 To suffering for Christ's sake. 

24 To perseverance. 

25 To those that overcome. 

26 To repentance. 

27 To the wise. 

28 Future punishments. — Sinners that shall 

not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 

29 The greatest suffering in this life set forth 

in language expressive of future pu- 
nishments. 

30 The punishment of the wicked in a futur 

state. 



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A SCRIPTURE ACCOUNT, 



CHAPTER I. 

CONCERNING THE BEING AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 



L TMWAT there la a God, asserted, and 

-*■ proved by his works. Exod. iii. 14. 
God said to Moses, I AM THAT I AM. 

Ps. ix. 16. The Lord is known by the judg- 
ment which he executeth. 

xix. 1. The heavens declare the glory of 
God, and the firmament sheweth his handy 
work. — Ver. 2. Day unto day uttereth speech, 
and night unto night sheweth knowledge. Job 
xii. 7, 8, 9. 

lviii. 11. Verily he is a God that judgeth 
in the earth. 
, c. 3. The Lord he is God, he made us. 

2 Cor. L 21. He that hath anointed us is 
God. 

Heb. iii. 4. He that built all things is God. 
Rom. i. 20. 

II. God is perfect. Matt. v. 48. Your Fa- 
ther in heaven is perfect. 

1 John i. 5. God is light, and in him is no 
darkness at all. 

in. God is one. Deut. vi. 4. Hear, Is- 
rael, the Lord our God is one Lord. 

1 Cor. viii. 4. There is none other God, but 
one. (Mark xii. 29.) Ver. 6. To us there is 
but one God. Gal. iii. 20. God is one. 

Eph. iv. 6. One God and Father of all. 
Matt, xxiii. 9. John viii. 41. 

1 Tim. ii. 5. There is one God, and one 
Mediator. 

James ii. 19. Thou believest there is one 
God, thou doest well. 

IV. He is God and Lord alone. 2 Kings 
xix. 15. Thou art God alone. Ps. lxxxvi. 10. 
Isa. xxxvii. 16. 20. 

Neh. ix. 6. Thou art Lord alone. Ps. 
lxxxiii. 18. Whose name alone is Jehovah. 

V. There is none else. Deut. iv. 35. The 
Lord he is God, there is none else. Isa. xlv. 
5, 6. 14. 18. 22.— xlvi. 9. 

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VI. None besides him. 2 Sam. vii. 22. 
Neither is there any God besides thee. 

xxii. 32. Who is God save the Lord? 2 
Kings v. 15. 

Isa. xliv. 6. 8. Besides me there is no God ; 
I know not any. Ch. xlv. 5. 14. 21. 

Hos. xiii. 4. Thou shalt know no God but 
me. Exod. xx. 3. 

Vn. None with him. Deut. xxxii. 39. I 
am he, and there is no God with me. 

VIII. None before him. Isa. xliii. 10. Be- 
fore me there was no God formed. 

EX. None like him. Exod. viii. 10. There 
is none like unto the Lord our God. 

xv. 11. Who is like unto thee, O Lord, 
among the gods] who is like thee, glorious in 
holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders 1 
Ps. xxxv. 10. Mic. vii. 18. 

1 Kings viii. 23. Lord God of Israel, there 
is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on 
earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy 
with thy servants that walk before thee with 
all their heart. Exod. ix. 14. Deut. xxxiii. 
26. 2 Sam. vii. 22. 1 Chron. xvii. 20. Ps. 
lxxxvi. 8. Isa. xlvi. 9. Jer. x. 6, 7. 16. 

X. None to be compared unto him. Ps. 
Ixxxix. 6. Who in the heaven can be com- 
pared unto the Lord 1 

XI. No likeness of God among the creatures. 
Isa. xl. 18. What likeness will ye compare to 
him? Ch. xlvi. 5. Deut. iv. 12. 

Acts xvii. 29. We ought not to think that 
the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or 
stone, graven by art and man's device. 

Xn. He is the living God. Dan. iv. 34. 
That liveth for ever, whose dominion is an 
everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from 
generation to generation. 

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ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 



Chap. I. 



vi. 26. He is the living God, and steadfast 
for ever. Acts xiv. 15. 1 Thess. i. 9. Heb. 
ix. 14.— x. 31. 

XIII. He is the true God. Jer. x. 10. The 
Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and 
an everlasting King. — Ver. 11. The gods that 
have not made the heavens and the earth, shall 
perish from the earth, and from under these 
heavens. See John xvii. 3. 1 Thess. k 9. 
1 John v. 20. 

XIV. God is a Spirit. John iv. 24. God 
is a Spirit, and they that worship him, must 
worship him in spirit and in truth. 2 Cor. 
iii. 17. 

XV. God is invisible. Exod. xxxiii. 20. 
There shall no man see me and live. 

John i. 18. No man hath seen God at any 
time. 1 John iv. 12. 

v. 37. Ye have neither heard his voice at 
any time, nor seen his shape. 

Rom. i. 20. The invisible things of God, 
are his eternal power and Godhead. 

Col. i. 15. Christ is the image of the invi- 
sible God. 

Heb. xi. 27. Moses endured as seeing him 
who is invisible. 

1 Tim. vi. 16. God, whom no man hath 
seen, nor can see. Ch. i. 17. Job ix. 11. 

Other expressions to the same purpose. Isa. 
xlv. 15. Verily thou art a God that hidest thy- 
self. 

2 Sam. xxii. 12. He made darkness pavi- 
lions round about him, dark waters and thick 
clouds of the skies. Ps. xviii. 11. 1 Kings 
viii. 12. 2 Chron. vi. 1. 

Ps. xcvii. 2. Clouds and darkness are round 
about him. 

Ixxvii. 19. Thy way is in the sea, and thy 
footsteps are not known. 

Nah. i. 3. The Lord hath his way in the 
whirlwind, and in the storm, and the clouds 
are the dust of his feet. 

XVI. God is unsearchable. Job xi. 7. 
Canst thou by searching find out God 1 Canst 
thou find out the Almighty unto perfection 1 
Ver. 8, 9. Ps. cxlv. 3. His greatness is un- 
searchable. 

Job v. 9. He doeth great things, and un- 
searchable, marvellous things without number. 
Ch. ix. 10. 

Eccl. iii. 1 1. No man can find out the work 
that God maketh from the beginning to the end. 

Rom. xi. 33. How unsearchable are his 
judgments, and his ways past finding out ! 

Ps. xxx vk 6. Thy judgments are a great 
deep. 



Job xxvi. 14. How little a portion is heard 
of him ! the thunder of his power who can 
understand 1 

xxxvii. 23. Touching the Almighty, we 
cannot find him out. 

XVII. God is eternal. Isa. lvii. 15. The 
high and lofty one that inhabiteth eternity. 

1 Tim. i. 17. To the King eternal, immor- 
tal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour 
and glory for ever and ever. 

See Deut. xxxiii. 27. The eternal God. 
Rom. i. 20. Eternal Godhead. 2 Cor. iv. 18. 
Things not seen are eternal. 

XVIII. Everlasting. Isa.xl.28. The ever- 
lasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends 
of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary : 
there is no searching of his understanding. 

lxiii. 16. Thy name is from everlasting. 

Ps. xc. 2. From everlasting to everlasting, 
thou art God. 

xciii. 2. Thy throne is established of old ; 
thou art from everlasting. Hab. i. 1 2. 

Ps. cxlv. 13. Thy kingdom is an everlasting 
kingdom, and thy dominion endureth through 
out all generations. 

Jer. x. 10. He is an everlasting King. 

Dan. iv. 3. His kingdom is an everlasting 
kingdom and his dominion is from generation 
to generation. Ch. vii. 27. Lam. v. 1 9. 2 
Pet. i. 11. 

XDC. He is for ever. Ps. ix. 7. The Lord 
shall endure for ever. 

xc. 4. A thousand years in thy sight are 
but as yesterday, when it is past, and as a 
watch in the night. 2 Pet. iii. 8. 

cii. 12. Thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever; 
and thy remembrance unto all generations. — 
Ver. 24. Thy years are throughout all gene- 
rations. — Ver. 27. Thou art the same, and thy 
years shall have no end. job x. 5. xxxvi. 26. 

cxxxv. 13. Thy name, O Lord, endureth 
for ever; and thy memorial throughout all 
generations. 

Lam. v. 19. Thou, O Lord, remainest for 
ever; thy throne from generation to genera- 
tion. 

Ps. civ. 31. The glory of the Lord shall 
endure for ever. 

XX. The First and the Last. Isa. xliv. 6. 
Thus saith the Lord, the King of Israel, and 
his Redeemer the Lord of hosts: I am the 
First, and I am the Last; and besides me 
there is no God. Ch. xli. 4. — xlviii, 12. 

Rev. i. 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the be- 
ginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which 
is, and which was, and which is to come, the 
Almighty. Ver. 4. 17. 



Chap. I. 



GOD S GREATNESS — GOD EXALTED. 



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XXI. He is immortal 1 Tim. i. 17. The 
King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only 
wise God. 

vi. 16. Who only hath immortality, dwell- 
ing in the light, which no man can approach 
unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see. 

XXII. Incorruptible. Rom. i. 23. The in- 
corruptible God. 

XXIII. Blessed. Ps. cxix. 12. Blessed art 
thou, O Lord : teach me thy statutes. 

Rom. i. 25. The Creator who is blessed for 
ever. 1 Tim. i. 11. The blessed God. ■ 

1 Tim. vi. 15. The blessed and only Poten- 
tate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords. 

XXIV. Unchangeable. Mai. iii. 6. I am 
the Lord, I change not. 

James i. 17. With whom is no variableness, 
neither shadow of turning. 

Numb, xx iii. 19. God is not a man that he 
should lie, neither the son of man that he 
should repent 

XXV. Present everywhere. 1 Kings viii. 
27. Behold the heaven, and heaven of heavens 
cannot contain thee. 

Ps. cxxxix. 3. Thou compassest my path, 
and my lying down. 

Ver. 7—10. Whither shall I go from thy 
Spirit ] or whither shall I flee from thy pre- 
sence ? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art 
there ; if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou 
art there. If I take the wings of the morning, 
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea ; 
even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy 
right hand shall hold me. 

Jer. xxiii. 23. Am I a God at hand, saith 
the Lord, and not a God afar off? — Ver. 24. 
Do not I fill heaven and earth 1 saith the Lord. 

Eph. i. 23. He filleth all in all. 

GOD'S GREATNESS. 

XXVI. GooVs Greatness. Deut. x. 17. 
The Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord 
of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, 
which regardeth not persons, nor taketh re- 
ward. 

xxxii. 3. Ascribe ye greatness to our God. 

2 Sam. vii. 22. Thou art great, Lord 
God , for there is none like thee. 

1 Kings viii. 42. They shall hear of thy 
great name, and of thy strong hand. 2 Chron. 
vi. 32. 

1 Chron. xvi. 25. Great is the Lord, and 
greatly to be praised ; he also is to be feared 
above all gods. 2 Chron. ii. 5. Exod. xviii. 11. 

xvii. 2 ' Thou didst make thee a name of 
greatness and terribleness. Deut. v. 24. . 



xxix. 11. Thine, Lord, is the greatness 
and the power, and the glory. 

Neh. ix. 32. The great, the mighty and the 
terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy. 
Ch. iv. 14. 

Job xxxiii. 12. God is greater than man. 
John x. 29. Greater than all. 1 John iii. 20. 
Greater than our heart Ch. iv. 4. Greater 
than he that is in the world. 

xxxvi. 26. God is great,and we know him not. 

Ps. lxxvii. 13. Who is so great a God as 
our God ! Tit. ii. 13. Rev. xix. 17. 

lxxxvi. 10. Thou art great, and doest 
wondrous thin a ,, 

xcv. 3. The Lord is a great God and a 
great King, above all gods. Ps. cxxxv. 5. 

xcix. 2. The Lord is great in Zion, and he 
is high above all people. 

civ. 1. O Lord, my God, thou art very 
great ; thou art clothed with honour and ma- 
jesty. 

cxlv. 3. Great is the Lord, and greatly to 
be praised ; and his greatness is Unsearchable. 
Ps. xlviii. 1. — xcvi. 4. 

cl. 2. Praise him according to his excellent 
greatness. 

Jer. xxxii. 18. The great, the mighty God, 
the Lord of hosts, is his name. Isa. xliv. 6. 

Heb. vi. 13. God could swear by no greater, 
he sware by himself. 

See God's perfections of knowledge, wis- 
dom, power, goodness, mercy, <$fc, all called 
great. 

GOD EXALTED. 

XXVII. God is exalted. 1 Chron. xxix. 
11. Thou art exalted as head above all. Ps. 
xxi. 13. — xlvii. 9. — cxviii. 16. 

Neh. ix. 5. His glorious name is exalted 
above all blessing and praise. 

Ps. xlvi. 10. I will be exalted among the 
heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 

lvii. 5. Be thou exalted, O God, above the 
heavens ; let thy glory be above all the earth. 
Ver. 11. Ps. cviii. 5. 

xcvii. 9. Thou art high above all the earth, 
thou art exalted far above all gods. 

Isa. xii. 4. Praise the Lord, call upon his 
name, declare his doings among the people, 
make mention that his name is exalted. 

xxxiii. 5. The Lord is exalted, for he 
dwelleth on high : he hath filled Zion with 
judgment and righteousness. 

See Isa. ii. 11. 17.— v. 16.— xxx. 18.— 
xxxiii. 10. — xlix. 11. 

GOD'S EXCELLENCY AND MAJESTY. 

XXVIII. GooVs Excellency. Job xiii. 11. 
Shall not his excellency make you afraid, and 
his dread fall upon you 1 



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GOD S GLORY — HIS KNOWLEDGE. 



Chap. I 



xxxvii. 23. The Almighty is excellent in 
power, and judgment. 

Ps. viii. 1. & 9. How excellent is thy name 
in all the earth. Ps. cxlviii. 13. 

cl. 2. Praise him according to his excellent 
gTeatness. Isa. xii. 5. 

Isa. xxviii. 29. The Lord of hosts is won- 
derful in counsel and excellent in working. 
See Exod. xv. 7. Deut. xxxiii. 26. Job 
xxxvii. 4. Ps. lxviii. 34. 

XXIX. God's Majesty. I Chron. xxix. 
•11. Thine, Lord, is the greatness, and the 
power, and the glory, and the victory, and the 
majesty : for all that is in the heaven and in 
the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, 
Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. 

Job xxxvii. 22. With God is terrible ma- 
jesty. Ps. xcvi. 6. 

Ps. xxix. 4. The voice of the Lord is full 
of majesty. 

xciii. 1. He is clothed with majesty. Ps. civ. 1. 

Isa. xxiv. 14. They shall sing for the ma- 
jesty of the Lord. Ps. cxlv. 5. 12. 

Jude 25. To the only wise God our Sa- 
viour, be glory and majesty. See Isa. ii. 10. 

GOD'S GLORY. 

XXX. God is glorious. Exod. xv. 11. 
Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful 
in praises ] 

1 Chron. xxix. 11. Thine, Lord, is the 
greatness, and the power, and the glory. Matt. 
vi. 13. 

Ps. viii. 1. Thou hast set thy glory above 
the heavens. Ps. xix. 1. — xcvii. 6. — cxiii. 4. — 
cxlviii; 13. 

Ivii. 5. Let thy glory be above all the earth. 
Ver. 11. Ps. lxxii. 19. 

civ. 31. The glory of the Lord shall endure 
for ever. 

cxxxviii. 5. Great is the glory of the Lord. 
Ps. cxlv. 5. 11, 12. 

Isa. vi. 3. The whole earth is full of his 

glory- t 

He is the God of Glory. Ps. xxix. 3. Acts 
vii. 2. — In his name. Deut. xxviii. 58. 

1 Chron. xxix. 13. Neh. ix. 5. — In his work. 
Ps. cxi. 3. His work is honourable and glori- 
ous. — In deliverances of his people. Isa. lxiii. 
12. 14. He led his people with his glorious 
arm. — In the overthrow of his enemies. Exod. 
xv. 1. He hath triumphed gloriously. (Ps. 
lxxvi. 4.) Ver. 6. Thy right hand is become 
glorious in power. — Ps. xlv. 3. Gird thy sword 
upon thy thigh, O most Mighty, with thy glory 
and thy majesty. See Isa. xxx. 30, and 

2 Thess. i. 9. 

XXXI. God is glorious in favours spiritual 
end temporal, conferred on his people, and in 



the advancement of religion among them 
Numb. xiv. 22. Those mm have seen my 
glory and my miracles. 

Deut. v. 24. The Lord ha h shewed us his 
glory and his greatness. 

Ps. lxiii. 2. My soul thirsteth to see thy 
power and thy glory, as I have seen thee in 
the sanctuary. 

lxxix. 9. Help us, God of our salvation, 
for the glory of thy name. 

xc. 1 6. Let thy work appear unto thy ser- 
vants, and thy glory unto their children. 

cii. 16. When the Lord shall build up Zion, 
he shall appear in his glory. Zech. ii. 5. I 
will be the glory in the midst of her. 

Isa. xxiv. 23. The Lord shall reign in Jeru- 
salem gloriously. 

xxxv. 2. They shall see the glory of the 
Lord, and the excellency of our God. 

xl. 5. The glory of the Lord shall be re- 
vealed, and all flesh shall see it. Ch. lix. 19. 

xliii. 7. I have created him for my glory. 

Iviii. 8. The glory of the Lord shall be thy 
rear- ward. 

Ix. 1. The glory of the Lord is risen upon 
thee. 

lxii. 2. The Gentiles shall see thy righteous- 
ness, and all kings thy glory. Ch. lxvi. 18, 19. 

Hab. ii. 14. The earth shall be filled with 
the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the 
waters cover the sea. 

Luke ii. 14. Glory to God in the highest, 
and on earth peace, good-will toward men. 

2 Cor. iv. 6. God hath shined in our hearts, 
to give the light of the knowledge of the glory 
of God, in the face of Jesus Christ. 

Col. i. 11. Strengthened with all might, ac- 
cording to his glorious power. Eph. iii. 1 6. 

1 Pet. iv. 14. The Spirit of glory and of 
God, resteth upon you. See Isa. xxxiii. 21.— 
xlvi. 13. Hag. ii. 7. 

Hence, the Gospel is called the glorious 
Gospel. 1 Tim. i. 11. 

Future glory. 2 Cor. iii. 18. We behold as 
in a glass the glory of the Lord. 

Rom. v. 2. We rejoice in hope of the glory 
of God. 

God's power called his glory. Rom. vi. 4. 
Christ was raised up from the dead by the 
glory of the Father. 

John xi. 4. 40. The raising of Lazarus from 
the dead, is called the glory of God. 

1 Cor. xi. 7. Man is the image and glory 
of God. 

Heb. i. 3. Christ is the brightness of the 
Father's glory. 

GOD'S KNOWLEDGE 
XXXII. God's knowledge is perfect. 1 Sam. 
ii. 3. The Lord is a God of knowledge, and by 
him actions are weighed. 



Chap. I. 



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Job xxxvii. 16. He is perfect in knowledge. 
Ch. xxxvi. 4. 

Ps. cxlvii. 5. His understanding is infinite. 
See Rom. xi. 33. 

Isa. xl. 28. There is no searching of his 
understanding. Prov. xxii. 12. 

xi. 2. The Spirit of the Lord is the Spirit 
of knowledge. 

XXXIII. God's knowledge is underived. 
Job xxi 22. Shall any teach God knowledge 1 

Ps. xciv. 9, 10. He that planted the ear, 
shall he not hear"? he that formed the eye, 
shall he not see] — He that teacheth man 
knowledge, shall not he know 1 

Isa. xl. 14. With whom took he counsel, 
and who instructed him, and taught him in 
the path of judgment, and taught him know- 
ledge, and showed to him the way of under- 
standing ] 

XXXIV. Extendeth to all things. Job 
xxviii. 10. His eye seeth every precious 
thing.— Ver. 24. He looketh to the ends of 
the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven, 

Ps. cxxxix. 12. The darkness hideth not 
from thee, but the night shineth as the day: 
the darkness and the light are both alike to 
thee. 

Dan. ii. 22. He knoweth what is in the 
darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. 

Acts xv. 18. Known unto God are all his 
works from the beginning of the world. 

Heb. iv. 13. Neither is there any creature 
that is not manifest in his sight; but all things 
are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with 
whom we have to do. 

1 John iii. 20. God knoweth all things. 

XXXV. Things which God only knoweth. 
Gen. xl. 8. Joseph said, Do not interpretations 
belong to God 1 

Deut. xxix. 29. The secret things belong 
unto the Lord our God. 

1 Kings viii. 39. Thou only knowest the 
hearts of all the children of men. 

Job xxiv. 1. Times are not hidden from the 
Almighty. Acts i. 7. 

Isa. xlii. 9. New things do I declare ; be- 
fore they spring forth, I tell you of them. 

xlvi. 9, 10. I am God, and there is none like 
me, declaring the end from the beginning, and 
from ancient times, the things that are not yet 
done. Ch. xlviii. 3. 6. 16. 

Matt. xi. 27. No man knoweth the Son, 
but the Father. John x. 15. 

Mark xiii. 32. Of that day and that hour 
knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are 
in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. 

1 Cor. ii. 11. The things of God knoweth 
no man, but the Spirit of God. 



XXXVI. Secret things which God will dis- 
cover. Job xx. 27. The heavens shall reveal 
the iniquity of the wicked, and the earth shall 
rise up against him. 

xxviii. 1 1. The thing that is hid bringeth he 
forth to light. 

Eccl. xii. 14. God will bring into judgment 
every secret thing. 

Dan. ii. 22. He revealeth the deep and se- 
cret things. Ver. 28, 29. 47. 

Matt. x. 26. There is nothing hid that shall 
not be known. 

Rom. ii. 16. God shall judge the secrets of 
men. 

1 Cor. iv. 5. The Lord will bring to light 
the hidden things of darkness, and will make 
manifest the counsels of the hearts. 

Eph. iii. 9. The mystery {of redemption) 
hath been hid in God from the beginning of 
the world. — Ver. 10. Now made known. CoL 
i. 26. 

XXXVII. The knowledge of God extendeth 
to man and all his vmys. 

2 Chron. xvi. 9. The eyes of the Lord run 
to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show 
himself strong in the behalf of them whose 
heart is perfect toward him. 

Job xxxiv. 21. His eyes are upon the ways 
of man, and he seeth all his goings. Chap, 
xiii. 27. — xxxi. 4. 

Ps. xi. 4. His eyes behold, his eyelids try 
the children of men. 

xxxiii. 13, 14. The Lord looketh from 
heaven, he beholdeth all the sons of men. 
From the place of his habitation he looketh 
upon all the inhabitants of the earth. 

Ixvi. 7. His eyes behold the nations. 

ciii. 14. He knoweth our frame, he remem- 
bereth that we are dust. 

cxiii. 6. Who humbleth himself to behold 
the things that are in heaven and in the earth. 

cxxxix. 1 — 4. O Lord, thou hast searched 
me and known me. Thou knowest my down- 
sitting and mine up-rising, thou understandest 
my thought afar off. Thou compassest my 
path, and my lying down, and art acquainted 
with all my ways. For there is not a word 
in my tongue, but lo, O Lord, thou knowesl 
it altogether. — Ver. 6. Such knowledge is too 
wonderful for me ; it is high, I cannot attain 
unto it. — Ver. 11. If I say, surely the dark- 
ness shall cover me, even the night shall be 
light about me. Ver. 12, 13. Dan. ii. 22. 

Ver. 15, 16. My substance was not hid 
from thee, when I was made in secret, and 
curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the 
earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet 
being unperfect, and in thy book all my mem- 
bers were written, which in continuance were 
fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. 

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Chap. I. 



Prov. v. 21. The ways of man are before 
the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his 
goings. 

xv. 3. The eyes of the Lord are in every 
place, beholding the evil and the good. 

Jer. xxiii. 24. Can any hide himself in se- 
cret places, that I shall not see him 1 saith the 
Lord. 

Jer. xxxii. 19. Thine eyes are open upon 
all the ways of the sons of men, to give every 
one according to his ways, and according to 
the fruit of his doings. 

XXXVIII. God knoweth the hearts of all 
men. 1 Sam. xvi. 7. The Lord seeth not as 
man seeth : for man looketh on the outward 
appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. 
Job x. 4. Prov. xv. 11. 

1 Kings viii. 39. Thou only knowest the 
hearts of all the children of men. 

1 Chron. xxviii. 9. The Lord searcheth all 
hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations 
of the thoughts. 

Jer. xx. 12. Lord of hosts, that seest the 
reins and the heart. 

Aets i. 24. Thou, Lord, which knowest the 
hearts of all men. 

XXXIX. He knoweth the hearts of the 
righteous. Gen. xx. 6. I know that thou 
didst this in the integrity of thy heart. 

Ps. xix. 14. Let the meditations of my heart 
be acceptable in thy sight, Lord, my strength, 
and my redeemer. 

cxxxix. 23, 24. Search me, O God, and 
know my heart; try me, and know my 
thoughts; and see if there be any wicked way 
in me. and lead me in the way everlasting. 

Isa. lxvi. 2. To this man will I look, even 
to him that is poor, and of a contrite spirit, and 
trembleth at my word. 

Jer. xii. 3. Thou, Lord, knowest me ; thou 
hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee. 

1 Pet. iii. 4. The hidden man of the heart, 
even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, 
which is in the sight of God of great price. 
See Acts xv. 8. 

XL. He knoweth the hearts of the wicked. 
Deut. xxxi. 20, 21. They will provoke me: for 
I know their imagination which they go about, 
even now. 

-Ps. xciv. 11. The Lord knoweth the 
thoughts of man, that they are vanity. 

Ezek. xi. 5. I know the things that come 
into your mind, every one of them. 

Luke xvi. 15. Jesus said, Ye are they that 
justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth 
your hearts. 

Acts viii. 21. Thy heart is not right in the 
sight of God. 



XLL God knoweth his people. Gen. vii. 1. 
The Lord said to Noah, Thee have I seen 
righteous before me in this generation. 

xviii. 19. I know Abraham, that he will 
command his children and his household after 
him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord. 

2 Sam. vii. 20. Thou, Lord God, knowest 
thy servant. 1 Chron. xvii. 18. 

Ps. i. 6. The Lord knoweth the way of the 
righteous. Ps. xxxvii. 18. 

xxxiv. 15. The eyes of the Lord are upor 
the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. 

lxxx. 14. Look down from heaven, and 
behold, and visit this vine. Ps. cxix. 132. — 
xxv. 18. Deut. xx vi. 15. Isa. lxiii. 15. 

Isa. lvii. 18. I have seen his ways, and will 
heal him. 

Jer. xxiv. 6. I will set mine eyes upon them 
for good. Zech. xii. 4. 

2 Tim. ii. 19. The Lord knoweth them that 
are his. Gal. iv. 9. 

XLII. God knoweth the religious principles 
and practices of his people. Rev. ii. 19. I 
know thy works, and charity, and service, and 
faith, and thy patience. 

1 Cor. viii. 3. If any man love God, the 
same is known of God. 

Ps. xxxiii. 1 8. The eye of the Lord is upon 
them that fear him, upon them that hope in 
his mercy. See Gen. xxii. 12. 

Nah. i. 7. The Lord knoweth them that 
trust in him. 

1 Pet. iii. 4. A meek and quiet spirit which 
is in the sight of God of great price. 

2 Chron. xii. 7. The Lord saw that they 
humbled themselves. 

Col. i. 22. Present you holy and unhlame- 
able, and unreprovahle in his sight. 

Matt. vi. 18. Appear not to men to fast, but 
to thy Father, which seeth in secret ; and thy 
Father shall reward thee openly. 

Ver. 6. When thou pray est, enter into thy 
closet; and when thou hast shut thy door, 
pray to thy Father which is in secret ,• and 
thy Father, which seeth in secret, himself shall 
reward thee openly. 

Ver. 4. That thine alms may be in secret; 
and thy Father, which seeth in secret, himselt 
shall reward thee openly. See Acts x. 4. 31. 

Job xxxiii. 27, 28. He looketh upon man, 
and if any say, J have sinned, and perverted 
that which was right, and it profited me not ; 
he will deliver his soul from going into the pit, 
and his life shall see the light. See Jonah 
iii. 10. 

Jer. xvii. 16. Thou knowest that which 
came out of my lips was right before thee. 

Mai. iii. 16. Then they that feared the Lord 
spake of (en one to another; and the Lord 
hearkened and heard it ; and a book of remem 



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brance was written before him, for them that 
feared the Lord, and that thought upon his 
name. See Ps. cxxxix. 4. Jer. v. 3. Ps. xl. 
9. 2 Cor. xi. 31. 

XLIII. He Jcnoweth their works. 2 Cor. 
viii. 21. Providing for honest things, not only 
in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight 
of men. / 

Rev. ii. 2. I know thy works, and thy la- 
bour, and thy patience; and how thou canst 
not bear them that are evil. Ver. 9. I know 
thy works, and tribulation, and poverty. Ver. 
13. 19. Ch. iii. 8. Heb. xiii. 21. 1 John 
iii. 22. 

Their wants. Matt. vi. 8. Your Father 
knoweth what things ye have need of before 
ye ask him. ( 

Matt. vi. 31, 32. Take no thought, saying, 
What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink ? 
or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? For 
your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have 
need of all these things. Luke xii. 30. 

Their sorrows. Exod. iii. 7. The Lord said 
of his people, I know their sorrows. Ch. xiv. 
24. Neh. ix. 9. Acts vii. 34. 

Deut. ii. 7. The Lord thy God knoweth thy 
walking through this great wilderness. 

Their afflictions. Ps. xxxi. 7. Thou hast 
known my soul in adversities. 

Ps. cii. 19, 20. He hath looked down from 
the height of his sanctuary ; from heaven did 
the Lord behold the earth ; to hear the groan- 
ing of the prisoner. Ps. xxxviii. 9. 2 Sam. 
xvi. 12. Jobx. 15. Ps. xxxix. 11, 12. 

Their wrongs from oppressors. Gen. xxxi. 
12. The Lord said to Jacob, I have seen all 
that Laban doeth to thee. Ver. 42. 

Exod. ii. 25. God looked upon the children 
of Israel, and had respect unto them, under 
oppression. Ver. 24. Ch. iv. 31. 

1 Sam. ix. 16. I have looked upon my 
people, because their cry is come unto me. 
See 2 Kings xiii. 4. — xiv. 26. 

Ps. x. 14. Thou beholdest mischief and 
spite, to requite it. 

xxxv. 21. They opened their mouth wide 
against me. — Ver. 22. This thou hast seen, 
Lord. 

lxix. 19. Thou hast known my reproach, 
and my shame, and my dishonour ; mine ad- 
versaries are all before thee. 

Isa. lix. 15. The Lord saw it, and it dis- 
pleased him that there was no judgment. 

Lam. iii. 59. O Lord, thou hast seen my 
wrong ; judge thou my cause. 

Dan. ix. 18. O my God, incline thine ear 
and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our 
desolations. Isa. xxxvii. 17. Jer. xlviii. 30. 

God saw, in affliction, Hagar, Gen. xvi. 13. — 
Leah, Gen. xxix. 31. — Hannah, 1 Sam.i. 11. , 



XLIV. Gods knowledge of the wicked and 
their sins. Gen. vi. 5. God saw that the 
wickedness of man was great in the earth, and 
that every imagination of the thoughts of his 
heart was only evil continually. 

Exod. xxxii. 9. The Lord said, I have seen 
this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked 
people. Deut. xxxii. 19. 

Job xi. 11. He knoweth vain men : he seeth 
wickedness also ; will he not then consider it? 

xxxiv. 22. There is no darkness nor shadow 
of death, where the workers of iniquity may 
hide themselves. Amos ix. 2, 3, 4. 

Ps. xiv. 2, 3. The Lord looked down from 
heaven upon the children of men, to see if 
there were any that did understand, and seek 
God. They are all gone aside. Ps. liii. 2. 

lxix. 5. My sins are not hid from thee. 

xc. 8. Thou hast set our iniquities before 
thee, our secret sins in the light of thy coun- 
tenance. 

Isa. xlviii. 8. I knew that thou wouldest 
deal very treacherously. 

Jer. xvi. 17. Mine eyes are upon all their 
ways ; neither is their iniquity hid from mine 
eyes. 

Amos v. 12. I know your manifold trans- 
gressions, and your mighty sins. — Ch. ix. 4. 
I will set mine eyes upon them for evil. 

Hab. i. 13. Thou art of purer eyes than to 
behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity. 

Luke xv. 21. I have sinned against heaven 
and in thy sight. 

XLV. God knoweth the proud. 2 Sam. 

xxii. 28. Thine eyes are upon the haughty, 

that thou mayest bring them down. See Job 
xl. 12. 

Ps. cxxxviii. 6. The proud he knoweth 
afar off. 

XL VI. God knoweth the impenitent. Jer. 
viii. 6. I hearkened and heard, but they spake 
not aright : no man repenteth him of his 
wickedness, saying, What have I done ? every 
one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth 
into the battle. 

XLVn. He knoweth hypocritical professors. 
Matt. xxii. 11. When the King, came in to 
see the guests, he saw there a man which had 
not on a wedding-garment. 

Rev. ii. 9. I know the blasphemy of them 
which say they are Jews, and are not, but are 
the synagogue of Satan. 

iii. 1. I know that thou hast a name that 
thou livest, and art dead. 

XLVIII. Liars and uncharitable persons. 
Prov. xxiv. 11. If thou forbear to deliver them 
that are drawn to death. 



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Chap. I. 



Prov. xxiv. 12. If thou sayest, Behold, we 
knew it not ; doth not he that pondereth the 
heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy 
soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he 
render to every man according to his works 1 

XLIX. Envious persons. Prov. xxiv. 17, 
18. Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and 
let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth : 
Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and 
he turn away his wrath from him. 

L. He knoweth wicked works. Job xxxiv. 
25. He knoweth their works, and overturneth 
them. Ch. xxiv. 23. 

Isa. lxvi. 18. I know their works, and their 
thoughts. 

Rev. iii. 15. I know thy works, that thou 
art neither cold nor hot. 

LI. Whoredom natural and spiritual. Jer. 
xxix. 23. Because they have committed villany 
in Israel, and have committed adultery with 
their neighbours' wives, and have spoken 
lying words ; even I know, and am a witness, 
saith the Lord. 

Hos. v. 3, 4. I know Ephraim, and Israel is 
not hid from me; for now, Ephraim, thou 
committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. 
They will not frame their doings, to turn unto 
their God ; for the spirit of whoredoms is in 
the midst of them. Ch. vi. 10. 

LII. He knoweth murderers. 2 Sam. xii. 
9. Nathan said to David, Wherefore hast thou 
despised the commandment of the Lord to do 
evil in his sight 1 Thou hast killed Uriah with 
the sword, &c. 

2 Kings ix. 2G. The Lord said, I have seen 
the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons. 
See Gen. iv. 10. 

Ps. lxxii. 14. Precious shall the blood of 
the needy be in his sight. 

Jer. xviii. 23. Lord, thou knowest all their 
counsel against me to slay me: forgive not 
their iniquity. 

LIII. The sins of the wicked against right. 
Job xxii. 13. Thou sayest, How doth God 
know ? can he judge through the dark cloud 1 
Ps. lix. 7, 8. 

Ps. x. 11. He hath said in his heart, God 
hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will 
never see it. 

lxxiii. 1 1. They say, How doth God know 1 
and is there knowledge in the Most High 1 

xciv. 7. They say, The Lord shall not see, 
neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. See 
ver. 8, 9. 

GOD'S WISDOM. 

LIV. God's Wisdom asserted. Job ix. 4. 
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength : 



who hath hardened himself against him awe 
hath prospered ] Isa. xxxi. 2. 

xxxvi. 5. God is mighty in strength and 
wisdom. Ch. xxxviii. 37. 

Dan. ii. 20. Blessed be God, for wisdom and 
might are his. Prov. viii. 14. 

Rom. xi. 33. the depth of the wisdom of 
God ! &c. 

xvi. 27. To God only wise, be glory through 
Jesus Christ for ever. 1 Tim. i. 17. Jude 25. 
Rev. vii. 12. 

LV. God's Wisdom in creation. Ps. civ. 
24. O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in 
wisdom hast thou made them all. Ps. exxxvi. 5. 

Prov. iii. 19, 20. The Lord by wisdom hatb 
founded the earth ; by understanding hath he 
established the heavens. By his knowledge 
the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop 
down the dew. 

Jer. x. 12. He hath made the earth by his 
power, he hath established the world by his 
wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens 
by his discretion. Ch. Ii. 15. 

LVI. God's Wisdom in redemption by 
Jesus Christ. Eph. i. 8, 9. He hath abounded 
toward us in all wisdom and prudence : Having 
made known unto us the mystery of his will. 

iii. 10, 11. That now might be known by 
the church the manifold wisdom of God, ac- 
cording to the eternal purpose which he pur- 
posed in Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom. xi. 33. 

Col. ii. 3. Christ in whom are hid all the 
treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 

Rev. v. 12. Worthy is the Lamb, to receive 
wisdom, &c. 

LVII. The wisdom of creatures nothing in 
comparison of God's Wisdom. 

Job iv. 18. Behold he put no trust in his 
servants, and his angels he charged with folly. 

xxxvii. 24. He respecteth not any that are 
wise of heart. 

Prov. xxi. 30. There is no wisdom, nor un- 
derstanding, nor counsel against the Lord. 

Isa. xliv. 25. He frustrateth the tokens of 
the liars, and maketh diviners mad ; he turneth 
wise men backward, and maketh their know- 
ledge foolish. Ch. xl. 23. 

1 Cor. i. 25. The foolishness of God is 
wiser than men. — Ver. 27. God hath chosen 
the foolish things of the world, to confound 
the wise. 

iii. 19. The wisdom of this world is foolish- 
ness with God : for it is written, He taketh the 
wise in their own craftiness. Job v. 13. 

GOD'S POWER. 

LVIII. Power ascribed to God. 1 Chron, 
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the power, and the glory, and the victory, and 
the majesty ; for all that is in the heaven, and 
in the earth, is thine ; thine is the kingdom, 
O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above 
all. Matt. vi. 13. Thine is the kingdom, and 
the power, and the glory, for ever. 

Ver. 12. In thy hand is power and might, 
and in thy hand it is to make great, and to 
give strength unto all. 2 Chron. xx. 6. 

Ps. lxii. 11. Power belongeth unto God. 

cxlvii. 5. Great is our Lord, and of great 
power, his understanding is infinite. 

See Job xxvi. 14. and xxxvii. 23. The 
thunder of his power. Ps. xxix. 4, and lxviii. 
33. His voice powerful. Hab. iii. 4. The 
hiding of his power. 

LIX. Might ascribed to God. Deut. iii. 
24. What God is there in heaven, or in earth, 
that can do according to thy works, and ac- 
cording to thy might! 

Jer. x. 6. Thou art great, and thy name is 
great in might. 

Dan. ii. 20. Blessed be the name of God, for 
wisdom and might are his. 

Mighty. Ps. lxxxix. 6. Who among the 
sons of the mighty can be likened unto the 
Lord ] 

Ps. xciii. 4. The Lord on high is mightier 
than the noise of many waters, yea, than the 
mighty waves of the sea. 

Jer. xxxii. 18. The great, the mighty God, 
the Lord of hosts is his name. 

Ver. 19. Great in counsel and mighty in 
work. 

LX. He is the Almighty God. Gen. xvii. 
1. The Lord said, I am the Almighty God. 
Rev. i. 8. 

Exod. vi. 3. God appeared to Abraham, &c, 
by the name of God Almighty. 

Rev. xix. 6. The Lord God omnipotent 
reigneth. 

LXI. God's Strength. Job ix. 4. He is 
wise in heart and mighty in strength; who 
hath hardened himself against him and hath 
prospered] Ch. xxxvi. 5. 19. — ix. 19. If I 
speak of strength, lo, he is strong. 

xii. 13. With him is wisdom, and strength; 
he hath counsel and understanding. 

Ps. lxxxix. 8. O Lord of hosts, who is a 
strong Lord, like unto thee ] 

xciii. 1. The Lord is clothed with strength. 

Isa. xxvi. 4. In the Lord Jehovah is ever- 
lasting strength. 

1 Cor. i. 25. The weakness of God is 
stronger than men. 

LXII. God's Arm. Job xl. 9. Hast thou 
an arm like God ] or cans,t thou thunder with 
voice like him? 

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Ps. lxxxix. 13. Thou hast a mighty arm; 
strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. 



LXIII. Hand of God. Exod. xv. 
right hand is glorious in power. 



Thy 



LXIV. Finger of God. Exod. viii. 19. 
The magicians said, This is the finger of God. 

xxxi. 18. The tables were written with the 
finger of God. 

Ps. viii. 3. Thy heavens are the work of 
thy fingers. 

Luke xi. 20. Jesus cast out devils with the 
finger of God. 

LXV. God called a rock. Deut. xxxii. 4. 
He is the Rock, his work is perfect, for all his 
ways are judgment, a God of truth and with- 
out iniquity, just and right is he. 1 Sam. ii. 
2. 2 Sam. xxii. 32. Ps. xviii. 31. 

LXVI. Nothing hard to God. Gen. xviii. 
14. Is any thing too hard for the Lord] 

Jer. xxxii. 17. There is nothing too hard 
for thee. Ver. 27. 

LXVII. All things possible to him. Matt, 
xix. 26. With God, all things are possible. 
Mark x. 27. 

Luke i. 37. With God nothing shall be im- 
e. . , 

xviii. 27. The things that are impossible 
with men, are possible with God. Zech. viii. 6. 

LXVIII. He is able to do every thing. Phil, 
iii. 21. He is able even to subdue all things to 
himself. 

Rom. iv. 21. He was able to perform what 
he had promised. 

Eph. iii. 20. Able to do abundantly above 
all that we ask or think. 

LXLX. God's power in his wonderful 
doings. Exod. xv. 11. Who is like thee, 
glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing 
wonders] 

Deut. iii. 24. What God is there in heaven, 
or in earth, that can do according to thy works, 
and according to thy might ] 

xxxii. 4. He is the Rock ; his work is perfect. 

Job v. 9. He doeth great, things, and un- 
searchable, marvellous things, without number. 
Ch. ix. 10. — xxxvii. 5. Ps. lxxii. 18. — Ixxxvi. 
10. — cxviii. 23. — cxxxvi. 4. 

Ps. cxi. 7. The works of his hands are ve- 
rity and judgment. 

Eccl. iii. 14. Whatsoever God doeth, it shall 
be for ever : nothing can be put to it, nor any 
thing taken from it. 

Dan. iv. 3. How great are his signs, and 
how mighty are his wonders ! his kingdom is 
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an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion from 
generation to generation ! — Ver. 35. All the 
inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing, 
and he doth according to his will in the army 
of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the 
earth, and none can stay his hand, or say 
unto him, What dost thou] See Job ix. 12. 
Isa. xlv. 9. 

LXX. The prosperity and adversity of 
mankind are in his hand. Job ii. 10. Shall 
we receive good at the hand of God, and shall 
we not receive evil ] 

Job v. 18. He maketh sore, and bindeth up ; 
he woundeth and his hands make whole. 

xii. 10. In whose hand is the soul of every 
living thing, and the breath of all mankind. 

xxiii. 13, 14. He is in one mind, and who 
can turn him 1 and what his soul desireth, 
even that he doth. For he performeth the 
thing that is appointed for me, and many such 
things are with him. 

Isa. xlv. 7. I form the light, and I create 
darkness; I make peace and create evil; I the 
Lord do all these things. Amos iii. 6. 

Eccl. ix. 1. The righteous, and the wise, 
and their works, are in the hand of God. 

Dan. v. 23. God in whose hand thy breath 
is, and whose are all thy ways. Acts xvii. 28. 

Jam. iv. 12. He is the one lawgiver, who is 
able to save, and to destroy. See Jer. xviii. 6. 
Isa. xlv. 9. As clay in the hand of the potter, 
so are we in his hand. 

LXXI. God's power in the creation of 
heaven and earth. Job xxvi. 13. By his 
Spirit he hath garnished the heavens ; his hand 
hath formed the crooked serpent. 

Ps. xcv. 5. The sea is his and he made it, 
and his hands formed the dry land. 

cii. 25. Of old hast thou laid the foundation 
of the earth, and the heavens are the work of 
thy hands. Heb. i. 10. 

Isa. xl. 12. Who hath measured the waters 
in the hollow of his hand, and meted out 
heaven with the span, and comprehended the 
dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed 
the mountains in scales, and the hills in a ba- 
lance 1 Prov. xxx. 4. 

Isa. xl. 26. He calleth the creatures all by 
names, by the greatness of his might, for that 
he is strong in power; not one faileth. 

xlviii. 13. My hand also hath laid the foun- 
dation of the earth, and my right hand hath 
spanned the heavens. 

Ixvi. 2. All those things hath my hand 
made. 

Jer. x. 1 2. He hath made the earth by his 
power, he hath established the world by his 
wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens 
by his discretion. Ch. Ii. 15. 

xxvii. 5. I have made the earth, the man 



and the beast that are upon the ground, by my 
great power, and by my out-stretched arm, and 
have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto 
me. Ch. xxxii. 17. 

Rom. i. 20. The invisible things of God, 
from the creation of the world are clearly seen, 
being understood by the things that are made, 
even his eternal power and Godhead. 

LXXII. In the government of the heavens 
and the earth. Job xxvi. 12. He divideth the 
sea with his power, and by his understanding 
he smiteth through the proud. See from ver. 
5 to 14, and Ps. lxxiv. 13. 

xxviii. 9. He putteth forth his hand upon 
the rock, he overturneth the mountains by the 
roots. 

Ps. lxv. 6. By his strength he setteth fast 
the mountains. 

xcv. 4. In his hand are the deep places of 
the earth, the strength of the hills is his. 

Isa. xliii. 16, 17. The Lord maketh a way 
in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters. 
He bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the 
army and the power. 

1. 2, 3. At my rebuke I dry up the sea, I 
make the rivers a wilderness. I clothe the 
heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth 
their covering. Nah. i. 3, 4, 5. 

Dan. iv. 35. He doth according to his will 
in the army of heaven, and among the inha- 
bitants of the earth. 

Heb. i. 3. Upholding all things by the word 
of his power. 

LXXIII. Acts of his power towards his 
Church. Exod. vi. 6. I will redeem you with 
a stretched-out arm, and with great judgments. 

xiii. 3. By strength of hand, the Lord 
brought you out of Egypt. Ps. cxxxvi. 12. 

Exod. xv. 13. Thou hast guided the people 
in thy strength, unto thy holy habitation. — 
Ver. 17. Thou shalt plant them in the mount 
of thine inheritance, in the sanctuary, Lord, 
which thy hands have established. 

Num. xiv. 13. Thou broughtest up this 
people, in thy might. 

Deut. iv. 34. Hath God assayed to go and 
take him a nation, from the midst of another 
nation, by temptations, by signs, and by 
wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, 
and by a stretched-out arm, and by great ter- 
rors, according to all that the Lord your God 
did for you in Egypt 1 ? Ch. v. 15.— vii. 19.— 
xxvi. 8. Jer. xxxii. 21. Ezek. xx. 5, 6. 22. 
28. 42.— xlvii. 14. Dan. ix. 15. 

vi. 21. The Lord brought us out of Egypt 
with a mighty hand. Ch. vii. 8, 9. — ix. 26. — 
xi. 2. — xxvi. 8. — xxxiv. 12. 

Neh. i. 10. Thy people whom thou hast 
redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong 
hand. Ch. he. 32. Exod. xxxii. 11. 



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Ps. lxxix. 11. Let the sighing of the pri- 
soner come before thee, according to the 
greatness of thy power. 

cvi. 8. He saved them for his name's sake, 
that he might make his mighty power to be 
known. Ps. cxi. 6. 

Isa. xlix. 26. All flesh shall know that I the 
Lord, am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the 
mighty One of Jacob. Ch. lx. 16. — Ixiii. 16. 

Jer. xx. 11. The Lord is with me, as a 
mighty terrible one, therefore my persecutors 
shall stumble, and shall not prevail. Ps. 
xlv. 3. 

See Numb. xi. 23. Deut. xxxiii. 27. Ps. 
xliv. 3. — Ixxvii. 10. 14. — lxxviii. 54. — lxxx. 
15.— cxviii. 23. Isa. li. 9. 1 1. Jer. 1. 34. 

LXXIV. God's power towards the right- 
eous. 2 Chron. xvi. 9. The eyes of the Lord 
run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to 
6hew himself strong in behalf of those whose 
heart is perfect toward him. 

Hand. 1 Chron. xxix. 12. Both riches and 
honour come of thee, and thou reignest over 
all : and in thy hand is power and might ; and 
in thy hand it is to make great, and to give 
strength unto all. Ch. iv. 10. 

Ezra viii. 22. The hand of our God is upon 
all them for good that seek him, but his power 
and wrath is against all them that forsake him. 
Ver. 31. 

Ps. xvii. 7. Thou savest by thy right hand 
them that put their trust in thee. Ps. xviii. 
35.— xxxvii. 24. Dan. iii. 17. 

xx. 6. He will hear with the strength of his 
right hand. Ps. lx. 5. 

xxxi. 5. Into thy hand I commit my spirit. 
(Luke xxiii. 46.) Ver. 15. My times are in 
thy hand. 

Ixiii. 8. Thy right hand upholdeth me. Ps. 
cviii. 6. 

lxxx. 17. Let thy hand be upon the man of 
thy right hand. Ps. lxxxix. 21. 

Isa. i. 25. The Lord saith, I will turn my 
hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy 
dross, and take away all thy tin. See ver. 22. 

LXXV. God's power in spiritual blessings 
to his people. Ps. xcv. 7. We are the people 
of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Ps. 
cxxxviii. 8. Isa. xix. 25. — xxix. 23. — xlv. 
11. — lx. 21. — lxiv. 8. Jer. xviii. 6. compare 
Matt. iii. 9, and Rom. xi. 23. 

ex. 3. Thy people shall be willing in the 
day of thy power. 2 Chron. xxx. 12. 

Ixiii. 1, 2. My soul thirsteth for thee ; to see 
thy power and thy glory, as I have seen thee 
in the sanctuary. Ps. xcvi.6. 1 Chron. xvi. 27. 

Eph. i. 19. The exceeding greatness of his 
power to us-ward who believe. 2 Cor. vi. 7. 
Eph. iii. 7. 



iii. 20. He is able to do exceeding abun 
dantly above all that we ask or think. 2 Pet. 
i. 3. His divine power hath given to us all 
things that pertain to life and godliness. 

John x. 29, None is able to pluck his people 
out of his hand. 

2 Tim. i. 12. He is able to keep that com- 
mitted unto him. 

Rom. xvi. 25. 27. To him that is of power 
to stablish you, be glory for ever, amen. Ch. 
xiv. 4. 

2 Cor. ix. 8. God is able to make all grace 
abound toward you. 

Acts xx. 32. I commend you to God, and 
to the word of his grace, which is able to build 
you up, and to give you an inheritance among 
all them which are sanctified. 

Jude 24. He is able to keep you from fall- 
ing and to present you faultless before the 
presence of his glory, with exceeding joy. 

1 Pet. i. 5. We are kept by the power of 
God, through faith unto salvation. 

Duty. Eph. vi. 10. Be strong in the Lord, 
and in the power of his might. 

LXXVI. God's power against the wick 
ed. Ezra viii. 22. God's power and hi? 
wrath is against all them that forsake him 
Nah. i. 6. 

Ps. xc. 11. Who knoweth the power of 
thine anger? Heb. x. 31. It is a fearful thin£ 
to fall into the hands of the living God. 

Nah. i. 3. The Lord is slow to anger, and 
great in power, and will not at all acquit the 
wicked. 

2 Thess. i. 9. The wicked shall be punished 
with everlasting destruction from the presence 
of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. 
See Ps. lix. 11.— lxvi. 3. Rom. ix. 17. 

Almighty. Job xxi. 20. The eyes of the 
wicked shall see his destruction, and he shall 
drink of the wrath of the Almighty. Ch. 
xxvii. 13, &c. 

Job xl. 2. Shall he that contendeth with the 
Almighty instruct him 1 he that reproveth God 
let him answer it. 

Isa. xiii. 6. The day of the Lord shall come 
as a destruction from the Almighty. Joel i. 
15.— ii. 11. 

Might. Ps. xxiv. 8. The Lord, strong and 
mighty in battle. 

Isa. i. 24. Thus saith the Lord, the mighty 
one of Israel, I will ease me of mine adversa- 
ries, and avenge me of mine enemies. 

Jer. xvi. 21. I will cause them to know my 
hand and my might, and they shali know that 
my name is the Lord. 

Strength. Jer. xxi. 5. I will fight against 
you, with an outstretched hand, and with a 
strong arm ; even in anger and in fury, and is 
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Rev. xviii. 8. Strong is the Lord who 
judges Babylon. 

Hand. Exod. ix. 3. To Pharaoh Moses 
Raid, The hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle, 
upon the horses, the asses, the camels, the 
oxen, and the sheep. 

Exod. ix. 15. I will stretch out my hand 
that I may smite thee and thy people with 
pestilence. Ch. Hi. 20. 

Ver. 16. For this cause have I raised thee 
up, to shew in thee my power. 

xv. 1 6. Fear and dread shall fall upon them, 
by the greatness of thine arm. Ch. vii. 5. 

Deut. ii. 15. The hand of the Lord was 
against those that murmured, to destroy them 
until they were consumed. 

xxxii. 20 to 44. How should one chase a 
thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, 
except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord 
had shut them up? 

Judges ii. 15. Whithersoever they went 
out, the hand of the Lord was against them 
for evil 1 Sam. v. 9. — vi. 3. — vii. 13. 

1 Sam. xii. 15. If ye rebel against the com- 
mandment of the Lord, then shall the hand of 
the Lord be against you. 

Job x. 7. There is none that can deliver out 
of thy hand. Ps. 1. 22. Hos. ii. 10. 

xxvii. 22. God shall cast upon the wicked 
man, and not spare: he would fain flee out of 
his hand. 

Ps. xxi. 8. Thy hand shall find out all thine 
enemies. Ps. xcviii. 1. — cxviii. 15. 

lxvi. 5. The Lord is terrible in his doing 
toward the children of men. Ver. 3. 

lxxv. 8. In the hand of the Lord there is a 
cup, and the wine is red : it is full of mixture, 
and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs 
thereof all the wicked of the earth shall wring 
them out, and drink them. Jer. xxv. 15. 17. — 
li. 7. Hab. ii. 16. 

cvi. 26. He lifted up his hand against them, 
to overthrow them in the wilderness. Ezek. 
xx. 22, 23. 33.— xxii. 13, 14, 15. 

Isa. x. 32. He shall shake his hand against 
the mount of the daughter of Zion. Ch. xix. 
16. — xxv. 11. Jer. vi. 12. — xv. 6. 

xxxi. 3. When the Lord shall stretch out 
his hand, both he that helpeth, and he that is 
helped, shall fail together. 

1. 11. This shall ye have of my hand; ye 
shall lie down in sorrow. 

lii. 10. The Lord hath made bare his holy 
arm in the eyes of all the nations. 

Ezek. xiv. 13. When the land sinneth 
against me by trespassing grievously, then 
will I stretch out my hand upon it, and will 
break the staff of the bread thereof, and will 
send famine upon it, and will cut off man and 
beast from it. Ch. vi. 14. 

xxv. 7. I will stretch out my hand upon 



thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to th 
heathen. Ver. 13. 16. — xxxv. 3. 

Amos ix. 2. Though they dig into hell, 
thence shall my hand take them. 

Zeph. i. 4. I will stretch out my hand upon 
Judah. Ch. ii. 13. 

Acts xiii. 1 1. The hand of the Lord is upon 
thee, and thou shalt be blind for a season. 

LXXVII. Sins against the power of God. 
Ps. xxviii. 5. Because they regard not the 
works of the Lord, nor the operation of his 
hands, he shall destroy them, and not build 
them up. 

Isa. v. 12. They regard not the work of the 
Lord, neither consider the operation of his 
hands. Ch. xxvi. 11. — liii. 1. — lxv. 2. 

v. 25. His anger is not turned away, but 
his hand is stretched out still. Ch. ix. 12. 17. 
21.— x. 4.— xiv. 27. 

Matt. xxii. 29. Ye do err, not knowing the 
scriptures, nor the power of God. 

Duties resulting from or founded upon the 
doctrine of God's power. Isa. xxxiii. 13. Ye 
that are near, acknowledge my might. 

Ps. xviu. 1. I will love thee, O Lord my 
strength. See Love to God. 

Luke xii. 5. Fear him, who after he hath 
killed, hath power to cast into hell. See Fear 
of God. 

Isa. xxvi. 4. Trust ye in the Lord for ever ; 
for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength. 
See Trust in God. 

1 Chron. xvi. 11. Seek the Lord and his 
strength. Ps. cv. 4. See Seek God. 

Ps. xxi. 1. The king shall joy in thy 
strength. See Joy in God. 

lix. 17. To thee, O my strength, will I sing. 
See Praising God. 

lxviii. 34. Ascribe ye strength unto God. 

xcvi. 7. Give unto the Lord glory and 
strength. 

cxlv. 6. Men shall speak of the might of 
thy terrible acts. Ver. 1 1. 

cl. 1. Praise God in the firmament of his 
power. 

Jude 25. To the only wise God, our Sa- 
viour, be glory and majesty, dominion and 
power, both now and ever. Amen. 

Rev. iv. 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to 
receive glory, and honour, and power ; for thou 
hast created all things, and for thy pleasure, 
they are, and were created. See Ch. v. 13. — 
vii. 12. — xix. 1. 



OLD TESTAMENT MIRACLES. 

As Miracles may he considered as uncommon 
effects, produced by the interposal and ex- 
ertion of divine power, it is thought proper 
to give the following miracles a place under 



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this article. — (See Miracles, Ch. iv. Sect. 
50 to 58.) 

LXXVIII. 1 . Miracles affecting nations and 
particular persons. Gen. 7th and 8th chap- 
ters. The flood, with all its circumstances : 
the design thereof, 2 Pet ii. 5, to destroy the 
ungodly. 

Gen. xxi. 2. The birth of Isaac. 

xxii. 13. He is miraculously delivered from 
death. 

xix. 24. The destruction of Sodom and Go- 
morrah, &c. Deut. xxix. 23. Isa. xiii. 19. Jer. 
xlix. 18.— 1. 40. 

Exod. iii. 2. An angel appears to Moses in 
a flame of fire, in a bush. 

iv. 3. Moses's rod is changed into a serpent. 
— Ver. 6. His hand becometh leprous, and is 
restored. 

vii. 10. Aaron's rod is turned into a serpent 
before Pharaoh. — Ver. 12. It swallows up the 
magicians' rods, turned serpents also. — Ver. 
20. The waters of Egypt are turned into 
blood. 

viii. 6. The plague of frogs. — Ver. 17. The 
plague of lice. — Ver. 24. The plague of flies. 

ix.6. A plague upon cattle. — Ver. 10. Plague 
of boils. — Ver. 23. Thunder, hail, and fire. 

x. 13. The plague of locusts. — Ver. 22. 
Darkness sent as a plague. 

xil 29. The death of the first-born.— Ver. 
31. Israel leaves Egypt. 

xiii. 21. Israel is guided by a pillar of a 
cloud and fire. 

xiv. 20. The pillar is dark toward the 
Egyptians, and bright toward the Israelites. 

Ver. 21. The sea is divided.— Ver. 22. Is- 
rael passeth through safely. — Ver. 26. The 
sea returns and overwhelms the Egyptians. 

2. These miracles wrought by the power of 
God. Exod. iii. 20. I will smite Egypt with 
all my wonders. Ch. iv. 9. 17. 28.— vii. 3.— 
xi. 9. Deut. vi. 22. — vii. 19. — xxvi. 8. — 
xxxiv. 11. 

Neh. ix. 10. Thou shewedst wonders on 
Pharaoh. Jer. xxxii. 20, 21. 

3. The design of these miracles. Exod. vi. 
6, 7. I will redeem you with great judg- 
ments, and ye shall know that I am the Lord 
your God. 

vii. 5. The Egyptians shall know that I am 
the Lord, when I stretch forth my hand upon 
Egypt. Ch. xiv. 4. 18. 

Ver. 17. The waters turned into blood. In 
this thou shalt know that I am the Lord. 

viii. 10. By the plague of frogs, that thou 
mayest know that there is none like unto the 
Lord our God. Ch. ix. 14. 

Ver. 19. Of the plague of lice : The magi- 
tians said, This is the finger of God. 

Ver. 22. No swarms of flies shall be in the 



land of Goshen ; to the end thou mayest know 
that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth. 

Exod. ix. 16. For this cause have I raised 
thee up, that my name may be declared 
throughout all the earth. 

Ver. 27, 28. At the plague of hail, Pharaoh 
called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto 
them, I have sinned this time: the Lord is 
righteous, and I and my people are wicked. 
Entreat the Lord, and I will let you go. — 
Ver. 29. Moses said, I will spread abroad my 
hands unto the Lord; and the thunder shall 
cease, neither shall there be any more hail ; 
that thou mayest know that the earth is the 
Lord's. 

x. 1 6, 1 7. At the plague of locust*, Pharaoh 
called for Moses and Aaron, and said, I have 
sinned against the Lord your God. Entreat 
the Lord your God, that he may take away 
from me, this death only. 

Ver. 24. At the plague of darkness, Pharaoh 
said to Moses, Go serve the Lord ; only let 
your flocks and your herds be stayed ; let your 
little ones also go with you. 

xi. 7. Against any of the children of Israel, 
shall not a dog move his tongue against man or 
beast ; that ye may know, how that the Lord 
doth put a difference between the Egyptians 
and Israel. 

xiv. 4. 17. Concerning the overthrow of 
Pharaoh and his army, God said, I will be 
honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his 
host. — Ver. 18. The Egyptians shall know 
that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me 
honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and 
upon his horsemen. 

xii. 32. Upon the death of the first-born of 
Egypt, Pharaoh said, Take your flocks and 
your herds, and be gone, and bless me also. 

4. After the overthrow of Pharaoh. Exod. 
xiv. 31. Israel saw that great work which the 
Lord did upon the Egyptians; and the people 
feared the Lord and believed the Lord. 

xv. 1. They sang this song to the Lord, 
saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath 
triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider 
hath he thrown into the sea, &c. 

xxix. 46. Israel shall know that I am the 
Lord their God, that brought them out of the 
land of Egypt. 

5. Miracles in the wilderness and the borders 
thereof Exod. xvi. 12, 13. Quails and manna 
sent for food. Numb. xi. 31. 

xvii. 6. Water brought from a rock, for 
drink. Numb. xx. 11. 

Deut. xxix. 5, 6. Israelites' clothes waxed 
not old, &c. That ye might know that I am 
the Lord thy God. 

Exod. xix. 16. Thunders and lightnings, 
and a thick cloud appear upon Mount Sinai, 
and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud is 



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heard, so that all the people trembled. Ch. 
xx. 18. 

xx. 1. The law is delivered.— Ver. 22. The 
Lord talked with them from heaven. 

xxiv. 18. Moses tarries forty days on the 
mount. 

xxxiv. 28. Moses fasts forty days. — Ver. 29. 
His face shines so that the Israelites could not 
look upon it. 

Lev. ix. 24. Fire from the Lord consumes 
the burnt-offering. 

x. 2. Fire from the Lord consumes Nadab 
and Abihu, for offering with strange fire unto 
the Lord. 

Numb. xiv. 37. Men who brought an evil 
report die by the plague. 

xvi. 1. The rebellion of Korah and his com- 
pany. — Ver. 32. The earth opens and swal- 
lows them up. 

Ver. 49. Fourteen thousand die by the 
plague, for murmuring. 

xvii. 8. Aaron's rod budded, as a decisive 
token of the priesthood being fixed in the 
house of Levi. 

xi. 25. The spirit of prophecy given to the 
elders of Israel. 

xxi. 4. The people for murmuring are bitten 
by fiery serpents. — Ver. 6. And healed by 
looking on a brazen serpent. — Ver. 9. On a 
pole. 

xxii. 28. Balaam reproved by an ass speak- 
ing, and terrified at the sight of an angel, as 
he went to curse Israel. — xxiii. 8. 20. Is 
forced to bless Israel. Ch. xxiv. 4. 13. 

Josh. iii. 7. Jordan stops until Israel passeth 
over. 

6. The design and use to be made of these 
miracles is thus set forth. Exod. x. 2. Tell 
in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, 
what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my 
signs which I have done among them ; that 
ye may know how that I am the Lord. 

Deut. iv. 32, 33. Ask now of the days that 
are past, since the day that God created man 
upon the earth, and ask from the one side of 
heaven unto the oiher, whether there hath 
been any such thing as this great thing is, or 
hath been heard like it : Did ever people hear 
the voice of God speaking out of the midst of 
the fire, as thou hast heard, and live 1 

Deut. iv. 34, 35. Or hath God assayed to 
go and take him a nation from the midst of 
another nation, by temptations, by signs, and 
by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, 
and by a stretched-out arm, and by great ter- 
rors, according to all that the Lord your God 
did for you in Egypt, before your eyes 7 Unto 
thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know 
*hat the Lord he is God ; there is none else 
Desides him. 

Ver. 36. Out of heaven he made thee to 



hear his voice, that he might instruct thee; 
and upon earth, he shewed thee his great fire ; 
and thou heardest his words out of the midst 
of the fire. — Ver. 39. Know, therefore, this day, 
and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord 
he is God, in heaven above, and upon the 
earth beneath ; there is none else. 

Josh. iv. 23, 24. The Lord your God dried 
up the waters of Jordan before you, as he did 
the Red sea : That all the people of the earth 
might know the hand of the Lord, that it is 
mighty ; that ye might fear the Lord your God 
for ever. Ch. iii. 10. 

xxiv. 31. Israel served the Lord all the days 
of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that 
outlived Joshua, which had known all the 
works of the Lord which he had done for Is- 
rael. Judg. ii. 7. 

7. Other miracles and remarkable provi- 
dences in the land of Israel, wrought for 
promoting the faith and worship of the one 
living and true God. 

Josh. vi. 20. Jericho taken, the walls there- 
of falling down at the sound of rams' horns. 

x. 11. Israel's enemies destroyed by hail. 

Ver. 13. The sun stands still. 

Judg. vi. 38. A sign given to Gideon by a 
fleece. 

vii. 13. Another sign, a Midianitish host 
miraculously discomfited. 

xiii. 3. An angel foretells the birth of 
Samson. 

Samson's works. Ch. xiv. 6. — xv. 14, 15. 
19.— xvi. 3. 12. 14.30. 

1 Sam. v. 3. Dagon falls before the ark. 

vi. 12. The ark carried to the land of Israel 
by cattle without a guide. — Ver. 14. 

vii. 10. God thundereth upon the Philistines. 

xii. 18. Thunder and rain sent at Samuel's 
prayer. 

xiv. 15. Enemies struck with groundless 
fear. — Ver. 20. They kill one another. 

xvii. 49. David kills Goliath.— Ver. 46 
Saying, the Lord will deliver thee into my 
hand, that all the earth may know that there 
is a God in Israel. 

xix. 20. The spirit of prophecy comes upon 
Saul's messengers. — Ver. 21. And upon Saul. 
Ver. 24. ; 

1 Kings xiii. 5. The altar rent, and ashes 
poured out as a sign foretold by the prophet. 

Ver. 6. Jeroboam's withered hand restored 
at the prayer of the prophet. 

Ver. 28. An ass and lion stand by the 
carcass of a disobedient prophet, slain by the 
lion. 

xvii. 1. Elijah's miracles, viz. A great 
drought. — Ver. 6. He is fed by ravens. — Ver. 
16. Multiplies a barrel of meal, and cruse of 
oil in famine. — Ver. 22. Brings a dead child 
to life. 



Chap. I. 



OLD TESTAMENT MIRACLES. 



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xviii. 38. In a contest with the priests of 
Baal, to decide whether the God of Israel, or 
Baal, was the true God, fire consumes Elijah's 
sacrifice, though much water was poured on 
it. — Ver. 37. Elijah prayed and said, hear me, 
O Lord, that this people may know that thou 
art the Lord God. — Ver 39. When the fire 
consumed the sacrifice, the people fell on their 
faces and cried, The Lord he is the God, the 
Lord he is the God. 

1 Kings xx. 13. A remarkable victory. 
Ver. 28. 

2 Kings i. 10. Officers sent to lay hold on 
Elijah, are consumed by fire from heaven. 
Ver. 12. 

ii. 8. Jordan struck with Elijah's mantle, 
divides. — Ver. 11. Elijah is carried to heaven. 
— Ver. 22. Waters healed by Elisha. 

iii. 22. Waters appear like blood to the 
enemy. — Ver. 24. A great slaughter of them. 

iv. 5. Elisha multiplies a widow's oil. — Ver. 
35. Restores a dead child to life. — Ver. 42. 
Sons of the prophet miraculously fed. 

v. 14. Naaman cured of leprosy. — Ver. 27. 
Leprosy entailed upon Gehazi and his off- 
spring. 

2 Kings vi. 6. Iron swims. 

vi. 12. Elisha discovereth secret counsels. 
— Ver. 18. At his prayer the enemy is smit- 
ten with blindness. — Ver. 20. Their eyes 
opened. 

xiii. 21. A dead man is restored to life, on 
touching the bones of Elisha. 

xix. 35. An angel smites the host of the 
Assyrians. Isa. xxxvii. 36. 

xx. 10. The shadow returns ten degrees 
on the dial, as a sign to Hezekiah. 

1 Chron. xxi. 26. An angel slaying the Is- 
raelites is stopped at David's prayer. 

2 Chron. vii. 1 . Fire consumes the sacrifice 
at Solomon's prayer. 

xx. 23. Enemies destroy one another. 

Neh. ix. 21. During forty years' travel in 
the wilderness, the clothes of the Israelites 
waxed not old, nor did their feet swell. Deut. 
viii. 4. — xxix. 5. 

8. Miraculous judgments by the hand of 
enemies upon the wicked ,- the end and de- 
sign of every one of which is expressly said 
to be, that God might be known by them. 
Ezek. vi. 6, 7. Your cities shall be laid 
waste. Ver. 10. 14. Ch. xxxiii. 29. 

vii. 4. I will recompense thy ways upon 
thee. Ver. 9. 27. 

xi. 10. Ye shall fall by the sword. Ver. 12. 

xii. 15. I will scatter them among the na- 
tions. Ver. 16, 20. 

xiii. 9. Mine hand shall be upon the pro- 
phets that divine lies. Ver. 14. 21. 23. 

xiv. 8. Every one that setteth up his idols 
in his heart, and cometh to a prophet to in- 



quire of him concerning me, I will set my 
face against that man. 

xv. 7. I will set my face against them. 
Ver. 8. 

xx. 37. I will cause you to pass under the 
rod. Ver. 12. 44. 

Ver. 38. I will purge out the rebels from 
among you. 

xxi. 3. 5. Thus saith the Lord, I am 
against thee, and will draw forth my sword : 
it shall not return any more. 

xxii. 15. And I will scatter thee among the 
heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, 
and will consume thy filthiness out of thee. 

Ver. 22. As silver is melted in the midst 
of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the 
midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the 
Lord have poured out my fury upon you. 

xxiii. 46. I will give them to be removed 
and spoiled. Ver. 49. 

xxv. 7. I will deliver thee for a spoil to the 
heathen. See Ch. xxiv. 21. 24. 27. 

9. Judgments upon other nations for the 
same end. Ezek. xxv. 16. I will stretch out 
my hand upon the Philistines. Ver. 5. 7. 1 1. 
14. 17. 

xxvi. 3. I am against thee, O Tyrus. Ver. 6. 

xxviii. 22. Against thee, O Zidon. Ver. 
23, 24. 26. 

xxix. 3. Against thee, O Pharaoh. Ver. 
9. 16. 21. Ch. xxx.— xxxii. 

xxxv. 2. Mount Seir, I will lay thy cities 
waste. Ver. 4. 9. 15. 

xxxviii. 16. Thou Gog shall come against 
my people. Ver. 23. 

10. The same is asserted to be the end of 
the following merciful providences, as the 
reader villi find by consulting at large the 
places quoted. 

Isa. xlix. 23. And kings shall be thy nurs- 
ing fathers, and their queens thy nursing 
mothers : They shall bow down to thee, with 
their face toward the earth, and lick up the 
dust of thy feet, and thou shalt know that I 
am the Lord : For they shall not be ashamed 
that wait for me. 

' Ezek. xxxiv. 27. The tree shall yield her 
fruit, the earth shall yield her increase, and 
they shall be safe. 

xxxvi. 37. I will increase them with men 
like a flock. — Ver. 38. So shall the waste 
cities be filled with men. Ver. 11. 23. 

xxxvii. 6. I will lay sinews upon you, and 
will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you 
with skin, and put breath in you, and ye 
shall live ; and y« shall know that I am the 
Lord.— Ver. 13. Ye shall know that I am the 
Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my 
people, and brought you up out of your graves 

xxxix. 27. When I have brought them from 
captivity, then shall they know that I am the 



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RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. 



Chap. I. 



Lord, which caused them to be led into cap- 
tivity. Ver. 7. 22. 28. 

See Isa.xliii. 9, 10, 11, 12.— xlv. 3.— lx. 6.— 
Ixvi. 14. Ezelc. xvi. 62. 

1 1. Miracles in Babylon. Dan. ii. 31. Da- 
niel tells the king his dream, and the inter- 
pretation thereof. — Ver. 47. The king an- 
swered, Of a truth it is, that your God is a 
God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a re- 
vealer of secrets. 

iii. 25. Three men in the fiery furnace un- 
hurt by it. — Ver. 29. The king made a de- 
cree, that whosoever should speak against God 
who delivered them, should be cut in pieces. 

iv. 19. Daniel explains the king's dream, 
which being accomplished, the king praised 
and honoured the King of heaven. Ver. 34. 37. 

v. 25. Daniel explains the writing upon the 
wall, concerning Belshazzar. 

See also Daniel's visions. 



RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. 

LXXIX. Righteousness ascribed to God. 
Deut. xxxii. 4. All his ways are judgment : 
a God of truth, and without iniquity ; just 
and right is he. 

Job xxxvi. 3. Elihu said, I will ascribe 
righteousness to my Maker. 

Ps. xi. 7. For the righteous Lord loveth 
righteousness. Ps. xxxiii. 5. 

xxxvi. 6. Thy righteousness is like the 
great mountains ; thy judgments are a great 
deep. 

xlviii. 10. Thy right hand is full of right- 
eousness. 

lxxi. 19. Thy righteousness, God, is very 
high. 

xcii. 15. There is no unrighteousness in 
the Lord. 

xcvii. 2. Righteousness and judgment are 
the habitation of his throne. 

cxi. 3. His righteousness endureth for ever. 
Ps. cxii. 3. 9. 

cxix. 137. Righteous art thou, Lord, and 
upright are thy judgments. (Jer. xii. 1.) 
Ver. 142. Thy righteousness is an everlast- 
ing righteousness, and thy law is the truth. 

cxlv. 17. The Lord is righteous in all his 
ways, and holy in all his works. 

Jer. ix. 24. I am the Lord, which exercise 
loving-kindness, judgment and righteousness 
in the earth. 

LXXX. God is righteous in punishing the 
wicked. Gen. xviii. 23. Abraham said, Wilt 
thou also destroy the righteous with the wick- 
ed ] — Ver. 25. That be far from thee, to slay 
the righteous with the wicked ; and that the 
righteous should be as the wicked, that be far 



from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the 
earth do right 1 

Exod. ix. 27. Pharaoh said, The Lord is 
righteous ; I and my people are wicked. 

Neh. ix. 33. Thou art just in all that is 
brought upon us ; for thou hast done right, 
but we have done wickedly. — Lam. i. 18. 
Dan. ix. 14. 

Job xxxiv. 23. He will not lay upon man 
more than right. 

Ps. xcviii. 2. His righteousness hath he 
openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. 

cxxix. 4. The Lord is righteous ; he hath 
cut asunder the cords of the wicked. 

Isa. xxviii. 17. Judgment will I lay to the 
line, and righteousness to the plummet. 

Dan. ix. 7. Lord, righteousness belong- 
eth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, 
as at this day. Ver. 14. Mic. vi. 5. 

Rev. xvi. 5. The angel said, Thou art right- 
eous, O Lovd, because thou hast judged thus. 
Ch. xviii. 6. 

LXXXI. Men shall reap as they sow. For 
this see the following texts : Job iv. 8. Prov. 
xxii. 8. Jer. ii. 19. Hos. x. 13. Gal. vi. 7, 8. 
"Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also 
reap. 

LXXXII. In rewards to the righteous. 
1 Sam. xxvi. 23. The Lord render to every 
man his righteousness, and his faithfulness. 

2 Sam. xxii. 21. The Lord rewarded me 
according to my righteousness. Ps. xviii. 20. 
See 1 Kings viii. 32. Job xxxiii. 26. 

Matt. xx. 4. Whatsoever is right, I will 
give you. 

LXXXIII. Things of God declared to be 
right. 

Righteous are his judgments. Neh. ix. 13. 
Thou gavest them right judgments, and true 
laws, good statutes and commandments. See 
Deut. iv. 8. Ps. xix. 9.— cxix. 62. 106. 137. 
160. 164. Jer. xii. 1. 

Statutes. Ps. xix. 8. The statutes of the 
Lord are right. 

Precepts. Ps. cxix. 128. I esteem all thy 
precepts concerning all things to be right. 

Testimonies. Ps. cxix. 138. Thy testimo- 
nies that thou hast commanded are righteous. 
Ver. 144. 

Commands. Ps. cxix. 172. All thy com- 
mandments are righteousness. 

Word. Ps. xxxiii. 4. The word of the 
Lord is right, and all his works are done in 
truth. Isa. xlv. 19. 

Ways. Hos. xiv. 9. The ways of the 
Lord are right, and the just shall walk in 
them. Acts xiii. 10. 



Chap. I. 



GOD S JUSTICE — TRUTH — FAITHFULNESS. 



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JUSTICE OF GOD. 

LXXXIV. Justice ascribed to God. 

Deut. xxxii. 4. A God of truth, and without 
iniquity : just and right is he. 

Neh. ix. 33. Thou art just in all that is 
brought upon us. Lam. i. 18. 

Job iv. 17. Shall mortal man be more just 
than God 1 

viii. 3. Doth God pervert judgment, or doth 
the Almighty pervert justice 1 

xxxvii. 23. He is excellent in power, and in 
judgment, and in plenty of justice. 

Ps. lxxxix. 14. Justice and judgment are 
the habitation of thy throne ; mercy and truth 
shall go before thy face. Ps. xcvii. 2. 

Isa. xlv. 21. I the Lord, a just God, and a 
Saviour. 

Jer. 1. 7. They have sinned against the 
Lord, the habitation of justice. 

Zeph. iii. 5. The just Lord is in the midst 
thereof. 

1 John i. 9. He is just to forgive us our sins. 
Rev. xv. 3. Just and true are thy ways, thou 

King of saints. 

LXXXV. Injustice and iniquity denied 
concerning God. Deut. xxxii. 4. See above. 

2 Chron. xix. 7. There is no iniquity with 
the Lord. 

Job xxxiv. 12. Surely God will not do 
wickedly ; neither will the Almighty pervert 
judgment. See Jer. ii. 5. Zeph. iii. 5. 

GOD'S TRUTH. 

LXXXVI. Truth ascribed to God. Exod. 
xxxiv. 6. The Lord God, merciful and gra- 
cious, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and 
truth. 

Deut. xxxii. 4. A God of truth, and without 
iniquity ; just and right is he. 

Ps. xxv. 10. All the paths of the Lord are 
mercy and truth, to such as keep his covenant 
and his testimonies. 

lvii. 3. God shall send forth his mercy and 
his truth. — Ver. 10. Thy mercy is great unto 
the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. 

Ixxxv. 10. Mercy and truth are met to- 
gether ; righteousness and peace, &c. 

lxxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God full 
of compassion, and gracious, long-suffering, 
and plenteous in mercy and truth. 

lxxxix. 14. Justice and judgment are the 
habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth 
shall go before thy face. 

xci. 4. His truth shall be thy shield and 
ouckler. 

Ps. xcvi. 13. He shall judge the world with 
righteousness, and the people with his truth. 
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xcviii. 3. He hath remembered his mercy 
and his truth toward the house of Israel. 

c. 5. The Lord is good ; his mercy is ever- 
lasting, and his truth endureth to all genera- 
tions. Ps. cxvii. 2. 

cxlvi. 6. He keepeth truth for ever. 

See Gen. xxiv. 27. — xxxii. 10. Ps. xxxi. 
5. — cxv. 1. — exxxviii. 2. Numb, xxiii. 19. 
John vii. 28.— viii. 26. 2 Cor. i. 18. Rev. 
iii. 7.— vi. 10. 

LXXXVIL Things of God called truth. 
Ps. xxxiii. 4. The word of the Lord is right ; 
and all his works are done in truth. Ps. cxi. 8. 

Dan. iv. 37. All his works are truth, and 
his ways judgment. 

Ps. cxix. 142. Thy righteousness is an ever- 
lasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. 
Ps. xix. 9.— cxix. 160. 

Isa. xxv. 1. Thy counsels of old are faith- 
fulness and truth. 

Rev. xv. 3. Just and true are thy ways, thou 
King of saints. 

LXXXVIII. Lying denied of God. Numb, 
xxiii. 19. God is not a man that he should lie. 

1 Sam. xv. 29. The strength of Israel will 
not lie. Ps. lxxxix. 35. 

Tit. i. 2. God cannot lie. Heb. vi. 18. 



GOD'S FAITHFULNESS. 

LXXXLX. The faithfulness of God. Deut. 
vii. 9. He is the faithful God, which keepeth 
covenant and mercy with them that love him 
and keep his commandments, to a thousand 
generations. 

Ps. xxxvi. 5. Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the 
heavens ; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto 
the clouds. 

lxxxix. 8. O Lord God of hosts, who is a 
strong Lord like unto thee, or to thy faithful- 
ness round about thee 1 Ver. 2. 

Ver. 33. My loving-kindness will I not ut- 
terly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness 
to fail. Ver. 24. 

cxix. 90. Thy faithfulness is unto all gene- 
rations. Ver. 75. 

cxliii. 1. In thy faithfulness answer me, and 
in thy righteousness. 

Isa. xlix. 7. The Lord is faithful. 

Lam. iii. 23. Great is thy faithfulness. 

1 Cor. i. 9. God is faithful, by whom ye 
were called unto the fellowship of his Son 
Jesus Christ. Ch. x. 13. 

1 Thess. v. 24. Faithful is he that calleth you. 

2 Thess. iii. 3. The Lord is faithful, who 
shall establish you, and keep you from evil. 

2 Tim. ii. 13. He abideth faithful. 
Heb. x. 23. He is faithful that promised. 
1 Pet. iv. 19. A faithful Creator. 
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GOD'S PURITY— HOLINESS. 



Chap. I. 



1 John i. 9. He is faithful and just to for- 
give us our sins. 

XC. Things of God called faithful. Com- 
mands and testimonies. Ps. cxix. 138. Thy 
commandments are righteous, and very faith- 
ful. Ver. 86. 

Word. Tit. i. 9. The scriptures are his 
faithful word. Rev. xxi. 5. — xxii. 6. 

Counsels. Isa. xxv. 1. Thy counsels of old 
are faithfulness and truth. 

Christ. Rev. i. 5. He is the faithful witness. 
Ch. xix. 11. 

God to be praised for his faithfulness. Ps. 
xl. 10. I have declared thy faithfulness and 
thy salvation. 

lxxxix. 1. With my mouth will I make 
known thy faithfulness. — Ver. 5. The heavens 
shall praise thy wonders, O Lord : thy faith- 
fulness also in the congregation of the saints. 

xcii. 2. It is a good thing to show forth thy 
loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faith- 
fulness every night. Ps. lxxxviii. 1 1. 

XCI. God's faithfulness in fulfilling his 
promises. Josh. xxi. 45. There failed not 
aught of any good thing which the Lord had 
spoken unto the house of Israel : all came to 
pass. Ch. xxiii. 14, 15. 1 Kings viii. 15. 
20. 24. 

Mic. vii. 20. Thou wilt perform the truth 
to Jacob, and thy mercy to Abraham, which 
thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days 
of old. Jer. xi. 5. Compare Gen. xxvi. 3. 
Deut. ix. 5. 

Acts iii. 18. These things which God showed 
by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ 
should suffer, he hath fulfilled. Ch. xiii. 32, 
33. Luke i. 72, 73. Ps. lxxxix. 34. 

XCII. In fulfilling threatenings. Lam. 
ii. 17. The Lord hath fulfilled his word that 
he commanded in the days of old; he hath 
thrown down and hath not pitied, he hath 
caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, &c. 
See Isa. lxvi. 14. Jer. i. 12. — xxxix. 16. — li. 
29. Ezek. xii. 25. 



GOD'S PURITY, 

XCIII. God is pure. Job iv. 17. Shall a 
man be more pure than his Maker? Ver. 18. 

xv. 15. Behold he putteth no trust in his 
saints ; yea the heavens are not clean in his 
sight. 

xxv. 5. Behold even to the moon, and it 
shineth not, yea the stars are not pure in his 
sight. 

Hab. i. 13. Thou art of purer eyes than to 
behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity. 

1 John iii. 3. God is pure. 



Ps. xix. 8. His commandment is pure. 
Ps. xii. 6. Ps. cxix. 140. Prov. xxx. 5 
His word is pure. 

GOD'S HOLINESS 

XCIV. Holiness of God. Exod. xv. 11. 
Who is like unto thee, O Lord, glorious in 
holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders • 

Lev. xix. 2. Ye shall be holy, for I the Lord 
your God am holy. Ch. xi. 44. — xx. 26. — 
xxi. 8. 

Josh. xxiv. 19. He is an holy God, a jealous 
God. 

1 Sam. ii. 2. There is none holy as the Lord. 

Ps. xxii. 3. Thou art holy, O thou that in- 
habitest the praises of Israel. 

xcix. 5. Worship at his footstool, for he is 
holy. Ver. 9. 

cxlv. 17. The Lord is holy in all his works. 

Isa. v. 16. God that is holy shall be sancti- 
fied in righteousness. 

vi. 3. Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts, 
the whole earth is full of his glory. Rev. iv. 8. 

Ixiii. 15. Look down from heaven, and be- 
hold from the habitation of thy holiness, and 
of thy glory. 

Amos iv. 2. The Lord hath sworn by his 
holiness. 

John xvii. 11. Holy Father, keep through 
thine own name, those whom thou hast 
given me. 

Rev. iii. 7. These things saith he that is holy. 

vi. 10. How long, O Lord, holy and true, 
dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on 
them that dwell on the earth. 

xv. 4. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and 
glorify thy name, for thou only art holy ; for 
all nations shall come and worship before thee. 

XCV. The same otherwise expressed. Job 
iv. 17. Shall a man be more pure than his 
Maker? Ch. ix. 2. 

Ver. 18. Behold he put no trust in his ser- 
vants, and his angels he charged with folly. 

xv. 15. He putteth no trust in his saints, 
yea the heavens are not clean in his sight. 

xxv. 5. Behold even to the moon, and it 
shineth not, yea the stars are not pure in his 
sight. 

xxxiv. 10. Far be it from God that he 
should do wickedness, and from the Almighty 
that he should commit iniquity. 

Ps. v. 4, 5. Thou art not a God that hath 
pleasure in wickedness, neither shall evil 
dwell with thee. The foolish shall not stand in 
thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 

Lam. iii. 38. Out of the mouth of the Most 
High proceedeth not evil and good. 

Hab. i. 13. Thou art of purer eyes than 
to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity 



Chap. I. 



GOODNESS OF GOD. 



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James i. 13. God cannot be tempted with 
evil, neither tempteth he any man. 

1 John i. 5. God is light, and in him is no 
darkness at all. 

XCVI. God is the holy one by way of 
eminency. Isa. xliii. 15. I am the Lord, your 
holy one. 

Hab. i. 12. Art thou not from everlasting, 

Lord, my holy one 1 See 2 Kings xix. 22. 
Isa. xxix. 23.— xxxvii. 23.— xlix. 7. Jer. 1. 29. 

The holy one of Israel. Ps. lxxi. 22. I 
will praise thee, thou holy one of Israel. Ps. 
lxxxix. 18. Isa. i. 4. — x. 20. — xii. 6. — xvii. 
7. — xxix. 19. — xxxi. 1. Jer. li. 5. Ezek. 
xxxix. 7. 

XC VII. Things pertaining to God declared 
holy. 

His name. Ps. cxi. 9. Holy and reverend 
is his name. Lev. xxii. 32. Ps. xcix. 3. Isa. 
Ivii. 1 5. Ezek. xxxix. 7. 

Throne. Ps. xlvii. 8. God sitteth upon the 
throne of his holiness. 

Heaven. Ps. xx. 6. He will hear from his 
holy heaven, with the saving strength of his 
right hand. 2 Chron. xxx. 27. 

Place. Ps. xxiv. 3, 4. Who shall ascend 
into the hill of the Lord 1 and who shall stand 
in his holy place 1 He that hath clean hands 
and a pure heart. Ps. xlvi. 4. — Ixviii. 17. 35. 

Hill. Ps. iii. 4. I cried, God heard me out 
of his holy hill. Ps. ii. 6. — xv. 1. — xliii. 3. — 
xcix. 9. 

Habitation. Deut. xxvi. 15. Look down 
from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and 
bless thy people. Ps. Ixviii. 5. Jer. xxv. 30. 
Zech. ii. 13. 

Mountain. Isa. Ixv. 25. They shall not 
hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain. Ch. 
xi. 9.— lvi. 7.— Ivii. 13.— Ezek. xx. 40. Dan. 
xi. 45. Joel iii. 17. Zech. viii. 3. 

House. Ps.xciii. 5. Holiness becometh thy 
house, O Lord. 1 Chron. xxix. 3. Isa. lxiv. 1 1. 

Oracle. Ps. xxviii. 2. Hear the voice of 
my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when 

1 lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. 

Promise. Ps. cv. 42. He remembered his 
holy promise. 

Covenant. Luke i. 72. God remembered 
his holy covenant. Dan. xi. 28. 30. 

Law. Rom. vii. 12. The law is holy, and 
the commandment holy, just and good. 

Scriptures. Rom. i. 2. Promised in the 
holy scriptures. 2 Tim. iii. 15. 

Calling. 2 Tim. i. 9. God hath saved us, 
and called us with an holy calling. 

Sabbath. Exod. xvi. 23. To-morrow is the 
rest of the holy Sabbath. Ch. xxxi. 14, 15. 
Neh. ix. 14. Isa. lviii. 13. 

People. Deut. vii. 6. Thou art an holy 



people to the Lord your God. Ch. xiv. 2. 21. 
See Exod. xix. 6, and 1 Pet. ii. 9. Lev x. 

10. Num. xv. 40. 1 Cor. iii. 17. Eph.i.4.— 
v. 27. Heb. iii. 1. 1 Pet. i. 15.— ii. 5.-2 Pet 
iii. 11. 

Prophets. Luke i. 70. God spake by the 
mouth of his holy prophets. 2 Pet. iii. 2 
Rev. xxii. 6. 

Priests. Exod. xxii. 31. Ye priests shall 
be holy unto me. — Isa. Iii. 11. Be ye clean 
that bear the vessels of the Lord. 

Jesus. Acts iv. 30. Signs and wonders 
done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. 
Heb. vii. 26. Ps. xvi. 10.— lxxxix. 19. Acta 
ii. 27. — iii. 14. — xiii. 35. 

Spirit. Ps. li. 11. Take not thy holy 
Spirit from me. Isa. lxiii. 10, 11. Luke xi. 
13. Rom.i.4. Eph.i. 13.— iv.30.— 1 Thess 
iv. 8. 

Angels. Mark viii. 38. The Son of man 
cometh with the holy angels. Acts x. 22. 
Rev. xiv. 10. 

GOODNESS OF GOD. 

XCVIII. Goodness ascribed to God. Exod. 
xxxiv. 6. The Lord, the Lord God, merciful 
and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in 
goodness and truth. 

1 Chron. xvi. 34. O give thanks to the 
Lord, for he is good, his mercy endureth for 
ever. 2 Chron. v. 13. — vii. 3. Ezra iii. 11. 
Ps. c. 5. — cvi. 1. — cvii. 1.— cxviii. 1. 29. — 
cxxxv. 3. — cxxxvi. 1. — cxlv. 9. Jer. xxxiii. 

11. Lam. iii. 25. Nah. i. 7. 

Ps. xxv. 8. Good and upright is the Lord ; 
therefore will he teach sinners in the way. 

xxxiv. 8. O taste and see that the Lord is 
good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 

Iii. 1. The goodness of God endureth con- 
tinually. 

lxxxvi. 5. Thou, Lord, art good, and ready 
to forgive, and plenteous in mercy, to all that 
call upon thee. Ps. cxix. 68. 

cxlv. 7. Men shall abundantly utter the 
memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing 
of thy righteousness. 

Zech. ix. 17. How great is his goodness! 
how great is his beauty ! 

Matt. xix. 17. There is none good but one, 
that is, God. Luke xviii. 19. \ 

Rom. ii. 4. The goodness of God leadeth 
to repentance. 

xi. 22. Behold the goodness and severity 
of God. 

XCIX. The Lord doth good. Gen. xxxiv 

12. The Lord said to Jacob, I will surely di 
thee good, <kc. 

1. 20. Joseph said to his brethren,Ye thought 
evil against me, but God meant it unto good. 



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Exod. xxxiii. 19. The Lord said, I will 
make all my goodness pass before thee. 

Deut. xxx. 9. The Lord will rejoice over 
thee for good. 

xxxiii. 16. Blessed be Joseph, for the good 
will of him that dwelt in the bush. 

2 Sam. vii. 28. O Lord, thou hast promised 
this goodness unto thy servant. Ver. 29. 

1 Kings viii. 66. The people rejoiced for all 
the goodness the Lord had done for David his 
servant, and for Israel his people. 

Ezra viii. 22. The hand of our God is upon 
all them for good that seek him. Ver. 18. 
Ch. vii. 9. Neh. ii. 8. 18. 

Neh. v. 19. Think upon me, my God, for 
good. Ch. xiii. 31. 

ix. 25. Thy people delighted themselves in 
thy great goodness. 

Job ii. 10. Shall we receive good at the 
hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? 

Ps. iv. 6. Many say, Who will shew us 
any good 1 Lord lift thou up the light of thy 
countenance upon us. 

xxi. 3. Thou preventest with the blessings 
of goodness. 

xxiii. 6. Goodness and mercy shall follow 
me all the days of my life, and I will dwell 
in the house of the Lord for ever. 

xxv. 7. According to thy mercy, remember 
me for thy goodness' sake. 

xxvii. 13. I had fainted unless I had be- 
lieved, to see the goodness of the Lord in the 
land of the living. 

xxxiii. 5. The earth is full of the goodness 
of the Lord. 

xxxiv. 10. They that seek the Lord shall 
not want any good thing. 

lxv. 4. We shall be satisfied with the good- 
ness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. 

Ixix. 1 6. Hear me, Lord, for thy loving- 
kindness is good. 

lxxiii. 1. Truly God is good to Israel, to 
such as are of a clean heart. 

Ixxxiv. 11. The Lord is a sun and shield ; 
he will give grace and glory : no good thing 
will he withhold from them that walk up- 
rightly. 

lxxxvi. 17. Show me a token for good. 

ciii. 5. Bless the Lord, O my soul ; who 
satisfieth thy mouth with good things. 

cvii. 8. O that men would praise the Lord 
for his goodness, and for his wonderful works 
to the children of men. Ver. 15. 21. 31. 

cxix. 122. Be surety for thy servant for 
good. 

cxliii. 10. Thy spirit is good, lead me into 
the land of uprightness. 

cxliv. 2. The Lord is my goodness, my 
fortress, and high tower, &c. 

Isa. lxiii. 7. I will mention the loving-kind- 
of the Lord, and the praises of the 



Lord, according to all that the Lord hath be- 
stowed on us, and the great goodness toward 
the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed 
on them. 

Jer. xxiv, 5. I sent them captives out of this 
place for their good. — Ver. 6. I will set mine 
eyes upon them for good, and I will build 
them, and plant them. 

xxix. 32. The wicked shall not behold the 
good that I will do for my people. 

xxxi. 12. They shall come and sing in the 
height of Zion ; and shall flow together to the 
goodness of the Lord, for wheat and for wine, 
&c. — Ver. 14. My people shall be satisfied 
with my goodness, saith the Lord. 

xxxii. 39. I will give them* one heart and 
one way, that they may fear me for ever ; for 
the good of them, and of their children after 
them. — Ver. 42. I will bring upon this people 
all the good that I have promised. 

xxxiii. 9. The nations of the earth shall 
hear the good that I do unto my people, and 
they shall fear and tremble, for all the good- 
ness, and for all the prosperity. 

Ver. 14. Behold, the days come, saith the 
Lord, that I will perform that good thing 
which I have promised unto the house of Is- 
rael. See Josh. xxi. 45. — xxiii. 14. — xxiv. 20 
and 1 Kings viii. 56. 

Hos. iii. 5. The children of Israel shall fear 
the Lord, and his goodness in the latter days. 

Matt. vii. 11. If ye, being evil, know how 
to give good gifts to your children, how much 
more shall your Father which is in heaven, 
give good things to them that ask him ] 

xx. 15. Is thine eye evil because I am 
good"? 

Luke i. 53. He hath filled the hungry 
with good things. 

ii. 14. Glory to God in the highest, and on 
earth peace, good will toward men. 

xii. 32. It is your Father's good pleasure to 
give you the kingdom. 

Acts xiv. 17. God left not himself without 
witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain 
from heaven, and fruitful seasons. Ps. civ. 
28. — lxviii. 10. — Ixxxv. 12. 

Rom. viii. 28. All things work together for 
good to them that love God, to them who are 
the called according to his purpose. 

James i. 17. Every good gift, and every 
perfect gift is from above, and cometh down 
from the Father of lights. 

MERCY OF GOD. 

C. God is merciful. Exod. xxxiv. 6, 7. 
The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long- 
suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth; 
keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving ini- 
quity, transgression and sin. 



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Numb. xiv. 18. The Lord is long-suffering, 
and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity. 

Neh. ix. 17. Thou art a God ready to par- 
don, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and 
of great kindness. Ver. 19. 27, 28. 31. 

Ps. xxxvi. 5. Thy mercy, Lord, is in the 
heavens, and thy faithfulness reacheth unto 
the clouds. 

lvii. 10. Thy mercy is great unto the hea- 
vens, and thy truth unto the clouds. Ps. 
cviii. 4. 

lxii. 12. Unto thee, Lord, belongeth 
mercy. 

lxxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God full 
of compassion, and gracious, long-suffering, 
and plenteous in mercy and truth. Ver. 5. 

c. 5. The Lord is good, his mercy is ever- 
lasting and his truth endureth to all genera- 
tions. 

ciii. 8. The Lord is merciful and gracious, 
slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. Ps. 
cxi. 4. 

cxvi. 5. Gracious is the Lord, and right- 
eous ; yea, our God is merciful. 

cxix. 156. Great are thy tender mercies, 
Lord. 2 Sam. xxiv. 14. 

cxxxviii. 8. Thy mercy, Lord, endureth 
for ever. 

cxlv. 8. The Lord is gracious, and full of 
compassion ; slow to anger, and of great 
mercy. 

Dan. ix. 9. To the Lord our God belong 
mercies and forgivenesses, though we have 
rebelled against him. 

Lam. iii. 22. It is of the Lord's mercies 
that we are not consumed, because his com- 
passions fail not. — Ver. 32. Though he cause 
grief, yet will he have compassion, according 
to the multitude of his mercies. 

Jonah iv. 2. Thou art a gracious God, and 
merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, 
and repentest thee of the evil. 

Mic. vii. 1 8. Who is a God like unto thee, 
that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the 
transgression of the remnant of his heritage ] 
he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he 
delighteth in mercy. 

2 Cor. i. 3. The Father of mercies, and the 
God of all comfort. 

Eph. ii. 4. God is rich in mercy. 

James ii. 13. Mercy rejoiceth against judg- 
ment. 

James v. 11. The Lord is very pitiful, and 
of tender mercy. 

1 Pet. ii. 3. If ye have tasted that the Lord 
is gracious. 

• CI. Mercy promised. Ps. v. 7. I will come 
into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy. 
lvii. 3. God shall send forth his mercy and 
his truth. 



Ps. lix. 10. The God of my mercy shall 
prevent me. 

lxxxix. 2. Mercy shall be built up for ever ; 
thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the 
heavens. — Ver. 14. Mercy and truth shall go 
before thy face. — Ver. 28. My mercy will I 
keep for him for evermore. 

cii. 13. Thou shalt have mercy on Zion. 

Isa. xiv. 1. The Lord will have mercy on 
Jacob, and will yet choose Israel. 

xxx. 18. Therefore will the Lord wait, that 
he may be gracious unto you ; and therefore 
will he be exalted that he may have mercy 
upon you. 

liv. 7, 8. For a small moment have I for- 
saken thee, but with great mercies will I gather 
thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from 
thee for a moment, but with everlasting kind- 
ness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord 
thy Redeemer. — Ver. 10. For the mountains 
shall depart, and the hills be removed, but my 
kindness shall not depart from thee, neither 
shall the covenant of my peace be removed, 
saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee. 

xlii. 21. The Lord is well pleased for his 
righteousness' sake ; he will magnify the law, 
and make it honourable. 

Iv. 3. I will make an everlasting covenant 
with you, even the sure mercies of David. 

xlix. 10. He that hath mercy on them shall 
lead them, even by the springs of water shall 
he guide them. 

Ix. 10. In my wrath I smote thee, but in 
my favour have I had mercy on thee. 

Jer. xxx. 18. I will bring again the capti- 
vity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his 
dwelling-places. Ch. xxxiii. 26. Ezek. xxxix. 
25. Hos. i. 7.— ii. 23. 

xlii. 12. I will shew mercies unto you, that 
the king of Babylon may have mercy upon 
you, and cause you to return to your own 
land. 

Lam. iii. 32. Though the Lord cause grief, 
yet will he have compassion, according to the 
multitude of his mercies. 

Hos. ii. 19. I will betroth thee unto me in 
righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving- 
kindness, and in mercies. 

Mic. vii. 20. Thou wilt perform the truth 
to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which 
thou hast sworn unto our fathers. 

Zech. i. 16. Thus saith the Lord, I am re- 
turned to Jerusalem with mercies. 

x. 6. I will bring them again to place them, 
for I have mercy upon them ; and they shall 
be as though I had not cast them off. 

Rom. ix. 15. I will have mercy on whom I 
will have mercy. (Exod. xxxiii. K).) Ver. 
16. It is not of him that willeth, nor of him 
that runneth, but of God that sheweth 
mercy. 

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CII. Persons to whom mercy is promised. 
Mercy is promised to the obedient. See the 
following texts on promises to the obedient: 
Exod. xx. 6. Deut. v. 10.— xiii. 17, 18. Ps. 
xxv. 10. 

To the penitent. See in promises to con- 
version, or turning to God, the following texts: 
2 Chron. xxx. 9. Prov. xxviii. 13. Isa. lv. 
7. Jer. hi. 12.— xxxi. 19, 20. 

To them that fear God See in promises 
to them that fear God, the following texts : 
Ps. ciii. 11. 13. 17. Luke i. 50. 

To them that love God. See in promises 
to loving God, the following texts : Exod. xx. 
6. Deut. v. 10. Ps. cxix. 132. Jude 21. 

To them that trust in God. See in pro- 
mises to them that trust in God, the following 
texts : Ps. xxxii. 10. — xxxiii. 22. 

CIII. Mercy prayed for. Numb. vi. 24, 
25, 26. On this wise the priests shall bless 
(or pray for) the people : The Lord bless thee, 
and keep thee : The Lord make his face 
shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee : 
The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, 
and give thee peace. 

xiv. 19. Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity 
of this people, according to the greatness of 
thy mercy. 

Deut. xxi. 8. Be merciful, O Lord, unto 
thy people, whom thou hast redeemed. 

Neh. xiii. 22. Remember me, O my God, 
and spare me, according to the greatness of 
thy mercy. 

Ps. iv. 1. Have mercy upon me, and hear 
my prayer. 

vi. 2. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I 
am weak : O Lord, heal me. — Ver. 4. O save 
me for thy mercies' sake. Ps. xxx. 10. — 
lxix. 13, 14. 16, 17.— lvii. 1.— xliv. 26.— lvi. 
1. — cxxiii. 3. 

Ps. ix. 13. Have mercy upon me, O Lord ; 
consider my trouble. 

xxv. 6, 7. Remember, O Lord, thy tender 
mercies and thy loving-kindnesses; for they 
have been ever of old. — Remember not the sins 
of my youth, nor my transgressions : accord- 
ing to thy mercy remember thou me. Ps. 
lxxxvi. 6. 

Ver. 7. 16. For thy goodness' sake, O Lord, 
turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me ; 
for I am desolate and afflicted. Ps. lxxxvi. 16. 

xxvi. 1 1. I will walk in mine integrity : re- 
deem me, and be merciful unto me. 

xl. 11. Withhold not thou thy tender mercies 
from me, O Lord : let thy loving-kindness and 
thy truth continually preserve me. 

xli. 4. Lord, be merciful unto me; heal my 
soul, for I have sinned against thee. 

li. 1. Have mercy upon me, O God, accord- 
ing to thy loving-kindness ; according to the 



multitude of thy tender mercies blot out ihy 
transgressions. 

lxi. 7. O prepare mercy and truth, which 
may preserve the king. 

lxxix. 8. O remember not against us former 
iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily 
prevent us. — Ver. 9. Help us, O God of our 
salvation, for the glory of thy name ; and de- 
liver us, and purge away our sins for thy 
name's sake. 

lxxxv. 7. Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and 
grant us thy salvation. 

lxxxvi. 3. Be merciful unto me, O Lord, 
for I cry unto thee daily. — Ver. 5. For thou, 
Lord, art good and ready to forgive; and 
plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee. 
Ps. xxvii. 7. 

xc. 14. O satisfy us early with thy mercy, 
that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 

cix. 21, 22. Because thy mercy is good, 
deliver thou me, for I am poor and needy. — 
Ver. 26. Help me, O Lord my God, O save 
me according to thy mercy. 

cxix. 41. Let thy mercies come also unto 
me, O Lord, even thy salvation, according to 
thy word. — Ver. 58. Be merciful unto mt 
according to thy word. — Ver. 77. Let thy 
tender mercies come unto me, that I may live. 
— Ver. 124. Deal with thy servant according 
unto thy mercy; and teach me thy statutes.— 
Ver. 132. Look thou upon me, and be merci- 
ful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those 
that love thy name. 

Hos. xiv. 2. Take away all iniquity, and 
receive us graciously. 

Hab. iii. 2. O Lord, revive thy work in the 
midst of the years ; in wrath remember mercy, 

Mai. i. 9. Beseech God that he will be gra- 
cious unto us. 

Luke xviii. 13. God be merciful to me a 
sinner. 

Gal. vi. 16. As many as walk according to 
this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and 
upon the Israel of God. 

1 Tim. i. 2. Grace, mercy, and peace from 
God our Father, and Jesus Christ our Lord. 
2 Tim. i. 2. Tit. i. 4. 2 John 3. 

2 Tim. i. 16. The Lord give mercy unto 
the house of Onesiphorus. — Ver. 18. The 
Lord grant that he may find mercy of the Lord 
in that day. 

Heb. iv. 16. Let us come boldly unto the 
throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, 
and find grace to help in time of need. 

Jude 2. Mercy unto you, and peace and 
love be multiplied. 

CIV. Mercy acknowledged in various in* 
stances. Gen. xix. 16. The Lord being mer- 
ciful unto Lot, they brought him forth, and set 
him without the city. — Ver. 19. Lot said, 



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Thou hast magnified thy mercy in saving my I 
life. 

Exod. xv. 13. Thou in thy mercy hast led ! 
forth the people which thou hast redeemed. 

2 Sam. xxii. 51. He sheweth mercy to his , 
anointed, unto David, and to his seed for 
evermore. Ps. xviii. 50. 1 Kings iii. 6. 
2 Chron. vi. 42. 

Ezra vii. 27, 28. Blessed be the Lord, who 
hath extended mercy unto me, before the king 
and his counsellors. Ch. ix. 9. 

Ps. xciv. 18. When I said, My foot slip- 
peth ; thy mercy, Lord, held me up. 

xcviii. 3. The Lord hath remembered his 
mercy, and his truth, toward the house of Is- 
rael. Luke i. 54. 72. 78. 

cvi. 45. He remembered for them his cove- 
nant, and repented according to the multitude 
of his mercies. 

cxix. 64. The earth, O Lord, is full of thy 
mercy. 

Rom. ix. 23. That God might make known 
the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, 
which he had afore prepared unto glory. 

1 Cor. vii. 25. Paul said, I obtained mercy 
of the Lord to be faithful. 

1 Tim. i. 13. Paul said, I who was a blas- 
phemer, and a persecutor, and injurious, ob- 
tained mercy. 

Tit. iii. 5. According to his mercy he 
saved us. 

1 Pet. i. 3. His abundant mercy. 

ii. 10. Ye have obtained mercy. 

CV. Thanks for mercy. Gen. xxiv. 27. 
Abraham's servant said, Blessed be the Lord 
God, who hath not left destitute my master, 
of his mercy and his truth. 

1 Chron. xvi. 34. O give thanks unto the 
Lord, for he is good : for his mercy endureth 
for ever. 2 Chron. v. 13. — vii. 3. — xx. 21. 
Ezra iii. 11. Ps. cvi. 1. — cvii. 1. — cxviii. 1. — 
cxxxvi. 1. Jer. xxxiii. 11. 

Ps. lix. 16. I will sing aloud of thy mercy. 
Ps. lxxxix. 1. 

lxvi. 20. Blessed be God, who hath not turn- 
ed away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. 

ciii. 1. Bless the Lord, O my soul. — Ver. 4. 
Who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and 
tender mercies. 

cxv. 1. Not unto us, but unto thy name give 
glory, for thy mercy and thy truth's sake. 

CVI. Mercy in the pardon of sin. See in 
Sect. c. texts, Exod. xxxiv. 6, 7. Numb. xiv. 
18. Neh. ix. 17. Ps. Ixxxvi. 5. Dan. ix. 9. 

Ps. xxxii. 1, 2. Blessed is he whose trans- 
gression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth 
not iniquity. 

lxv. 3. As for our transgressions, thou shalt 
purge them away. 



lxxxv. 2. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity 
of thy people; thoU hast covered all their 
sin. 

ciii. 3. The Lord forgiveth all thine iniqui- 
ties ; he healeth all thy diseases. — Ver. 10. 
He hath not dealt with us after our sins. 

cxxx. 4. There is forgiveness with thee, that 
thou may est be feared. 

Isa. i. 18. Though your sins be as scarlet or 
crimson, they shall be as snow, or as wool. 

xxxiii. 24. The inhabitants shall not say, I 
am sick ; the people that dwell therein shall be 
forgiven their iniquity. 

xliii. 25. I, even I, am he that blotteth out 
thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will 
not remember thy sins. 

xliv. 22. I have blotted out as a thick cloud 
thy transgressions, and as a cloud thy sins. 

lv. 7. Let the wicked forsake his way, and 
the unrighteous man his thoughts ; and let 
him return unto the Lord, and he will have 
mercy upon him : and to our God, for he will 
abundantly pardon. See promises to repent- 
ance and turning to God. 

Jer. iii. 12. Return, thou backsliding Israel, 
saith the Lord, and I will not cause mine 
anger to fall upon you : for I am merciful, 
saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for 
ever. — Ver. 22. Return, ye backsliding child- 
ren, and I will heal your backslidings. 

xxxiii. 8. I will cleanse them from all their 
iniquity, whereby they have sinned against 
me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, 
whereby they have sinned, and whereby they 
have transgressed against me. 

1. 20. In those days, and in that time, saith 
the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought 
for, and there shall be none : and the sins of 
Judah, and they shall not be found ; for I will 
pardon them whom I reserve. 

Ezek. xxxiii. 15, 16. If the wicked restore 
the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk 
in the statutes of life, none of his sins that he 
hath committed shall be mentioned unto him ; 
he shall surely live. 

Hos. xi. 8. How shall I give thee up, 
Ephraim 1 how shall I deliver thee, Israel ? 
&c. — Ver. 9. I will not execute the fierceness 
of mine anger, I will not return to destroy 
Ephraim ; for I am God, and not man. 

xiv. 4. I will heal their backsliding, I will 
love them freely : for mine anger is turned 
away from him. 

Matt. xii. 31. All manner of sin and blas- 
phemy shall be forgiven unto men, but the 
blasphemy against the Holy Ghost. — Ver. 32. 
Whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of 
man, it shall be forgiven him. 

Heb. x. 17. Their sins and their iniquity 
will I remember no more. Ch. viii. 12. Jer 
xxxi. 34. 



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CVII. Pardon and forgiveness prayed for. 
Exod. xxxii. 31, 32. Moses said, This people 
have sinned a great sin. Yet now, if thou 
wilt, forgive their sin ; if not, blot me out of 
thy book, which thou hast written. 

xxxiv. 9. O Lord, pardon our iniquity and 
our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. 

Numb. xiv. 19. Pardon, I beseech thee, the 
iniquity of this people, according to the great- 
ness of thy mercy. Ver. 20. 

1 Kings viii. 30. Solomon prays for for- 
giveness to the people. 

2 Chron. xxx. 18. Good Lord, pardon 
every one, &c. 

Job vii. 20. I have sinned, what shall I do 
unto thee, O thou preserver of men 1 Ver. 
21. Why dost thou not pardon my trans- 
gression 1 

Ps. xxv. 18. Look upon mine affliction and 
my pain, and forgive all my sins. Ver. 11. 
Ps.li. 1. 

Dan. ix. 19. Lord hear, O Lord forgive; 
hearken and do, defer not for thine own sake, 
O my God. 

Amos vii. 2. O Lord God, forgive I beseech 
thee. 

Luke xxiii. 34. Jesus said, Father, forgive 
them ; for they know not what they do. 

Acts viii. 22. Peter said, to Simon Magus, 
Repent, and pray God, if perhaps, the thought 
of thy heart may be forgiven thee. See Naa- 
man's prayer, 2 Kings v. 18. Hezekiah's 
prayer, 2 Chron. xxx. 18, 19. 



GOD IS COMPASSIONATE. 

CVIII. Compassion ascribed to God. Ps. 
lxxxvi. 15. Thou, Lord, art a God full of 
compassion, and gracious : long-suffering, and 
plenteous in mercy and truth. 

cxlv. 8. The Lord is gracious and full of 
compassion ; slow to anger, and of great 
mercy. Ps. cxi. 4. — cxii. 4. 

God excited compassion toward his people 
in the hearts of their enemies, Ps. cvi. 46. 
1 Kings viii. 50. 2 Chron. xxx. 9. 

CIX. Compassion, to whom promised. 
Deut. xxx. 2, 3. When thou shalt return 
unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his 
voice ; then the Lord will turn thy captivity, 
and have compassion on thee. Ch. xiii. 17. 

Jer. xii. 15. After I have plucked them out 
I will return, and have compassion on them, 
and will bring them again every man to his 
heritage, and to his land. 

Lam. iii. 32. Though he cause grief, yet 
will he have compassion, according to the 
multitude of his mercies. 

Mic. vii. 18. Who is a God like unto thee, 



who pardoneth iniquity 1 ? &c. — Ver. 19. He 
will turn again, he will have compassion upon 
us ; he will subdue our iniquities ; and thou 
wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the 
sea. 

Rom. ix. 15. I will have compassion on 
whom I will have compassion. Ex.xxxiii. 19 

CX. Instances of divine compassici. 
2 Kings xiii. 23. The Lord was gracious 
unto Israel, and had compassion on them, 
when they were oppressed by enemies. 

2 Chron. xxxvi. 15. The Lord God of their 
fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising 
up betimes and sending ; because he had com- 
passion on his people, and on his dwelling- 
place. 

Ps. lxxviii. 38. He being full of compas- 
sion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed 
them not ; yea, many a time, turned he his 
anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. 

Lam. iii. 22. It is of the Lord's mercies 
that we are not consumed : because his com- 
passions fail not. 

Matt, xviii. 27. The Lord of that servant, 
moved with compassion, forgave him the debt. 

Mark v. 19. Jesus said to the man out of 
whom he had cast a devil, Go tell how great 
things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath 
had compassion on thee. 

Luke xv. 20. The father saw the prodigal 
son returning, and had compassion on him, 
and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 

God excited compassion towards his people 
in the hearts of their enemies. Ps. cvi. 46. 
1 Kings viii. 50. 2 Chron. xxx. 9. 

CXI. Compassion ascribed, to Christ. In- 
stances in which it was excited. Matt. ix. 36. 
At seeing the multitude scattered as sheep 
without a shepherd. Mark vi. 34. 

xiv. 14. At seeing in the multitude, sick 
persons, whom he healed. 

xv. 32. At seeing a multitude without 
bread, whom he fed. Mark viii. 2. 

xx. 34. At seeing blind men, whose eyes he 
opened. 

Mark i. 41. At seeing a leper, whom he 
healed. 

ix. 22. 25. At seeing a child possessed of a 
dumb spirit, which he cast out. 

Luke vii. 13. At seeing a mother's grief, 
whose son he restored to life. 



GOD PITIETH. 

CXII. God hath pity on his people. Ps. 
ciii. 13. Like as a father pitieth his children, 
so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. 

Isa. lxiii. 9. In his love and in his pity he 



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redeemed his people ; and he bare them, and 
carried them all the days of old. 

Ezek. xxx vi. 21. I had pity for my holy 
name, which the house of Israel had profaned 
among the heathen. 

Joel ii. 18. The Lord will be jealous for his 
land, and pity his people. 

James v. 11. The Lord is very pitiful, and 
of tender mercy. ■ 

CXIII. God will not pity the wicked. 
Ezek. v. 6. She hath changed my judgments 
:nto wickedness: they have refused my judg- 
ments and statutes, and have n<>t walked in 
them. — Ver. 11. Neither shalt mine eye 
spare, neither will I have any pity. (Ch. vii. 
9. — viii. 18. — ix. 10.) Ver. 13. I will cause 
my fury to rest upon them. 

Jer. xiii. 10. 14. This evil people refused 
to hear my words, and I will not pity, nor 
spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them. 
Zech. xiv. 



LONG-SUFFERING OF GOD, AND 
FORBEARANCE. 

CXIV. Long-suffering ascribed to God. 
Rom. ii. 4. Despisest thou the riches of his 
goodness and forbearance, and long-suffering, 
not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth 
thee to repentance 1 

ix. 22, 23. God endured, with much long- 
suffering, the vessels of wrath fitted to de- 
struction : That ho might make known the 
riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, 
which he had afore prepared unto glory. 

1 Pet. iii. 20. The long-suffering of God 
waited in the days of Noah, while the ark 
was preparing. 

2 Pet. iii. 9. The Lord is long-suffering to 
us-ward, not willing that any should perish, 
but that all should come to repentance. — Ver. 
15. The long-suffering of our Lord is salva- 
tion. 

1 Tim. i. 1 6. I obtained mercy, that in me 
Christ might shew all long-suffering, for a 
pattern to them which should hereafter believe 
on him to life everlasting. See Numb. xiv. 
18. Ps. lxxxvi. 15. 

CXV. Forbearance ascribed to God. 
Numb. xiv. 27. The Lord said, How long 
shall I bear with this evil congregation which 
murmur against me 1 

Neh. ix. 30. Many years didst thou forbear 
them. 

Jer. xliv. 22. The Lord could no longer 
bear, because of the evil of your doings. 

Luke xviii. 7. The Lord will avenge his 
own elect, though he bear long. 



KINDNESS OF GOD. 

CXVI. Kindness ascribed to God, and 
promised and exercised towards his people. 
Neh. ix. 17. Thou art a God ready to pardon, 
gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of 
great kindness. 

Ps. xxxvi. 7. How excellent is thy loving- 
kindness, O God ! therefore the children of 
men put their trust under the shadow of thy 
wings. 

xlii. 8. The Lord will command his loving- 
kindness in the day time, and in the night his 
song shall be with me, and my prayer to the 
God of my life. 

lxxxix. 33. My loving-kindness will I not 
utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithful- 
ness to fail. 

cvii. 43. The wise, they shall understand 
the loving-kindness of the Lord. 

cxvii. 2. His merciful kindness is great to- 
ward us. 

Isa. liv. 8. In a little wrath I hid my face 
from thee for a moment, but with everlasting 
kindness will I have mercy on thee. Ver. 10. 
The mountains shall depart and the hills be 
removed, but my kindness shall not depart 
from thee, neither shall the covenant of my 
peace be removed, saith the Lord, that hath 
mercy on thee. 

Jer. ix. 24. I am the Lord, which exercise 
loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness 
in the earth: for in these things I delight, 
saith the Lord. 

xxxi. 3. I have loved thee with an everlast- 
ing love, therefore with loving-kindness have I 
drawn thee. 

xxxii. 18. Thou shewest loving-kindness 
unto thousands. 

Hos. ii. 19. I will betroth thee unto me in 
righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving- 
kindness, and in mercies. 

Joel ii. 13. The Lord your God is gracious 
and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kind- 
ness, and repenteth him of the evil. 

Luke vi. 35. God is kind unto the unthank 
ful, and to the evil. 

Eph. ii. 6, 7. God hath raised us up, and 
made us sit together in heavenly places in 
Christ Jesus; that in the ages to come he 
might shew the exceeding riches of his grace, 
in his kindness toward us, through Christ 
Jesus. 

Tit. iii. 4, 5. The kindness of God our Sa- 
viour toward man, appeared, not by works of 
righteousness which we have done, but accord- 
ing to his mercy he saved us, &c. 

CXVII. Kindness prayed for. Gen. xxiv 
12. Abraham's servant prayed, and said, O 
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send me good speed, and shew kindness to my 
master. 

Ruth i. 8. Naomi said, The Lord deal kindly 
with you as ye have dealt with the dead, and 
with me. 

2 Sam. ii. 6. David said, The Lord shew 
kindness and truth unto you. 

Ps. xvii. 7. Shew thy marvellous loving- 
kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand, 
them that put their trust in thee. 

xxv. 6. Remember, Lord, thy tender mer- 
cies, and thy loving-kindnesses, for they have 
been ever of old. 

xxxvi. 10. O continue thy loving-kindness 
unto them that know thee, and thy righteous- 
ness to the upright in heart. 

xl. 11. Let thy loving-kindness and thy truth 
continually preserve me. 

Ii. 1. Have mercy upon me, O God, accord- 
ing to thy loving-kindness. 

lxix. 16. Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving- 
kindness is good ; turn to me according to the 
multitude of thy tender mercies. 

Ixxxviii. 11. Shall thy loving-kindness be 
declared in the grave 1 or thy faithfulness in 
destruction 1 

Ixxxix. 49. Lord, where are thy former 
loving-kindnesses ] 

cxix. 76. Let, I pray thee, thy merciful 
kindness be for my comfort, according to thy 
word. — Ver. 88. Quicken me after thy loving- 
kindness ; so shall I keep the testimony of thy 
mouth. Ver. 149. 159. 

cxliii. 8. Cause me to hear thy loving-kind- 
ness in the morning ; for in thee do I trust. 

CXVIII. Thanks for God's kindness. Ps. 
xxvi. 3. Thy loving-kindness is before mine 
eyes, and I have walked in thy truth. 

xxxi. 21. Blessed be the Lord, for he hath 
shewed me his marvellous kindness. 

xl. 10. I have n<|t concealed thy loving- 
kindness, and thy truth. 

xlviii. 9. We have thought of thy loving- 
kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. 

lxiii. 3. Because thy loving-kindness is 
better than life, my lips shall praise thee. 

xcii. 2. It is a good thing to shew forth thy 
loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faith- 
fulness every night. 

ciii. 4. Bless the Lord, O my soul, who 
crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender 



cxxxviii. 2. I will worship toward thy holy 
temple, and praise thy name for thy loving- 
kindness and for thy truth ; for thou hast mag- 
nified thy word above all thy name. 

Isa. lxiii. 7. I will mention the loving-kind- 
nesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, 
according to all that he hath bestowed on us ; 
and the great goodness he hath bestowed, &c. 



GRACE OF GOD. 

CXIX. God is gracious. Gen. vi. 8. Noah 
found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Moses 
found grace. Exod. xxxiii. 12, 13. 16. 

Exod. xxii. 27. The Lord said, When the 
poor crieth, I will hear ; for I am gracious. 

xxxiii. 19. I will be gracious to whom I will 
be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I 
will shew mercy. 

xxxiv. 6. The Lord God, merciful and gra- 
cious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness 
and truth. 2 Chron. xxx. 9. 

2 Kings xiii. 23. The Lord was gracious 
unto Israel (in their distress), and had com- 
passion on them, and had respect unto them, 
because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, 
and Jacob, and would not destroy them ; neither 
cast he them from his presence as yet. 

Ezra ix. 8. For a little space, grace hath 
been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave 
us a remnant to escape, and to give' us a nail 
in his holy place, that our God may lighten 
our eyes, and give us a reviving. 

Neh. ix. 17. Thou art a God ready to par- 
don, gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of 
great kindness, and forsookest not thy people. 

Ps. Ixxvii. 9. Hath God forgotten to be 
gracious 1 

lxxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God full 
of compassion, and gracious, long-suffering, 
and plenteous in mercy and truth. Ps. ciii. 8. — 
cxi. 4. — cxii.4. — cxvi. 5. — cxlv. 8. Joel ii. 13. 

Isa. xxx. 18. Therefore will the Lord wait, 
that he may be gracious unto you ; and there- 
fore will he be exalted, that he may have 
mercy upon you. — Ver. 19. He will be very 
gracious unto thee, at the voice of thy cry; 
when he shall hear it he will answer thee. 

Jonah iv. 2. Thou art a gracious God, and 
merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, 
and repentest thee of the evil. See Amos v. 
15. Zech. iv. 7. Grace, grace. 

CXX. God's throne is a throne of grace. 
Heb. iv. 16. Let us come boldly to the throne 
of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find 
grace to help in time of need. 

CXXI. God's Spirit is a Spirit of grace. 
Heb. x. 29. The Spirit of grace. Zech.xii. 10. 
The Spirit of grace and supplications. 

CXXII. Christ is gracious. Luke iv. 22. 
Gracious words proceeded out of his mouth. 

John i. 14. He was full of grace and truth. 
— Ver. 16. Of his fulness have all we received, 
and grace for grace. 

Acts xv. 11. We believe that through the 
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ we shall be 
saved. 



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Rom. xvi. 20. The grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ be with you. 1 Cor. xvi. 23. Phil. 
iv. 23. 1 Thess. v. 28. 2 Thess. iii. 18. 

2 Cor. viii. 9. Ye know the grace of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet 
for your sakes he became poor, that ye through 
his poverty might be rich. 

Eph. i. 7. We have redemption through his 
blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the 
riches of his grace. 

1 Pet. ii. 3. If so be ye have tasted that the 
Lord is gracious. 

CXXIII. The grace of God in the economy 
of man's salvation. In election. — Rom. xi. 5, 
6. There is a remnant according to the election 
of grace. And if by grace, then is it no more 
of works ; otherwise grace is no more grace. 

CXXIV. Our calling is of grace. Gal. i. 
15. God, who separated me from my mother's 
womb, and called me by his grace, &c. 

2 Tim. i. 9. God hath saved us, and called 
us with an holy calling ; not according to our 
works, but according to his own purpose and 
grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus be- 
fore the world began. 

1 Pet. v. 10. The God of all grace, who 
hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ 
Jesus, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, 
settle you. 

CXXV. Justification is of grace. Rom. 
iii. 24. Being justified freely by his grace, 
through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. 

Gal. ii. 21. I do not frustrate the grace of 
God; for if righteousness come by the law 
then Christ is dead in vain. 

v. 4. Christ is become of no effect to you, 
whosoever of you are justified by the law ; ye 
are fallen from grace. See Rom. v. 15. 17. 
20, 21. 

CXXVI. Pardon of sin is through grace. 
Eph. i. 7. In Christ we have redemption 
through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, ac- 
cording to the riches of his grace. 

CXXVII. Adoption through grace. Eph. 
i. 5, 6. God having predestinated us to the 
adoption of children, by Jesus Christ, to him- 
self, according to the good pleasure of his will, 
to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein 
he hath made us accepted in the Beloved. 

CXXVIII. Sanctifying grace, or sanctifi- 
cation through grace. Ps. lxxxiv. 11. The 
Lord God is a sun and shield ; the Lord will 
give grace and glory ; no good thing will he 
withhold from them that walk uprightly. 

Prov. iii. 34. He scorneth the scorners, but 
iveth grace to the lowly. 



James iv. 6. He resisteth the proud, but 
giveth grace to the humble. 

2 Cor. ix. 8. God is able to make all grace 
abound toward you ; that ye, always having 
all sufficiency in all things, may abound to 
every good work. Ver. 14. 

xii. 9. The Lord said, My grace is sufficient 
for thee: for my strength is made perfect in 



CXXIX. The gospel is of grace given. John 
i. 17. The law was given by Moses, but grace 
and truth came by Jesus Christ. 

Acts xiii. 43. Paul and Barnabas exhorted 
Christians to continue in the grace of God. 

xiv. 3. The Lord gave testimony to the 
word of his grace, and granted signs and 
wonders to be done in confirmation of it. 

Acts xx. 24. I testify the gospel of the 
grace of God. — Ver. 32. I commend you to 
God, and to the word of his grace, which is 
able to build you up, and to give you an in- 
heritance among all them that are sanctified. 

Rom. v. 2. By Jesus Christ we have access 
by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and 
rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 

vi. 14. Sin shall not have dominion over 
you ; for ye are not under the law, but under 
grace. Ver. 15. 

2 Cor. vi. 1. We beseech you, that ye re- 
ceive not the grace of God in vain. 

viii. 1 . We do you to wit, (we make known 
to you) of the grace of God bestowed on the 
churches. 

Gal. i. 6. I marvel that ye are so soon re- 
moved from him that called you into the grace 
of Christ. 

Phil. i. 7. Ye are all partakers of my grace. 

Col. i. 6. The gospel bringeth forth fruit in 
you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew 
the grace of God. 

Tit. ii. 11, 12, 13. The grace of God that 
bringeth salvation, hath appeared to all men, 
teaching us that, denying ungodliness and 
worldly lusts, we should live soberly, right- 
eously, and godly, in this present world ; look- 
ing for that blessed hope, &c. 

Heb. xii. 15. Looking diligently, lest any 
man fail of the grace of God. 

1 Pet. i. 10. The prophets prophesied of 
the grace that should come unto you. 

v. 12. This is the true grace of God where- 
in ye stand. 

Jude 4. Ungodly men turn the grace of 
God into lasciviousness. 

CXXX. Giving alms called grace. 2 Cor. 
iv. 15.— viii. 6, 7. 19. 

CXXXI. Ministerial abilities for publish- 
ing the gospel, are of grace. Acts xiv. 26 



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The apostles had been recommended to the 
grace of God, for the work of the ministry 
which they fulfilled. Ch. xv. 40. 

Rom. i. 5. By whom (Christ) we have re- 
ceived grace and apostleship, for obedience to 
the faith among all nations. 

xii. 3. I say through the grace given unto 
me, to every man that is among you, not to 
think of himself more highly than he ought 
to think. — Ver. 6. Having gifts differing, ac- 
cording to the grace that is given to us, let us, 
&c. 1 Pet. iv. 10. 

Rom. xv. 15, 16. I have written the more 
boldly unto you, because of the grace that is 
given to me of God : That I should be the 
minister, &c. 

1 Cor. iii. 10. According to the grace of 
God given unto me, as a wise master-builder, 
I have laid the foundation. 

Gal. ii. 9. When the brethren perceived the 
grace that was given unto me, they gave the 
right hands of fellowship. See Eph. iii. 2. 
7,8. 

CXXXII, The effects of the gospel in a 
sanctified nature and practice, called grace. 
Acts iv. 33. Great grace was upon them all. 

xi. 23. When Barnabas had seen the grace 
of God, he was glad, and exhorted them all, 
that with purpose of heart they would cleave 
unto the Lord. 

1 Cor. i. 4. I thank my God always on 
your behalf, for the grace of God which is 
given you by Jesus Christ. 

xv. 10. By the grace of God I am what I 
am : and his grace which was bestowed on 
me was not in vain, but I laboured more 
abundantly than they all ; yet not I, but the 
grace of God which was with me. 

2 Cor. i. 12. Our rejoicing is this, the testi- 
mony of our conscience, that in simplicity 
and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, 
but by the grace of God, we have had our 
conversation in the world. 

1 Tim. i. 14. The grace of our Lord was 
exceeding abundant, with faith and love, 
which is in Christ Jesus. 

2 Tim. ii. 1. Be strong in the grace which 
is in Christ Jesus. 

2 Pet. iii. 18. Grow in grace and in the 
knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus 
Christ. 

Heb. xii. 28. Wherefore we receiving a 
kingdom that cannot be moved, let us have 
grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably, 
with reverence and godly fear. 

xiii. 9. Be not carried about with diverse 
and strange doctrines ; for it is a good thing 
that the heart be established with grace. 

CXXXIII. Faith through grace. Acts 



xviii. 27. A polios helped them much who had 
believed through grace. 

CXXXIV. Hope through grace. 2 Thess. 
ii. 16, 17. Now our Lord Jesus Christ him- 
self, and God even our Father, which hath 
loved us, and hath given us everlasting conso- 
lation, and good hope through grace, comfor 
your hearts, and establish you in every good 
word and work. 

CXXXV. Prayer and praise through 
grace. Zech. xii. 10. I will pour upon the 
house of David, and upon the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and supplica- 
tions. 

Col. iii. 16. Singing with grace in your 
hearts. 

CXXXVI. Salvation is of grace. Eph. ii. 
5. 7, 8. When we were dead in sins, he hath 
quickened us together with Christ ; (by grace 
ye are saved ;) that in the ages to come he 
might shew the exceeding riches of his grace, 
in his kindness toward us, through Christ 
Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through 
faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift 
of God. 

Heb. ii. 9. Jesus Christ, by the grace of 
God, did taste death for every man. 

1 Pet. i. 13. Be sober, and hope to the end, 
for the grace that is to be brought unto you at 
the revelation of Jesus Christ. 

iii. 7. Husbands and wives, live together, 
as being heirs of the grace of life. 

CXXXVII. Grace prayed for. Gen. xliii. 
29. Joseph said to Benjamin, God be gracious 
unto thee my son. 

Numb. vi. 23—26. On this wise ye shall 
bless the children of Israel, saying, The Lord 
bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make 
his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto 
thee : The Lord lift up his countenance upon 
thee, and give thee peace. 

Ps. cxix. 29. Grant me thy law graciously. 

Isa. xxxiii. 2. Lord be gracious unto us ; 
we have waited for thee. 

Hos. xiv. 2. Take away all iniquity, and 
receive us graciously. 

Mai. i. 9. Beseech God that he will be gra- 
cious unto us. 

Rom. i. 7. Grace to you, and peace, from 
God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

1 Cor. i. 3. 2 Cor. i. 2. Gal. i. 3. Eph. i. 
2. Phil. i. 2. Col. i. 2. 1 Thess. i. 1. 

2 Thess. i. 2. Philem. 3. 

2 Cor. xiii. 14. The grace of the Lord 
Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the 
communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you 
all. Amen. 



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Gal. vi. 18. The grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ be with your spirit. Rev. xxii. 2 1 . 

Eph. vi. 24. Grace be with all them that 
love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. 

Col. iv. 18. Grace be with you. 2 Tim. iv. 
22. Tit. iii. 15. Heb. xiii. 25. 

1 Tim. i. 2. Grace, mercy, and peace, from 
God our Father, and Jesus Christ our Lord. 
2 Tim. i. 2. Tit. i. 4. 

vi. 21. Grace be with thee. 

1 Pet. i. 2. Grace to you, and peace be mul- 
tiplied. 2 Pet. i. 2. 

Rev. i. 4. Grace be unto you, and peace, 
from Him which is, and which was, and which 
is to come. 



GOD'S FAVOUR. 

CXXXVITI. God's favour. 2 Sam. xv. 25. 
David said, If I shall find favour in the eyes 
of the Lord, he will bring me again, and shew 
me both the ark and his habitation. 

Job x. 12. Thou hast granted me life and 
favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my 
spirit. 

xxxiii. 26. The penitent shall pray unto 
God, and he will be favourable unto him, and 
he shall see his face with joy : for he will ren- 
der unto man his righteousness. 

Ps. v. 12. Thou, Lord, wilt bless the right- 
eous ; with favour wilt thou compass him as 
with a shield. 

xxx, 5. In his favour is life. — Ver, 7. Lord, 
by thy favour thou hast made my mountain 
to stand strong. 

xli. 11. By this I know that thou favourest 
me, because mine enemy doth not triumph 
over me. 

xliv. 3. Thy right hand, and thine arm, and 
the light of thy countenance saved them, be- 
cause thou hadst a favour unto them. 

lxxvii. 7, Will the Lord cast off for ever 1 
Will he be favourable no more 1 

lxxxv. 1. Lord, thou hast been favourable 
unto thy land; thou hast brought back the 
captivity of Jacob. 

lxxxix. 17. Thou art the glory of their 
strength ; and in thy favour our horn shall be 
exalted. 

cii. 13. Thou wilt have mercy on Zion ; for 
the time to favour her, yea, the set time is 
come. 

cvi. 4. Remember me, O Lord, with the 
favour that thou bearest unto thy people. 

cxix. 58, I entreated thy favour with my 
whole heart : be merciful unto me according 
to thy word. 

Prov. iii. 3, 4. Let not mercy and truth for- 
sake thee : So shalt thou find favour, and good 
understanding in the sight of God and man. 



viii. 35. Whoso findeth wisdom findeth life, 
and shall obtain favour of the Lord. 

xii. 2. A good man obtaineth favour of the 
Lord : but a man of wicked devices will he 
condemn. 

Song viii. 1 0. I was in his eyes as one that 
found favour. 

Isa. lx. 10. In my favour have I had mercy 
on thee. 

Luke i. 28. The angel said to Mary, Hail, 
thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with 
thee : blessed art thou among women. — Ver. 
30. Thou hast found favour with God. 

ii. 52. Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, 
and in favour with God and man. 

Acts vii. 46. David found favour before 
God. See 1 Sam. ii. 26. 

CXXXIX. God's favour denied to the 
wicked. Isa. xxvii. 11. It is a people of no 
understanding ; therefore he that made them 
will not have mercy on them, and he that 
formed them will shew them no favour. See 
Jer. xvi. 13. 

CXL. Godgiveth or withholdeth the favour 
of men. Gen. xxxix. 21. The Lord was with 
Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave 
him favour in the sight of the keeper of the 
prison. Acts vii. 10. 

Exod. iii. 21. The Lord said, I will give this 
people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. 
Ch. xi. 3.— xii. 36. 

Dan. i. 9. God had brought Daniel into 
favour and tender love with the prince of the 
eunuchs. 

CXLI. God withholdeth from man the 
favour of man. Deut. xxviii. 49, 50. Josh, 
xi. 20. Ps. cix. 12. 

CXLII. God is bountiful. Ps.xiii.6. The 

Lord hath dealt bountifully with me. 

cxvi. 7. Return unto thy rest, O my soul, 
for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee. 

cxix. 17. Deal bountifully with thy servant, 
that I may live, and keep thy word. See Ps. 
cxlii. 7. 

CXLIII. Man ought to be bountiful. Prov. 
xxii. 9. He that hath a bountiful eye shall be 
blessed ; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. 
Ps. xli. 1. 

2 Cor. ix. 6. He that soweth bountifully 
shall reap bountifully. Ver. 5. 11. 

GOD'S BLESSING. 

CXLIV. God blesseih his people. Exod. 
xx. 24. In all places where I record my name, 
I will come unto thee and I will bless thee. 
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Numb. vi. 27. They shall put my name 
upon the children of Israel, and I will bless 
them. 

xxii. 12. God said to Balaam, Thou shalt 
not curse the people, for they are blessed. Ch. 
xxiii. 20. 

Deut. xxiii. 5. The Lord turned the curse 
of Balaam into a blessing, because he loved 
thee. Neh. xiii. 2. 

xxvi. 15. Look down from thy holy habi- 
tation, from heaven, and bless thy people 
Israel. 

2 Sam. vii. 29. David prayed, and said, O 
Lord God, with thy blessing let the house of 
thy servant be blessed for ever. 1 Chron. 
xvii. 27. 

1 Chron. iv. 10. Jabez prayed, and said, O 
that thou wouldst bless me indeed, and enlarge 
my coast ; and that thy hand might be with 
me, and that thou wouldst keep me from evil. 

Ps. iii. 8. Thy blessing is upon thy people. 

xxviii. 9. Save thy people, and bless thine 
inheritance : feed them also, and lift them up 
for ever. Ps. cix. 28. 

xxix. 11. The Lord will bless his people 
with peace. 

lxvii. 1. God be merciful to us and bless us, 
and cause his face to shine upon us. 

lxvii. 7. God shall bless us, and all the ends 
of the earth shall fear him. 

cxv. 12. The Lord hath been mindful of us; 
he will bless us : he will bless the house of 
Israel, he will bless the house of Aaron. See 
Ps. cxxviii. 5. — cxxxii. 15. — cxxxiv. 3. 

CXLV. Persons pronounced blessed, their 
graces and duties. Ps. i. 1. Blessed is the 
man that walketh not in the counsel of the 
ungodly. 

ii. 12. Blessed are all they that put their 
trust in him (Christ.) 

v. 12. Thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous : 
with favour wilt thou compass him as with a 
shield. 

xxiv. 4, 5. He that hath clean hands and a 
pure heart, &c, he shall receive the blessing 
from the Lord. 

Ps. xxxii. 1, 2. Blessed is he whose trans- 
gression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 
(Rom. iv. 7.) Blessed is the man unto whom 
the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose 
spirit there is no guile. Rom. iv. 7, 8. 

xxxiii. 12. Blessed is the nation whose God 
is the Lord. 

xxxiv. 8. Blessed is the man who trusteth 
in the Lord. Ps. lxxxiv. 12. 

xl. 4. Blessed is the man who maketh the 
Lord his trust. 

xli. 1, 2. Blessed is he that considereth the 
poor. Prov. xxii. 9. 

lxv 4. Blessed is the man whom thou 



choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, 
that he may dwell in thy courts. 

lxxxiv. 4, 5. Blessed are they that dwell in 
thy house. Blessed is the man whose strength 
is in thee. 

lxxxix. 15. Blessed is the people who know 
the joyful sound : they shall walk, Lord, in 
the light of thy countenance. 

xciv. 12. Blessed is the man whom thou 
chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of 
thy law. 

cvi. 3. Blessed are they that keep judgment ; 
and he that doth righteousness at all times. 

cxii. 2. The generation of the upright shall 
be blessed. 

cxix. 1, 2. Blessed are the undefiled in the 
way, who walk in the law of the Lord. Blessed 
are they that keep his testimonies, and that 
seek him with the whole heart. 

cxxviii. 1. Blessed is every one that feareth 
the Lord ; that walketh in his ways. Ver. 4. 
Ps. cxv. 13. 

Prov. iii. 33. The Lord blesseth the habita- 
tion of the just. 

viii. 32. Wisdom saith, Blessed are they 
that keep my ways. — Ver. 34. Blessed is the 
man that heareth me, watching daily at my 
gates. 

x. 6, 7. Blessings are upon the head of the 
just. (Isa. xix. 25.) The memory of the just 



xi. 26. Blessings shall be upon the head of 
him that selleth corn, (that is, on him who is 
good to the poor.) 

xxii. 9. He that hath a bountiful eye shall 
be blessed ; for he giveth of his bread to the 
poor. 

xx. 7. The just man's children are blessed 
after him. 

xxviii. 20. A faithful man shall abound with 
blessings. 

Isa. xxx. 18. Blessed are ail they that wait 
for the Lord. 

xxxii. 20. Blessed are they that sow beside 
all waters. 

lvi. 2. Blessed is the man that keepeth the 
Sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his 
hand from doing any evil. 

Matt. v. 3 — 11. Blessed are the poor in 
spirit : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall 
be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they 
shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they 
which do hunger and thirst after righteous- 
ness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the 
merciful : for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed 
are the pure in heart : for they shall see God. 
Blessed are the peace-makers : for they shall 
be called the children of God. Blessed are 
they which are persecuted for righteousness' 
sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven 



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god's blessing. 



63 



Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and 
persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil 
against you falsely for my sake. Luke vi. 
20—22. 

xi. 6. Jesus said, Blessed is he whosoever 
shall not be offended in me. Luke vii. 23. 

xxiv. 45, 46. Blessed is that faithful and 
wise servant, whom his Lord when he cometh 
shall find — giving his household their meat in 
due season. Luke xii. 43. 

xxv. 34, 35. Christ will say, Come ye 
blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom pre- 
pared for you from the foundation of the world : 
For I was an hungered and ye gave me meat, 
&c — Ver. 40. Inasmuch as ye have done it 
unto my brethren, ye have done it unto 
me. Compare Luke vi. 20 to 24. and Matt. 
xi. 6. 

Luke xi. 28. Blessed are they that hear the 
word of God and keep it. James i. 25. Rev. 
xxii. 14. Deut. xi. 26.— xxx. 19. 

xiv. 13. When thou makest a feast, call the 
poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind : 
And thou shalt be blessed, &c. Deut. xv. 10. 

Ver. 15. Blessed is he that shall eat bread 
in the kingdom of God. 

xii. 37. Blessed are those servants whom 
the Lord when he cometh shall find watching. 
Ver. 38. 

John. xx. 29. Blessed are they that have not 
seen, and yet have believed. Matt. xvi. 17. — 
xiii. 16. Blessed are your eyes for they see, 
and your ears for they hear. 

Gal. iii. 9. They which be of faith are 
blessed with faithful Abraham. 

James i. 12. Blessed is the man that en- 
dureth temptation, for when he is tried he 
shall receive the crown of life. 

Rev. i. 3. Blessed is he that readeth, and 
they that hear the words of this prophecy, 
and keep those things that are written therein. 

xiv. 13. Blessed are the dead which die in 
the Lord. 

xvi. 15. Blessed is he that watcheth and 
keepeth his garments; lest he walk naked, 
and they see his shame. 

xix. 9. Blessed are they who are called to 
the marriage supper of the Lamb. 

xx. 6. Blessed and holy is he that hath part 
in the first resurrection. 

CXLVI. God's blessing promised by way 
of covenant; or covenant blessings. Deut. 
vii. 9. He keepeth covenant and mercy with 
them that love him, and keep his command- 
ments, to a thousand generations. 

2 Sam. xxiii. 5. David said, Although my 
house be not so with God, yet he hath made 
with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in 
all things and sure. 

Ps. xxv. 14. The secret of the Lord is with 



them that fear him, and he will show them his 
covenant. 

lxxxix. 3. I have made a covenant with my 
chosen. — Ver. 28. My covenant shall stand 
fast with him. — Ver. 34. My covenant will I 
not break. 

Isa. xlii. 6. I will give thee (Christ) for a 
covenant of the people, for a light of the Gen- 
tiles. Ch. xlix. 8.— lv. 4. 

liv. 10. The mountains shall depart, and 
the hills be removed, but my kindness shall 
not depart from thee, neither shall the cove- 
nant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord, 
that hath mercy on thee. 

lv. 3. Incline your ear and come unto me, 
hear and your soul shall live ; and I will make 
an everlasting covenant with you, even the 
sure mercies of David. 

Jer. xxxi. 33. This shall be the covenant 
that I will make with the house of Israel, saith 
the Lord, I will put my law in their inward 
parts, and write it in their hearts, and will be 
their God, and they shall be my people. Heb. 
viii. 10. 

xxxii. 40. I will make an everlasting cove- 
nant with them, that I will not turn away 
from them, to do them good ; but I will put 
my fear in their hearts, that they shall not de- 
part from me. Ver. 38. 

xxxiii. 20, 21. Thus saith the Lord, If ye 
can break my covenant of the day, and my 
covenant of the night, and that there should 
not be day and night in their season ; then 
may also my covenant be broken with David 
my servant, that he should not have a son to 
reign upon his throne, and with the Levites, 
the priests my ministers. Ver. 25, 26. 

Jer. 1. 5. They shall say, Come, and let us 
join ou» selves to the Lord, in a perpetual co- 
venant that shall not be forgotten. 

Ezek. xi. 19, 20. I will give them one heart, 
and I will put a new spirit within you : and I 
will take the stony heart out of their flesh, 
and will give them an heart of flesh ; that they 
may walk in my statutes, and keep mine or- 
dinances and do them : and they shall be my 
people, and I will be their God. Jer. xxiv. 7. 

xvi. 8. When I passed by thee, and looked 
upon thee, behold thy time was the time of 
love, and I spread my skirt over thee, and 
covered thy nakedness ; yea, I sware unto 
thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, 
saith the Lord, and thou becamest mine. — Ver. 
60. I will remember my covenant with thee 
in the days of thy youth, and I will establish 
unto thee an everlasting covenant. — Ver. 62 
I will establish my covenant with thee, and 
thou shalt know that I am the Lord. 

xx. 37. I will cause you to pass under the 
rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the 
covenant. 



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Chap. I. 



Ezek. xxxvi. 25 — 28. I will sprinkle clean 
water upon you. — A new heart will I give 
unto you. — I will put my Spirit within you. — 
And ye shall be my people, and I will be your 
God. 

xxxvii. 26, 27. I will make a covenant of 
peace with them ; it shall be an everlasting 
covenant with them ; and will set my sanc- 
tuary in the midst of them for evermore. My 
tabernacle shall be with them ; yea, I will be 
their God, and they shall be my people. Ver. 
23, 24. 2 Chron. xxxiv. 24, 25. 31. 

Hos. ii. 19, 20. I will betroth thee unto me 
for ever, in righteousness, and in judgment, 
and in loving-kindness, and in mercies : I will 
even betroth thee to me in faithfulness, and 
thou shalt know [that I am] the Lord. Isa. 
liv. 5. Thy Maker is thine husband. 

New Covenant. Heb. viii. 8. I will make 
a new covenant with the house of Israel. Jer. 
xxxi. 31, 32, 33, 34. 

Heb. xii. 24. Jesus the Mediator of the 
new covenant. 



GOD'S ANGER. 

CXLVII. Anger ascribed to God. Neh. 
ix. 17. Thou art a God ready to pardon, gra- 
cious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great 
kindness. See Ps. ciii. 8. Joel ii. 13. Nah. 
i. 3. 

CXLVIII. God's anger threatened against 
the wicked. Numb, xxxii. 14. Ye are risen 
up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful 
men, to augment the fierce anger of the Lord. 

Deut. xxix. 19, 20. If one say, I shall have 
peace, though I walk in the imagination of 
my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst : The 
Lord will not spare him ; but the anger of the 
Lord, and his jealousy, shall smoke against 
that man, and all the curses that are written 
in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord 
shall blot out his name from under heaven. 

xxxii. 21, 22. They have moved me to 
jealousy ; they have provoked me to anger. 
A fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn 
to the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth 
with her increase, and set on fire the founda- 
tions of the mountains. 

Job xxi. 17. God distributeth sorrows in his 
anger. Ch. ix. 13. 

Ps. vii. 11. God is angry with the wicked 
every day. Ps. xxxviii. 3. 

lxxvi. 7. Who may stand in thy sight when 
once thou art angry ] Ps. xc. 7. 1 1'. Nah. 
i, 6. 

Ixxviii. 41, 42. They tempted God; they 
remembered not his hand. — Ver. 49. He cast 
upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, 



and indignation. — Ver. 50. He made a way 
for his anger ; he spared not their soul from 
death. Isa. v. 24, 25. See Isa. x. 25. — xiii. 9. 
13.— xxx. 27. 30.— xlii. 24, 25.— Ixvi. 15. 
Jer. xviii. 23.— xxv. 38.— xlix. 37.— Ii. 45. 
Lam. ii. 1. — iii. 43. — iv. 11. Ezek. v. 13. — 
vii. 3.— xiii. 13.— xxii. 20, 21. Mic. v. 15. 



GOD'S WRATH. 

CXLIX. God's wrath threatened against 
sinners. Ezra viii. 22. His power and his 
wrath, is against all that forsake him. 

Job xx. 23. God shall cast the fury of his 
wrath upon the wicked. Ch. xxi. 20. 30. Ps, 
Ixxviii. 49. 

Ps. ii. 12. When his wrath is kindled but a 
little, blessed are all they that put their trust 
in him. Ps. xc. 7. 9. 11.— cii. 10. 

Prov. xi. 4. Riches profit not in the day of 
wrath. Job xx. 28. Ezek. vii. 19. Zeph. 
i. 18. 

Isa. ix. 19. Through the wrath of the Lord 
of hosts is the land darkened, and the people 
shall be as the fuel of the fire. Jer. 1. 13. — 
vii. 29. 

Jer. x. 10. At his wrath the earth shall 
tremble, and the nations shall not be able to 
abide his indignation. Hos. v. 10. 

Nah. i. 2. The Lord reserveth wrath for his 
enemies. 

Rom. i. 18. The wrath of God is revealed 
from heaven, against all ungodliness and un- 
righteousness of men. 

ii. 8, 9. Indignation and wrath, tribulation 
and anguish, shall be upon every soul of man 
that doeth evil. Ver. 5. Ch. iv. 15. — ix. 22, 

Eph. ii. 3. We were by nature children of 
wrath. 

v. 6. The wrath of God cometh upon the 
children of disobedience. Col. iii. 6. 

Rev. vi. 16, 17. The wicked said to the 
mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide 
us from the face of him that sitteth on the 
throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 
For the great day of his wrath is come ; and 
who shall be able to stand 1 See Rev. xiv. 
10.— xvi. 19. 

CL. God is wroth. Isa. xlvii. 6. I was 
wroth with my people, I have polluted mine 
inheritance. 

Isa. lxiv. 5. Behold thou art wroth ; for we 
have sinned. 

Ps. Ix. 1. O Lord, thou hast cast us off; 
thou hast been displeased. 

Prayers deprecating his wrath. Ps. vi. 1. 
O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger; 
neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 
Ps. xxxviii. 1 . 



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GODS JEALOUSY. 



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Isa. lxiv. 9. Be not wroth very sore, O 
Lord ; neither remember iniquity for ever : 
behold, we are all thy people. 

Promises. Isa. lvii. 16. I will not contend 
for ever, neither will I be always wroth : for 
the spirit should fail before me, and the souls 
that I have made. 

CLI. God's indignation against sinners. 
Isa. lxvL 14. The hand of the Lord shall be 
known toward his servants, and his indigna- 
tion toward his enemies. Ch. xxx. 30. 

Jer. x. 10. At his wrath the earth shall 
tremble, and the nations shall not be able to 
abide his indignation. Job xxvi. 11. The pil- 
lars of heaven tremble, and are astonished at 
his reproof. Ch. ix. 6. He shaketh the earth 
out of her place, and the pillars thereof trem- 
ble. See Nah. i. 5, 6. 8. 

Mic. vii. 9. I will bear the indignation of 
the Lord," because I have sinned against, him. 

Rom. ii. 8, 9. To those that obey unright- 
eousness, God will render indignation and 
wrath, tribulation and anguish upon every soul 
of man that doeth evil. 

Heb. x. 27. A fearful looking for of judg- 
ment, and fiery indignation, which shall devour 
the adversaries. 

CLII. God's Fury. Lev. xxvi. 27, 28. If 
ye will walk contrary to me, then I will walk 
contrary to you in fury. 

Job xx. 23. God shall cast the fury of his 
wrath upon the wicked, and shall rain it upon 
him. 

Isa. lix. 18. God will repay fury to his ad- 
versaries. Ch. lxiii. 3. 

Jer. iv. 4. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, 
and take away the foreskins of your heart, lest 
my fury come forth like fire, and burn that 
none can quench it, because of the evil of your 
doings. 

Ezek. v. 15. I shall execute judgments on 
thee in anger, and in fury, and in furious re- 
bukes. Ch. vi. 12.— xxxviii. 18. Nah. i. 2. 6. 

CLIII. His vengeance. Deut. xxxii. 35. 
To me belongeth vengeance and recompense. 
Ps. xciv. 1. Heb. x. 30. 

Deut. xxxii. 41. I will render vengeance to 
mine enemies. Ver. 43. 

Rom. iii. 5. God taketh vengeance. Ch. 
xii. 19. 

2 Thess. i. 7, 8. The Lord Jesus shall be 
revealed from heaven, in flaming fire, taking 
vengeance on them that know not God, and 
obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

CLIV. God abhorreth. Ps. v. 6. The Lord 
will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. 
x. 3. The covetous man the Lord abhorreth. 
9 



CLV. Loatheth. Zech. xi. 8. My soul 
loathed them. 

Prov. xiii. 5. A wicked man is loathsome. 

Despiseth. Amos v. 21. I hate, I despise 
your feast-days. 

CLVI. God hateth. Ps. v. 5. Thou hatest 
all workers of iniquity. Ps. xi. 5. 

Jer. xliv. 4. Do not this abominable thing 
that I hate, (viz. sin.) 

Hos. ix. 1 5. I hated them for their wicked- 
ness. 

CLVII. The Lord is a terrible God. Deut. 
vii. 21. The Lord thy God is among you, a 
mighty God and terrible. Jer. xx. 11. 

Job xxxvii. 22. With God is terrible ma- 
jesty. 

Ps. xlvii. 2. The Lord most high is terrible. 
Ps. lxviii. 35. 

Deut. x. 21. He hath done terrible things. 
1 Chron. xvii. 21. See Ps. lxv. 5.— Ixvi. 3. 
5.— cvi. 22. — cxlv. 6. Isa. lxiv. 3. Joel ii. 1 1. 

CLVIII. Dreadful. Dan. ix. 4. Lord, 
the great and dreadful God. 

Heb. x. 31. It is a fearful thing to fall into 
the hands of the living God. See Job xiii. 1 1. 
Isa. viii. 13. Mai. i. 14. 



GOD'S JEALOUSY. 

CLIX. God is jealous for his people. Pro- 
mises. Ezek. xxxix. 25. Thus saith the Lord, 
I will bring again the captivity of Jacob, and 
have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, 
and will be jealous for my holy name. 

Joel ii. 18. The Lord will be jealous for his 
land, and pity his people. 

Zech. i. 14. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I 
am jealous for Jerusalem, and for Zion, with a 
great jealousy. Ch. viii. 2. 

God's jealousy in threats against sinners. 
Exod. xx. 5. I the Lord thy God am a jealous 
God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers 
upon the children, unto the third and fourth 
generation of them that hate me. Ch. 
xxxiv. 14. Deut. iv. 24. — v. 9. — vi. 15. Josh, 
xxiv. 19. 

Numb. xxv. 11. Phinehas turned away my 
wrath, that I consumed not the children of Is- 
rael in my jealousy. 

Deut. xxix. 20. The anger of the Lord and 
his jealousy shall smoke against the man that 
promiseth himself peace in his wickedness. 

Ps. lxxix. 5. Wilt thou be angry for ever ? 
shall thy jealousy burn like a fire'? 

Ezek. xvi. 38. I will judge thee, and give 
thee blood in fury and jealousy. Ver. 41, 42. 
Ch. xxiii. 25.— xxxvi. 5, 6. — xxxviii. 19. 
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Chap. II. 



Nah. i. 2. Zeph. i. 18.— iii. 8. The wicked 
provoke God to jealousy. See Deut. xxxii. 
16. Ps. Ixxviii. 58. 

CLX. Zeal ascribed to God. Isa. ix. 7. 
The zeai of the Lord of hosts will perform 



this. (viz. to exalt Christ and promote his 
kingdom.) 

Isa. xxxvii. 32. The zeal of the Lord will 
defend Jerusalem. 

lix. 17. He was clad with zeal as a cloak. 
See Isa. lxiii. 15. Ezek. v. 13. 



CHAPTER II. 



CREATION. 



I. God created all things. Seethe Wisdom 
of God. Also, Power of God in creation. 

Prov. xxvi. 10. The great God that formed 
all things. Eccl. iii. 11. — xi. 5. 

Isa. xliv. 24. I am the Lord that maketh all 
things. Jer. x. 16. 

Heb. iii. 4. He that built all things is God. 

Rev. iv. 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to 
receive glory, and honour, and power; for 
thou hast created all things, and for thy plea- 
sure they are and were created. 



God created the heavens and the earth. 
i. 1. In the beginning God created the 



n, 

Gen. 

heaven and the earth. Ch. ii. 4. Exod. xx. 
II. — xxxi. 17. 2 Kings xix. 15. 1 Chron. 
xvi. 26. Ps. xcvi.5. Isa. xxxvii. 1 6. Heb. i. 10. 

Neh. ix. 6. Thou hast made heaven, the 
heaven of heavens, with all their host, the 
earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, 
and all that is therein, and thou preservest 
them all ; and the host of heaven worshippeth 
thee. 

Job ix. 8. He alone spreadeth out the hea- 
vens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea. 

xxxviii. 4 — 7. Where wast thou when I 
laid the foundations of the earth ? Who hath 
laid the measures thereof, or who hath stretched 
the line upon it 1 Whereupon are the founda- 
tions thereof fastened, or who laid the corner 
stone thereof? When the morning stars sang 
together, and all the sons of God shouted 
for joy. 

Ps. xxiv. 2. He hath founded the earth upon 
the seas, and established it upon the floods. 
Ps. Ixxviii. 69.— civ. 5.— cxix. 90, 91.— 
cxxxvi. 6. 

Ps. xxxiii. 6. By the word of the Lord were 
the heavens made, and all the host of them by 
the breath of his mouth. 

lxxxix. 11. The heavens are thine, the earth 
also is thine ; as for the world, and the fulness 
thereof, thou hast founded them. 

civ. 2. Thou stretchest out the heavens like 
a curtain. Job xxxvii. 18. Like a molten 
looking-glass. 



Isa. xl. 28. He is the Creator of the ends 
of the earth. 

xlii. 5. The Lord created the heavens, and 
stretched them out : he spread forth the earth, 
and that which cometh out of it. 

Ii. 13. The Lord hath stretched forth the 
heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth. 
Ver. 16. 

Rev. xiv. 7. Worship him that made heaven 
and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of 
waters. Acts xiv. 15. — xvii. 24. Ps. cxlvi. 6. 

See Wisdom of God in Creation. See also 
Power of God in Creation. 

III. Sun and moon created. Gen. i. 16. 
God made two great lights, the greater light to 
rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the 
night. ; he made the stars also. Job xxxviii. 
12. 19. 24. 

Gen. i. 3. God said, Let there be light, and 
there was light. Ps. Ixxiv. 16, 17. 

Job ix. 9. Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, 
and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south 
Ver. 7. Amos v. 8. 

Ps. viii. 3, 4. When I consider thy heavens, 
the work of thy fingers, the moon and the 
stars, which thou hast ordained : What is 
man, that thou art mindful of him] and the 
son of man, that thou visitest him 1 

Ps. xix. 4. In the heavens hath he set a ta- 
bernacle for the sun. 

civ. 19. He appointeth the moon for sea- 
sons ; the sun knoweth his going down. 

cxlviii. 3. Praise ye him sun and moon ; 
praise him all ye stars of light. — Ver. 5. For 
he commanded, and they were created. Ver. 6. 

Jer. xxxi. 35. He giveth the sun for a light 
by day, and the ordinances of the moon and 
of the stars for a light by night ; which divideth 
the sea, when the waves thereof roar: the 
Lord of hosts is his name. 

IV. The sea. Gen.i. 9, 10. God said, Let 
the waters under the heaven be gathered to- 
gether into one place, and let the dry land 
appear: and it was so. And God called the 



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CREATION OF MAN. 



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dry land earth, and the gathering together of 
the waters called he seas : and God saw that 
it was good. 

Job xxvi. 10. He hath compassed the wa- 
ters with bounds, until the day and night come 
to an end. 

xxxviii. 8 — 11. Who shut up the sea with 
doors, when it brake forth as if it had issued 
out of the womb 1 I made the cloud the gar- 
ment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling 
band for it ; and brake up for it my decreed 
place, and set bars and doors; and said, Hi- 
therto shalt thou come, but no further, and here 
shall thy proud waves be stayed. See Ver. 16. 
22. 25. 28. 

Ps. xxxiii. 7. He gathereth the waters of 
the sea together as an heap, and layeth up the 
depth in store-houses. 

xcv. 5. The sea is his, and he made it : his 
hands formed the dry land. 

civ. 10. He sendeth the springs into the 
valleys. 

Prov. viii. 27 — 29. He prepared the hea- 
vens: he set a compass upon the face of the 
depth : He established the clouds above : he 
strengthened the fountains of the deep : he 
gave the sea his decree, that the waters should 
not pass his commandment. 

Isa. xl. 12. Who hath measured the waters 
in the hollow of his hand. 

xliii. 16. The Lord maketh a way in the 
sea, and a path in the mighty waters. — Ver. 
20. I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers 
in the desert. Ch. xlviii. 21. 

Jonah i. 9. I fear the Lord, the God of hea- 
ven, which hath made the sea and the dry 
land. 

Nah. i. 3, 4. The Lord hath his way in the 
whirlwind, and in the storm, and the clouds 
are the dust of his feet. He rebuketh the 
sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the 
rivers. 

V. Summer and winter. Ps. lxxiv. 16, 17. 
The day is thine : the night also is thine : thou 
hast prepared the light and the sun. Thou hast 
set all the borders of the earth: thou hast 
made summer and winter. 

VI. North and south. Job xxvi. 7. He 
stretcheth out the north over the empty place, 
and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 

Ps. lxxxix. 12. The north and south thou 
hast created them. 

VII. Clouds and wind. Job xxvi. 8. He 
bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and 
the cloud is not rent under them. Ver. 9. 

xxxvi. 29. Can any understand the spread- 
ings of the clouds 1 Ver. 30. 32. See Ps. 
»£?. 3. — cxlvii. 8. Prov. viii. 28. 



Job xxviii. 25. He maketh the weight for 
the winds ; and he weigheth the waters by 
measure. Ch. xxxvii. 16. The balancing of 
the clouds. Prov. xxx. 4. Amos iv. 13. 

VIII. Rain. Job xxviii. 26. He made a 
decree for the rain, and a way for the light 
ning of the thunder. 

Ps. exxxv. 7. He maketh lightnings for the 
rain, and bringeth the wind out of his trea- 
sures. Jer. li. 16. 

Jer. x. 13. When he uttereth his voice, 
there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, 
and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the 
ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with 
rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his 
treasures. Ch. xiv. 22. — li. 16. 

IX. The inhabitants of the sea. Gen. i. 
20, 21. God said, Let the waters bring forth 
abundantly, the moving creature that hath 
life ; and fowl that may fly above the earth, 
in the open firmament of heaven. And God 
created great whales, and every living creature 
that moveth, which the waters brought forth 
abundantly after their kind ; and every winged 
fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was 
good. Ps. viii. 8. 

X. The inferior creatures of the dry land. 
Gen. i. 24, 25. God said, Let the earth bring 
forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, 
and creeping thing, and beast of the earth 
after his kind : and it was so. And God made 
the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle 
after their kind : and every thing that creepeth 
upon the earth, after his kind : and God saw 
that it was good. 

XL Grass, herbs, and trees. Gen. i. 11, 
12. And God said, Let the earth bring forth 
grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree 
yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in 
itself upon the earth : and it was so. And 
the earth brought forth grass and herb, yield- 
ing seed after his kind, and the tree yielding 
fruit whose seed was in itself after his kind : 
and God saw that it was good. Gen. ii. 4, 5. 



CREATION OF MAN. 

Xn. Creation of Man's body. Gen. ii. 7. 
God formed man of the dust of the ground. 
Job xxxiii. 6. 

iii. 19. Dust thou art and unto dust shalt 
thou return. Job x. 9. 

Job x. 8. Thy hands have made me, and 
fashioned me together round about. Ps. exix. 
73. — exxxviii. 8. 

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and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and 
sinews. 

Ps. cxxxix. 14 — 16. I am fearfully and 
wonderfully made. My substance was not 
hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and 
curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the 
earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet 
being unperfect; and in thy book all my 
members were written : which in continuance 
were fashioned, when as yet there was hone 
of them. 

Acts xvii. 26. He made of one blood all na- 
tions that dwell on the face of the earth. Job 
xxxi. 15. 

XIII. His soul. Gen. ii. 7. The Lord 
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, 
and man became a living soul. Job x. 12. 

Job xxxiii. 4. The Spirit of God hath made 
me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given 
me life. Isa. xlii. 5. 

Isa. lvii. 16. I will not contend for ever, 
(saith the Lord,) for the spirit should fail be- 
fore me, and the souls which I have made. 

Jer. xxxviii. 16. The Lord made us this 
soul. 

Zech. xii. 1. He formed the spirit of man 
within him. 

1 Cor. xv. 45. Adam was made a living 
soul. 

XIV. Man's spiritual state after his crea- 
tion. Gen. i. 27. God created man in his 
own image. Ch. ix. 6. 

y. 1. In the likeness of God made he him. 

Ps. viii. 5, 6. Thou madest man a little 
lower than the angels, and crownedst him with 
glory and honour. (Heb. ii. 7.) Thou madest 
him to have dominion over the works of thy 
hands. 

Eccl. vii. 29. God made man upright. 

James iii. 9. Men are made after the simili- 
tude of God. 

Col. iii. 10. The new man is renewed in 
knowledge, after the image of him that created 
him. 

XV. Man's first disobedience, or fall from 
his happy state. Gen. ii. 16, 17. The Lord 
God commanded the man saying, Of every 
tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat. But 
of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, 
tfiou shalt not eat of it ; for in the day that 
thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. 

iii. 6. The woman took of the fruit thereof, 
and did eat, and gave also unto her husband 
with her, and he did eat. 2 Cor. xi. 3. See 
sentence pronounced against the offenders, 
ver. 14 to 20. 

XVI. See the above sin and its consequences 



referred to, Rom. v. 12. By one man sin en- 
tered into the world, and death by sin. 

v. 15. Through the offence of one many be 
dead. — Ver. 17. By one man's offence death 
reigned. — Ver. 18. By the offence of one, 
judgment came upon all men to condemna- 
tion. — Ver. 19. By one man's disobedience 
many were made sinners. 



ANGELS. 

XVII. Number of the Angels. Gen.xxxii. 
1, 2. They are God's host. 1 Kings xxii. 19. 
2 Chron. xviii. 18. Heavenly host. Luke 
ii. 13. 

Ps. lxviii. 17. The chariots of God are 
twenty thousand, even thousands of angels. 

Dan. vii. 10. Thousand thousands minister- 
ed unto him, and ten thousand times ten thou- 
sand stood before him. 

Heb. xii. 22. An innumerable company of 
angels. 

XVIII. Their names. Eph. i. 21. Angels, 
authorities, principalities, powers, mights, 
thrones, dominions. 1 Pet. iii. 22. Col. i. 16, 
&c. 

Cherubim. 1 Sam. iv. 4. 2 Sam. vi. 2. 
2 Kings xix. 15. Ps. xviii. 10. — lxxx. 1.— 
xcix. 1. Seraphim. Isa. vi. 2. 6. 

Angels of God. Gen. xxviii. 12. Matt, 
xxii. 30. Sons of God. Job i. 6. — ii. 1. — 
xxxviii. 7. Christ's angels. Rev. xxii. 16. 
Michael's angels. Rev. xii. 7. 

XIX. Their nature ; they are superior to 
men. Ps. viii. 5. Heb. ii. 7. 9. They are 
spirits. Ps. civ. 4. Heb. i. 7. Holy. Rev. 
xiv. 10. Elect. 1 Tim. v. 21. 

They excel in wisdom and knowledge. 
2 Sam. xiv. 20. 

They excel in utterance, or speaking 
tongues. 1 Cor. xiii. 1. 

XX. They excel in strength. Ps. ciii. 20. 
They were created by Christ. Col. i. 16. 

They are fellow-servants to the prophets 
and apostles, and are not to be worshipped. 
Judges xiii. 16. Col.ii. 18. Rev. xix. 10.— 
xxii. 9. 

They look into gospel mysteries concerning 
Christ. Eph. iii. 10. 

They are present in Christian assemblies, 
1 Cor. xi. 10. 

They see the behaviour of Christians. 
1 Tim. v. 21. 

They see the treatment Christians receive 
in the world. 1 Cor. iv. 9. 

They behold the face of God, for Christians, 
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They rejoice at the conversion of sinners. 
Luke xv. 10. 

XXI. Their employment for the good of 
God's people, in various instances. Gen. xix. 
15. Angels hastened Lot out of Sodom. 
Ver. 29. 

xxii. 1 1. An angel saved Isaac from being 
slain. Ver. 12. 

xxiv. 40. Abraham said to his servant, The 
Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel 
with thee, and prosper thy way. Ver. 7. 

xxviii. 12. Jacob dreamed, and beheld a 
ladder, and the angels of God ascending and 
descending. Heb. i. 14. Are they not minis- 
tering spirits, sent forth to minister for them 
who shall be heirs of salvation 1 

xlviii. 16. The angel redeemed Jacob from 
all evil. Ch. xxxi. 11. 

XXII. Instances of the care and service of 
angels for God's people, coming from Egypt. 
Exod. xiv. 19. An angel of God went before 
the camp of Israel. Ch. xiii. 21. — xxiii. 20. 
23. — xxxii. 34. — xxxiii. 2. 

Numb. xx. 16. God sent an angel and 
brought us out of Egypt. Zech. xii. 8. 

Isa. Ixiii. 9. The Angel of his presence 
saved them. 

1 Kings xix. 5. 7. An angel feeds and re- 
freshes Elijah when persecuted. 

2 Kings vi. 1 7. Angels deliver Elisha from 
enemies. 

Ps. xxxiv. 7. The angel of the Lord en- 
campeth round about them that fear him, and 
delivereth them. 

xci. 11, 12. He shall give his angels charge 
over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They 
shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou 
dash thy foot against a stone. 

Dan. hi. 25. 28. The angel saved three 
Jews, viz. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, 
from being burned in the fiery furnace. 

vi. 22. An angel saved Daniel from being 
hurt in the lion's den. 

Matt, xviii. 10. Take heed that ye despise 
not one of these little ones ; for I say unto you, 
that in heaven their angels do always behold 
the face of my father which is in heaven. 

Luke xvi. 22. The beggar died, and was 
carried by angels into Abraham's bosom. 

John v. 4. An angel went down at a certain 
season, and troubled the water, and whosoever 
stepped in first was healed. 

Acts v. 19, 20. An angel delivered the 
apostles from prison. Ch. xii. 7. 11. 

XXIII. Revelations of God's will and direc- 
tions given by angels. Gen. xvi. 7. An angel 
directs Hagar to return home, and informs her 
of the future greatness of her son's posterity. 
Ch. xxi. 17, 18. 



xviii. 2. 10. 17. Angels foretell to Abraham 
the birth of a son, and the destruction of So- 
dom and Gomorrah. 

xxii. 15. An angel informs Abraham of the 
future greatness of his posterity. 

xxxi. 11. An angel directs Jacob to return 
to his country. 

Exod. iii. 2. 10. The angel directs Moses to 
deliver Israel. Deut. xxxiii. 16. Acts vii. 
30. 35. 38. 

Judges vi. 11 to 22. An angel directs Gi- 
deon to deliver Israel from enemies. 

xiii. 3 to 21. An angel foretells the birth of 
Samson. 

2 Kings i. 3. 15, 16. An angel directs Elijah 
to deliver a message full of reproof to the king 
of Samaria, for consulting heathen gods about 
his recovery. 

Dan.viii. 17. 19. The angel Gabriel explains 
to Daniel a vision, concerning the delivery of 
the Jews. Ch. ix. 21, 22. 

Dan. x. 11 to 21. An angel expounds to 
Daniel, and encourages him. 

Zech. i. 9 to 21. An angel expounds to the 
prophets. See Ch. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. Ver. I to 9. 

Acts vii. 53. The law was delivered on 
Mount Sinai by angels. Ver. 38. Gal. iii. 
19. Heb. ii. 2. 

viii. 26. By direction of an angel, Philip 
joins the eunuch, and instructs and baptizes 
him. See from verse 30 to 39. 

x. 3. By direction of an angel Cornelius 
sends for Peter, to receive from him the know- 
ledge of Christ. Ver. 4. 6. 22. 30. Ch. xi 
13, 14. 

xxvii. 23. By information from an angel, 
Paul declares the safety of himself, and those 
who sailed with him. 

Rev. i. 1. The revelation of Jesus Christ, 
which God gave unto him, and he sent and 
signified it by his angel untohis servant John. 
Ch. xxii. 16. 

xxii. 9. The angel said, I am thy fellow- 
servant, and of thy brethren, the prophets, 
and of them which keep the sayings of this 
book. 

See other revelations by angels : Rev. x. 1 
5, 6, 7.— xi. 15.— xiv. 6 to 19.— xvii. 1. • 
xviii. 1. 21. 

XXIV. Angels inflict God's judgments on 
the wicked. Gen. iii. 24. When Adam and 
Eve had been turned out of paradise, God 
planted cherubim and a flaming sword to keep 
the way of the tree of life. 

xix. 1 to 29. Sodom is destroyed by angels. 

Exod. xii. 29. The first-born in Egypt slain 
by a destroying angel. Ver. 23. 

Numb. xxii. 22. The angel of the Lord 
stood in the way for an adversary against Ba 
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Judg. ii. 1. 4. An angel is sent to reprove 
Israel for disobedience. 

2 Sam. xxiv. 16. An angel stretched out 
his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, after he 
had slain in other parts seventy thousand men 
by pestilence. Ver. 15. 

2 Kings xix. 35. An angel of the Lord 
smote in the camp of the Assyrians, an hun- 
dred four score and five thousand. Isa. 
xxx vii. 36. 

Ps. xxxv. 5, 6. Let the angel of the Lord 
chase the wicked. Let the angel of the Lord 
persecute them. 

Ixxviii. 49. He cast upon them the fierce- 
ness of his anger, wrath, and indignation and 
trouble, by sending evil angels among them. 

Acts xii. 23. An angel of the Lord smote 
Herod because he gave not God the glory, and 
he was eaten of worms. 

Rev. vii. 2. To four angels it was given to 
hurt the earth and the sea. See chapters 8th 
and 9th. 

xv. 1 . Seven angels, having the seven last 
plagues. Ver. 6. See these plagues through 
the whole I6th chapter. 

xx. 1. An angel binds Satan. See also Ch. 
xix. 17. 

XXV. Their attendance on, and services to 
Christ. Luke i. 11 to 21. The angel Gabriel 
foretells the birth, manner of life, and ministry 
of John, the forerunner of Christ. — Ver. 26. 
The same angel foretells to the virgin Mary, 
the conception and birth of Jesus Christ, and 
his greatness. See to ver. 35. 

Matt. i. 20. An angel informs Joseph of 
Christ's conception, by the power of the Holy 
Ghost. 

Luke ii. 9 to 14. Angels publish the birth 
of Christ to shepherds, and praise God on that 
occasion. 

Matt. ii. 13. An angel warns Joseph to 
carry Jesus and his mother into Egypt for 
safety. — Ver. 19. An angel directs Joseph and 
Mary to return with Jesus from Egypt. 

iv. 11. Angels ministered unto Jesus when 
he was tempted of the devil. Mark i. 13. 
John i. 51. 

Luke xxii. 43. When Christ was in an 
agony, before he was apprehended by enemies, 
there appeared an angel unto him from heaven 
strengthening him. 

Matt. xxvi. 51, 52. When Jesus was appre- 
hended, Peter drew his sword to fight for him. 
Jesus said, Put up thy sword ; thinkest thou 
that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he 
shall presently give me more than twelve le- 
gions of angels 1 

xxviii. 2. At Christ's resurrection, an angel 
rolls back the stone from the door of the 
sepulchre, and sat on it. — Ver. 5. He declares 



Christ's resurrection to those who came to the 
sepulchre, and directs them where to publish 
it. Ver. 7. Luke xxiv. 5, 6, 7. John xx. 
12, 13. 

Acts i. 10, 11. At Christ's ascension, angels 
declare to the apostles his coming again. 

XXVI. They shall attend Christ at his 
coming to judgment. Matt. xvi. 27. The 
Son of man shall come in the glory of his 
Father, with his angels ; and then he shall re- 
ward every man according to his work. Ch. 
xxv. 31, 32. Mark viii. 38. Luke ix. 26. 

Luke xii. 8, 9. Jesus said, Whosoever shall 
confess me before men, him shall the Son of 
man also confess before the angels of God. 
He that denieth me before men, shall be de- 
nied before the angels of God. Rev. iii. 5. 

1 Thess. iv. 16. The Lord himself shall 
descend from heaven with a shout, with the 
voice of the archangel, and with the trump 
of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first. 
1 Cor. xv. 52. 

XXVII. Their employment at the day of 
judgment. Matt. xiii. 39. The harvest is t 
end of the world ; the reapers are the angels. 

xxiv. 31. The son of man shall send his 
angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and 
they shall gather together his elect from the 
four winds, from one end of heaven to the 
other. Mark xiii. 27. 

xiii. 41, 42. The Son of man shall send 
forth his angels, and they shall gather out of 
his kingdom all things that offend, and them 
that do iniquity. And shall cast them into a 
furnace of fire ; there shall be wailing and 
gnashing of teeth. Ver. 49, 50. 

2 Thess. i. 7—9. The Lord Jesus shall be 
revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 
in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that 
know not God, and obey not the gospel of our 
Lord Jesus Christ; who shall be punished 
with everlasting destruction from *he presence 
of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. 

XXVIII. They are worshippers of God the 
Father. Ps. ciii. 20, 21. Bless the Lord all 
ye his angels. (Rev. vii. 11. — xix. 10. — xxii. 
9.) Bless the Lord all ye his hosts, ye minis- 
ters of his that do his pleasure. Ps. cxlviii. 2. 

Isa. vi. 3. The seraphim cried one to an- 
other, and said, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord 
of hosts : the whole earth is full of his glory. 

Dan. vii. 10. Thousand thousands minister- 
ed unto him, and ten thousand times ten thou- 
sand stood before him. 

XXIX. They worship Christ, and are sub- 
ject to him. Heb. i. 4. Christ was made bet- 
ter than the angels. — Ver. 6. God said, Let 
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Rev. v. 11, 12. Angels round about the 
throne said, Worthy is the Lamb that was 
slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, 
and strength, and honour, and glory, and 
blessing. 

They are not to be worshipped. See Col. 
ii. 18. Rev. xix. 10.— xxii. 8, 9. 



DEVILS. 

XXX. Of the angels some sinned and are 
reserved unto punishment. 2 Pet. ii. 4. God 
spared not the angels that sinned, but cast 
them down to hell ; and delivered them into 
chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judg- 
ment. 

Jude 6. The angels that kept not their first 
estate, but left their own habitation, God hath 
reserved in everlasting chains under darkness, 
unto the judgment of the great day. 

Rev. xx. 10. The devil that deceived the 
nations, was cast into the lake of fire and 
brimstone, where the beast and the false pro- 
phet are, and shall be tormented day and night 
for ever and ever. 

Matt. xxv. 41. Everlasting fire is prepared 
for the devil and his angels. 

XXXI. What their sin is supposed to have 
been. See above, Jude 6. 

1 Tim. iii. 6. Pride is called the condemna- 
tion of the devil. 

Job xxxviii. 7. Morning stars is the name 
of angels : this name is given to the proud 
king of Babylon, losing his power, as one of 
these morning stars falling. 

Isa. xiv. 9. Hell from beneath is moved for 
thee, to meet thee at thy coming. — Ver. 12. 
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, 
son of the morning. 

Luke x. 18. Jesus said, I beheld Satan fall 
as lightning from heaven. 

XXXn. Names given to these in Scripture. 
The god of this world, 2 Cor. iv. 4. — The 
prince of this world, John xiv. 30. — xvi. 11. 
Beelzebub the chief of the devils. Luke xi. 
15. — The prince of the power of the air, 
Eph. ii. 2. — Belial, who hath his sons and 
children of the wicked. See Deut. xiii. 13. 
Judg. xix. 22. — xx. 13. 1 Sam. ii. 12. — x. 
27. — xxx. 22. 2 Sam. xx. 1. 1 Kings xxi. 
10. 2Chron. xiii. 7. 2 Cor. vi. 15.— The 
devil and his angels, Matt. xxv. 41. 

The dragon and his angels, Rev. xii. 7. 9. 
The angel of the bottomless pit, Rev. ix. 11. 

Rev. xii. 9. The great dragon, that old ser- 
pent the devil, and Satan, the deceiver, and his 
angels. — Ver 10. The accuser of the brethren. 
Compare Job i. 9. — ii. 5. Zech. iii. 1. 



They are called principalities and powers. 
Rom. viii. 38. Eph. vi. 12. 

XXXIII. Devils are represented as enemies 
to all good, and promoters of sin and misery 
among mankind. Gen. iii. 1 to 7. Satan 
called the serpent. 2 Cor. xi. 3. And the 
old serpent, the devil. Rev. xii. 9. — xx. 2. 
Beguiled Eve. 

2 Sam. xxiv. 1. He moved David to num- 
ber the people. 

Zech. iii. 1. Satan stood at Joshua's right 
hand to resist him. 

Matt. xiii. 38, 39. The tares are the child- 
ren of the wicked one. The enemy that 
sowed the tares is the devil. 

Luke xxii. 31. Satan desired to have Peter 
to sift him. 

John vi. 70. Jesus said [of Judas], One of 
you is a devil. 

xiii. 27. Satan entered into Judas, and 
tempted him to betray his master. Luke 
xxii. 3. 

xvii. 12. Judas was the son of perdition. 
2 Thess. ii. 3. The man of sin is the sou of 
perdition. 

viii. 44. To his enemies, Jesus said, Ye are 
of your father the devil, and the lusts of your 
father ye will do ; he was a murderer from the 
beginning, and abode not in the truth, because 
there is no truth in him. 

Acts v. 3. He put it into the hearts of Ana- 
nias and Sapphira to lie to the Holy Ghost. 

Eph. ii. 2. Satan is the spirit that worketh 
in the children of disobedience. 

vi. 12. Devils are the rulers of the darkness 
of this world. 

1 Thess. iii. 5. Satan is the tempter. 1 Tim. 
v. 1 5. Some turn aside after him. 

Jam. iii. 15. Envy and strife is the wisdom 
that is earthly, sensual, devilish. 

1 John iii. 8. He that committeth sin is of 
the devil. Ver. 10. 

Ver. 12. Cain was of that wicked one, and 
slew his brother. 

Rev. xii. 9. Satan deceiveth the whole 
world. 

Satan's hurtfulness to the bodies and 
worldly interests of mankind : See Job i. 6 to 
20. and ii. 7. Also devils are cast out by 
Christ : See Christ's Miracles. 

XXXIV. The enmity and endeavours of 
Satan and his servants, to injure Christ and 
his servants. Matt, iv 1. Satan tempted 
Christ. Mark i. 13. 

Matt. xiii. 19. When any one heareth the 
word of the kingdom, and understandeth it 
not ; then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth 
away that which was sown in his heart. Mark 
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Luke viii. 12. The devil taketh away the 
word out of their hearts, lest they should be- 
lieve, and be saved. 

Acts xiii. 10. They pervert the right ways 
of the Lord. 

2 Cor. iv. 4. The god of this world hath 
blinded the minds of those who believe not. 

xii.7. A messenger of Satan buffeted Paul. 

1 Thess. ii. 18. Satan hindered the apostles. 
Rev. ii. 10. 

2 Thess. ii. 9. The coining of the man of 
sin, is after the working of Satan, with all 
power and signs, and lying wonders, and with 
all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them 
that perish ; because they received not the love 
of the truth, that they might be saved. 

1 Tim. iv. 1. Some shall depart from the 
faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doc- 
trines of devils. 

Rev. iii. 9. They say they are Jews, and 
are not, but are of the synagogue of Satan. 
See Rev. ii. 9, 10.— xii. 13.— xx. 10. 

XXXV. Devils believe that there is a God. 
James ii. 19. The devils believe and tremble. 

They know Christ. Mark i. 24. They 
said to Jesus, Let us alone ; what have we to 
do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth ] I 
know thee who thou art, the holy one of God. 

Luke iv. 41. Devils came out of many, 
crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ, the 
Son of God. 

XXXVI. They knew Chrisfs servants. 
Acts xvi. 16, 17. A damsel possessed with a 
spirit of divination, which brought her mas- 
ters much gain by soothsaying, followed Paul 
and other apostles, saying, These men are ser- 
vants of the most high God, which shew unto 
us the way of salvation. — Ver. 18. Paul com- 
manded the evil spirit to come out of her. 

xix. 13. Certain vagabond Jews, exorcists, 
took upon them to call over them which had 
evil spirits, the name of the Lord Jesus, say- 
ing, We adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul 
prea*cheth. — Ver. 15, 16. The evil spirit an- 
swered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I 
know, but who are ye ? And the man in 
whom the evil spirit was, leapt on them, and 
overcame them, and prevailed against them, 
so that they fled out of that house naked and 
wounded. 

XXXVII. They know the sacred Scriptures. 
Matt. iv. 6. They produce the words of Ps. 
xci. 11, saying, It is written, He shall give his 
angels charge concerning thee, and in their 
hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time 
thou dash thy foot against a stone. 

XXXVIII. Satan was overcome by Christ. 



Matt. iv. 1. to 12. When Jesus was forty days 
tempted of the devil, the devil leaveth him 
without succeeding. 

John xii. 31. Jesus said, Now shall the 
prince of this world be cast out. 

xiv. 30. Jesus said, The prince of this world 
cometh, and hath nothing in me. 

xvi. 11. The prince of this world is 
judged. 

Col. ii. 15. He spoiled principalities and 
powers, triumphing over them. 

Heb. ii. 14. Christ destroyed him that had 
the power of death, that is, the devil. 

1 John iii. 8. For this purpose the Son of 
God was manifested, that he might destroy the 
works of the devil. 

Rev. xvii. 14. The Lamb shall overcome 
them, i. e. the servants of Satan. See Rev 
xii. 7. 9, 10, 11. 

XXXIX. Satan is overcome by Christians, 
through divine power communicated. Matt, 
x. 1. Jesus gave his disciples power against 
unclean spirits, to cast them out. Mark iii. 
15.— vi. 7. 

Luke x. 17. The disciples returned with 
joy, saying to Jesus, Even the devils are 
subject to us through thy name. 

Acts xxvi. 17, 18. Jesus said to Paul, I send 
thee to open men's eyes, to turn them from 
darkness to light, and from the power of Satan 
unto God. 

Rom. xvi. 20. The God of peace shall bruise 
Satan under your feet. 

2 Tim. ii. 25, 26. If God will give them re- 
pentance to the acknowledging of the truth ; 
that they may recover themselves out of the 
snare of the devil, who are taken captive by 
him at his will. Col. i. 13. 

1 John ii. 14. I have written unto you, 
young men, because ye are strong, and the 
word of God abideth in you, and ye have over- 
come the wicked one. Ver. 13. Eph. vi» 

10, 11. 

v. 18. He that is begotten of God, keepeth 
himself, and that wicked one toucheth him 
not. Ch. iv. 4. 

Rev. xii. 11. They overcame Satan by the 
blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their 
testimony. See Rom. viii. 37, 38, 39. 

XL. Promises to them that overcome Sata?K 
Rev. ii. 7. They shall eat of the tree of life. — 

1 1 . Shall not be hurt of the second death. — 17. 
Shall have hidden manna. — 26. Shall have 
power over the nations. Ch. iii. 5. Shall be 
clothed in white. — 12. Shall be made a pillar 
in the temple of God.— 21. Shall sit with 
Christ in his throne. Ch. xxi. 7. Shall in- 
herit all things. 1 Cor. vi. 3. Shall judge 
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XLI. Duties exhorted to in opposition to 
Satan. 1 Cor. vii. 5. Let the husband and 
wife come together, that Satan tempt you not 
for your incontinency. 

2 Cor. ii. 11. Let us receive an offender, 
when become penitent, lest Satan get an ad- 
vantage of us ; for we are not ignorant of his 
devices. 

xi. 2. Paul said, I am jealous over you, with 
a godly jealousy. — Ver. 3. I fear lest by any 
means as the serpent beguiled Eve, through 
his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted 
from the simplicity that is in Christ. 

Ver. 14, 15. For Satan himself is trans- 
formed into an angel of light. Therefore it is 
no great thing if his ministers also be trans- 
formed, as the ministers of righteousness; 
whose end shall be according to their works. 

Eph. iv. 26, 27. Let not the sun go down 



upon your wrath. Neither give place to the 
devil. 

vi. 1 1, 12. Put on the whole armour of God, 
that ye may be able to stand against the wiles 
of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh 
and blood, but against principalities, against 
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of 
this world, against spiritual wickedness in 
high places. — Ver. 16. Take the shield of faith 
wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the 
fiery darts of the wicked one. 

James iv. 7. Resist the devil, and he will 
flee from you. 

1 Pet. v. 8, 9. Be sober, be vigilant ; be- 
cause your adversary the devil, as a roaring 
lion walketh about, seeking whom he may 
devour. Whom resist steadfast in the faith. 

Jude 9. Michael the archangel said, The 
Lord rebuke thee, Satan. Zech. iii. 2. 



CHAPTER III. 



GOD'S GOVERNMENT. 



I. HE is the King, Ruler, and Governor 
of the world; having a throne, kingdom, 
dominion, government. 2 Kings xix. 15. 
Thou art the God of all the kingdoms of the 
earth. 

1 Chron. xxix. 1 1. Thine is the power, and 
the glory, and the kingdom ; and thou art ex- 
alted as head above all. Matt. vi. 13. 

2 Chron. xx. 6. Art thou not God in hea- 
ven ? and rulest not thou over all the king- 
doms of the heathen ] and in thy hand is there 
not power, and might, so that none is able to 
withstand thee ! 

Job xxv. 2. Dominion and fear are with 
him : he maketh peace in his high places. 

Ps. x. 16. The Lord is King for ever and 
ever. 

xi. 4. The Lord's throne is in heaven : his 
eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men. 

xxii. 28. The kingdom is the Lord's ; and 
he is the governor among the nations. 

xlv. 6. Thy throne, God, is for ever and 
ever ; the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right 
sceptre. 

xlvii. 2. The Lord most high, is a great 
King over all the earth. — Ver. 8. God reigneth 
over the heathen : God sitteth on the throne 
of his holiness. 

Ixvi. 7. He ruleth by his power for ever; 
his eyes behold the nations. 

lxxxix. 14. Justice and judgment are the 
habitation of thy throne. 

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xcv. 3. The Lord is a great God, and a great 
King above all gods. 

xcvii. 2. Clouds and darkness are round 
about him ; righteousness and judgment are 
the habitation of his throne. 

ciii. 19. The Lord hath prepared his throne 
in the heavens ; and his kingdom ruleth over all. 

cxlv. 13. Thy kingdom is an everlasting 
kingdom, and thy dominion endureth through- 
out all generations. 

Prov. viii. 16. By me princes rule, and 
nobles, even all the judges of the earth. 

Isa. xxxvii. 16. Thou art the God, even thou 
alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. Ch. 
vi. 5. The King, the Lord of hosts. 

Ixvi. 1. The heaven is my throne, and the 
earth is my footstool. 

Jer. x. 10. The Lord is the true God, he is 
the living God, and an everlasting King : at 
his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the na- 
tions shall not be able to abide his indignation. 

Dan. iv. 3. His kingdom is an everlasting 
kingdom, and his dominion is from generation 
to generation. Ver. 34. 

vi. 26. He is the living God, and steadfast 
for ever ; and his kingdom is that which shall 
not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be 
even unto the end. Ch. vii. 14. 27. 

1 Tim. vi. 15. He is the blessed and only 
Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords. 

II. God is the lawgiver. Isa. xxxiii. 22. 



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COUNSELS— WILL — ORDINATIONS OF GOD. Chap. Ill 



The Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our 
king. 

James iv. 12. He is the one lawgiver, who 
is able to save and to destroy. 

III. God is the judge of the earth. Gen. 
x viii. 25. The judge of all the earth. Ps. xciv. 
2. Heb. xii. 23. 

Deut. xxxii. 36. The Lord shall judge his 
people. Eccl. iii. 17. He shall judge the 
righteous and the wicked. 

1 Sam. ii. 10. The Lord shall judge the 
ends of the earth. 

Ps. ix. 4. Thou satest in the throne judg- 
ing right. 

1. 6. God is judge himself. Ps. lxxvi. 8. 

xcvi. 13. He shall judge the world with 
righteousness, and the people with his truth. 



COUNSELS OF GOD. 

IV. God has his counsels. Ps. xxxiii. 11. 
The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever ; the 
thoughts of his heart to all generations. Prov. 
xix. 21. 

Prov. viii. 14. Counsel is mine, and sound 
wisdom ; I am understanding. 

Isa. xxv. 1. Thy counsels of old are faith- 
fulness and truth. 

xxviii. 29. The Lord of hosts is wonderful 
in counsel, and excellent in working. Jer. 
xxxii. 19. 

xl. 14. With whom took he counsel, and 
who instructed him 1 — Ver. 17. All nations 
before him are as nothing. 

xlvi. 10. My counsel shall stand, and I will 
do all my pleasure. 

Jer. xxxii. 19. The Lord of hosts, great in 
counsel and mighty in work. 

Acts ii. 23. Jesus was delivered by the de- 
terminate counsel and foreknowledge of God. 

iv. 27, 28. Against thy holy child Jesus, 
whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and 
Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peo- 
ple of Israel, were gathered together ; for to 
do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel de- 
termined before to be done. 

Heb. vi. 17. God, willing to shew the im- 
mutability of his counsel, confirmed [his pro- 
mise] by an oath. 

V. Purpose of God. Jer. Ii. 29. Every 
purpose of God shall be performed. See pur- 
poses of God concerning particular nations. 
Isa. xiv. 24. 27. — xix. 12. — xxiii. 9. — xlvi. 
11. Jer. xlix. 20. 

Rom. viii. 28. All things work together for 
good to them that love God, to them who are 
the called according to his purpose. 

ix. 11, 12. That the purpose of God ac- 



cording to election might stand, it was said, 
The elder [brother] shall serve the younger. — 
Ver. 17. Concerning Pharaoh, God said, For 
this same purpose have I raised thee up, that 
I might shew my power in thee. 

Eph. i. 11. In Christ we have obtained an 
inheritance, being predestinated according to 
the purpose of him who worketh all things 
after the counsel of his own will. 

iii. 11. According to the eternal purpose, 
which God purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

2 Tim. i. 9. God hath saved us, and called 
us with a holy calling ; not according to our 
works, but according to his own purpose, and 
grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus be- 
fore the world began. 

WILL OF GOD. 

VI. God doth will. Job xxiii. 13. He is 
in one mind, and who can turn him? and 
what his soul desireth that he doeth. Ps. 
xxxiii. 11. 

Dan. iv. 35. All the inhabitants of the earth 
are reputed as nothing, and he doeth accord- 
ing to his will, in the army of heaven, and 
among the inhabitants of the earth ; and none 
can stay his hand, or say unto him, What 
dost thou? Job xxxiii. 13. 

Isa. xlvi. 10. My counsel shall stand, and I 
will do all my pleasure. 

Iv. 11. My word shall accomplish that 
which I please. 

VII. Determinations of God. Job xiv. 5. 
Man's days are determined, the number of his 
months are with thee ; thou hast appointed 
his bounds that he cannot pass. Ver. 14. 
Acts xvii. 26. 

Isa. x. 23. The Lord God of hosts shall 
make a consumption, even determined, in the 
midst of all the land. Ch. xxviii. 22. Zeph. 
iii. 8. 

Dan. ix. 24. Seventy weeks are determined 
upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, to 
finish the transgression, and to make an end 
of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, 
and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and 
to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to 
anoint the most holy. Ver. 26. 27. 

xi. 36. That that is determined shall be 
done. 

Zeph. iii. 8. My determination is to gather 
the nations, to pour upon them mine indigna- 
tion. 

Matt. xxvi. 24. The Son of man goeth as 
it is written [determined] of him. Acts iv.28. 

ORDINATIONS OF GOD. 

VIII. Things ordained of God. Ps. 



CiiAP. III. 



DECREES OF GOD — ELECTION. 



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cxxxii. 17. I have ordained a lamp for mine 
anointed. 

Jer. i. 5. I ordained thee a prophet to the 
nations. 1 Tim. ii. 7. 

Hab. i. 12. Thou hast ordained them, [the 
enemy,] for judgment ; and, O mighty God, 
thou hast ordained them for correction. 

John xv. 16. Jesus said, I have ordained 
you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit. 
Eph. ii. 10. 

Acts i. 21, 22. Of those men must one be 
ordained, a witness with us of Christ's resur- 
rection. 

Ver. 23 — 26. And the apostles appointed 
two, Joseph and Matthias. And they prayed, 
and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the 
hearts of all men, shew whether of these two 
thou hast chosen ; that he may take part of 
this ministry and apostleship. And they gave 
forth their lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias ; 
and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. 

Jude 4. There are certain men crept in un- 
awares, who were before of old ordained to 
this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the 
grace of God into lasciviousness, &c. 



DECREES OF GOD. 

IX. Things decreed of God. Job xxviii. 
26. He made a decree for the rain. Ps. 
cxlviii. 6. 

xxxviii. 10. He broke up for the sea his de- 
creed place, and set bars and doors. Prov. 
viii. 29. Jer. v. 22. 

Dan. iv. 24. This is the decree of the most 
high God, that is come upon the king. 

Zeph. ii. 2. Before the decree bring forth, 
before the day of the Lord's anger come upon 
you. 

X. Things appointed of God. 2 Sam. 
xvii. 14. The Lord had appointed to defeat 
the counsel of Ahithophel. 

Job vii. 1. Is there not an appointed time 
for man upon the earth? are not his days 
like the days of an hireling? Ch. xiv. 5. 14. 

Prov. viii. 29. He appointed the founda- 
tions of the earth. 

Dan. viii. 19. At the time appointed, the 
end shall be. Ch. xi. 27. 35. 

Mic. vi. 9. He hath appointed the rod. 

Hab. ii. G. The vision is for an appointed 
time. 

Luke xxii. 29. He appointed unto Christ a 
kingdom. 

Acts xvii. 31. He hath appointed a day in 
which he will judge the world by Jesus Christ. 

Gal. iv. 4. When the fulness of time was 
come, God sent forth his Son made of a wo- 



1 Pet. ii. 8. Christ is a stone of stumbling, 
and a rock of offence to them which stumble 
at the word, being disobedient ; whereunto 
also they were appointed. Jude 4. 

PREDESTINATION. 

XI. Things predestinated of God. Rom. 
viii. 29, 30. Whom God did foreknow he did 
predestinate to be conformed to the image of 
his Son, that he might be the first-born among 
many brethren. Moreover, whom he did pre- 
destinate, them he also called ; and whom he 
called them he also justified ; and whom he 
justified, them he also glorified. ' 

Eph. i. 5. God having predestinated us to 
the adoption of children, by Jesus Christ, ac- 
cording to the good pleasure of his will. 

Ver. 11, 12. In him we have obtained an 
inheritance, being predestinated according to 
the purpose of him who worketh all things 
after the counsel of his own will ; that we 
should be to the praise of his glory. 

ELECTION. 

XII. Election of the Jews. Neh. ix. 7, 8. 
Thou art the Lord, the God who didst choose 
Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur 
of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of 
Abraham : And madest a covenant with him. 
Compare Gen. xi. 31. — xii. 1, 2, 3. Acts 
xiii. 17. x 

Deut. iv. 37. Because the Lord loved thy 
fathers, therefore he chose their seed after 
them, and brought thee out of Egypt. 

vii. 6. The Lord thy God hath chosen thee 
to be a special people unto himself, above all 
people that are upon the face of the earth. 
Ch. xiv. 2. 

Ver. 7, 8. The Lord did not set his love 
upon you, nor choose you because ye were 
more in number than any people, (for ye were 
the fewest of all people :) But because the 
Lord loved you, and because he would keep 
the oath which he had sworn to your fathers. 
Ch. x. 15. 

1 Kings iii. 8. Thy servant is in the midst 
of thy people, whom thou hast chosen. 

1 Chron. xvi. 13, 14. O ye seed of Israel 
his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen 
ones : He is the Lord our God. Ps. cv. 6, 7. 

Ps. xxxiii. 12. Blessed is the nation whose 
God is the Lord, and the people whom he 
hath chosen for his own inheritance. 

lxv. 4. Blessed is the man whom thou 
choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, 
that he may dwell in thy courts. 

cv. 43. The Lord brought forth his people 
with joy, and his chosen with gladness. 



ELECTION. 



Chap. III. 



Ps cvi. 4, 5. Remember me, O Lord, with 
the favour that thou bearest unto thy people : 

visit me with thy salvation : That I may 
see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice 
in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory 
with thine inheritance. 

Ps. cxxxii. 13. The Lord hath chosen Zion, 
he hath desired it for his habitation. — Ver. 15. 

1 will abundantly bless her provision, &c. Ps. 
Ixxviii. 68. 

cxxxv. 4. The Lord hath chosen Jacob unto 
himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. 

Isa. xiv. 1. The Lord will yet choose Israel, 
and set them in their own land. Ch. xlix. 7. 
Zech. i. 17.— ii. 12. 

xli. 8, 9. Thou Israel art my servant, Jacob 
whom I have chosen. I have chosen thee, and 
not cast thee away. 

xliii. 20. I give waters in the wilderness, 
and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my 
people, my chosen. 

xliv. 2 — 4. Thus saith the Lord that made 
thee, and formed thee from the womb, which 
will help thee, Fear not, O Jacob, my servant, 
and thou Jeshurun whom I have chosen. For 
I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and 
floods upon the dry ground ; I will pour my 
Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon 
thine offspring. And they shall spring up, &c. 

xlv. 4. For Jacob my servant's sake, and 
Israel mine elect, I have called thee by thy 
name [Cyrus] : I have surtiamed thee, though 
thou hast not known me. 

xlviii. 10. I have refined thee, but not with 
silver ; I have chosen thee in the furnace of 
affliction. — Ver. 17. I am the Lord thy God, 
which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth 
thee by the way that thou shouldest go. 

lxv. 9. Mine elect shall inherit my moun- 
tain, and my servants shall dwell here. — Ver. 
22. Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of 
their hands. 

Ezek. xx. 5. Thus saith the Lord God, I 
chose Israel, and lifted up my hand unto the 
seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself 
known unto them. 

Zech. iii. 2. O Satan, the Lord that hath 
chosen Jerusalem, rebuke thee : Is not this a 
brand plucked out of the fire 1 

XIII. Election of Christians. Matt. xx. 16. 
Jesus said, Many be called, but few chosen. 

xxiv. 22. For the elect's sake, those days 
[of calamity] shall be shortened. Mark 
xiii. 20. 

Ver. 24. False Christs, and false prophets, 
shall shew great signs and wonders, insomuch, 
that (if it were possible) they shall deceive the 
very elect. — Ver. 31. The Son of man shall 
[at the last day] send his angels with a great 
60und of a trumpet, and they shall gather to- 



gether his elect, from the four winds, from one 
end of heaven to the other. 

Luke xviii. 7. Shall not God avenge his 
own elect, which cry day and night unto him 1 

John vi. 37. Jesus said, All that the Father 
giveth me, <fcc. 

xiii. 18. Jesus said, I speak not of you all, 
I know whom I have chosen : but that the 
scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread 
with me hath lifted up his heel against me. 

xv. 16. I have chosen you, and ordained 
you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit. — 
Ver. 19. I have chosen you out of the world, 
therefore the world hateth you. 

Rom. viii. 33. Who shall lay any thing to 
the charge of God's elect 1 It is God that jus- 
tified. 

ix. 6. They are not all Israel which are of 
Israel. 

Ver. 10 — 13. When Rebecca had conceived 
by Isaac, (the children being not yet born, 
neither having done any good or evil, that the 
purpose of God according to election might 
stand, not of works, but of him that calleth ;) 
it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the 
younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, 
but Esau have I hated. 

Ver. 16. It is not of him that willeth, nor 
of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth 
mercy. — Ver. 18. He hath mercy on whom he 
will have mercy, and whom he will he hard- 
eneth. 

Ver. 21. Hath not the potter power over the 
clay] 

xi. 2. God hath not cast away his people, 
which he foreknew. 

Ver. 4 — 6. Seven thousand were reserved 
in Israel, who had not bowed the knee to the 
image of Baal. So at this time there is a 
remnant according to the election of grace: 
And if by grace, it is no more of works. 

Ver. 7. Israel hath not obtained that which 
he seeketh for, but the election hath obtained 
it, and the rest were blinded. — Ver. 28. As 
touching the election, the Jews are beloved for 
the fathers' sakes. 

Eph. i. 4, 5. God hath chosen us in Christ, 
before the foundation of the world, that we 
should be holy and without blame before him 
in love. Having predestinated us to the 
adoption of children by Jesus Christ to him- 
self, according to the good pleasure of his will. 

Col. iii. 12. Put on (as the elect of God, 
holy and beloved) bowels of mercies, kindness, 
humbleness, &c. 

1 Thess. i. 4. Knowing, brethren beloved, 
your election of God. 

2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath from the begin- 
ning chosen you to salvation, through sancti- 
fication of the Spirit and belief of the truth. 

2 Tim. ii. 10. I endure all things for the 



Chap. III. 



CALLING. 



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elect's sake, that they may obtain the salvation 
which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. 

Tit. i. 1. Paul an apostle, according to the 
faith of God's elect. 

James ii. 5. Hath not God chosen the poor 
of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the 
kingdom which he hath promised to them that 
love him ? 

1 Pet. i. 2. Elect according to the foreknow- 
ledge of God the Father, through sanctification 
of the Spirit unto obedience, and sprinkling 
of the blood of Jesus Christ 

ii. 9. Ye are a chosen generation, a royal 
priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people ; 
that ye should shew forth the praises of him 
who hath called you out of darkness into his 
marvellous light. 

v. 13. The church that is at Babylon, 
elected together with you. 

2 John, ver. 1. The elect lady. Ver. 13. 
The elect sister. 

Rev. xvii. 14. They that are with the Lamb, 
are called, and chosen, and faithful. 
See 1 Tim. v. 21. Elect angels. 
Christ is God's elect. Isa. xlii. 1. 

XIV. Persons chosen or elected of God, to 
Jill offices in the church and state. Deut. 
xvii. 15. Thou shalt set him king over thee, 
whom the Lord thy God shall choose. Kings 
chosen of God were Saul, 1 Sam. x. 24. — 
David, 2 Sam.^vi. 21. 1 Kings viii. 16. Ps. 
lxxviii. 70. — lxxxix. 3. 19, 20. — Solomon, 
1 Chron. xxix. 1. 1 Sam. ii. 28. 

Priests chosen. Levi, Deut. x. 8. — Aaron, 
Num. xvi. 5. — xvii. 5. 8. 1 Sam. ii. 28. 

Twelve apostles chosen. Luke vi. 13. — 
Matthias, Acts i. 24. 26.— Stephen, Acts vi. 5. 
—Paul, Acts ix. 15. — xxii. 14. 

Place of worship chosen. Deut. xii. 5. 11. 
14. 18. 21. 26. The temple, 1 Kings ix. 3.— 
Jerusalem, 1 Kings xi. 13. Neh. i. 9. 



CALLING. 

XV. God doth call ; his people are called. 
Isa. xliii. 1. Thus saith the Lord, that created 
thee, Jacob, that formed thee, Israel, Fear 
not, for I have redeemed thee, I have called 
thee by thy name, thou art mine. 

xlviii. 12. Hearken unto me, Jacob and 
Israel my called, I am he ; I am the first, I 
also am the last. 

lv. 5. Behold thou shalt call a nation that 
thou knowest not, and nations that knew not 
thee shall run unto thee. 

lxii. 2. Thou shalt be called by a new name, 
which the Lord shall name. 

Joel ii. 32. In mount Zion, and in Jerusa- 
lem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath 



said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall 
call. 

Matt. xx. 1. The kingdom of heaven is like 
unto a man that is an householder, which 
went out early in the morning to hire labourers 
unto his vineyard. — Ver. 3 — 6. He went out 
about the third, the sixth, the ninth, and ele- 
venth hour, and sent those he found into his 
vineyard. — Ver. 9, 10. They received e\ery 
man a penny. 

Ver. 11. When they murmured against the 
good man of the house, because the first re- 
ceived not more than they who entered last— 
Ver. 13. He answered, and said, Friend, I do 
thee no wrong. — Ver. 15, 16. Is it not lawful 
for me to do what I will with mine own 1 Is 
thine eye evil, because I am good 1 So the 
last shall be first, and the first last : for many 
be called but few chosen. Ch. xix. 30. 

xxii. 2, 3. The kingdom of heaven is like 
unto a king, which made a marriage for his 
son ; and sent forth his servants to call them 
that were bidden to the wedding. 

John x. 3. The good Shepherd calleth his 
own sheep by name. 

xv. 15. Jesus said, I call you not servants. 
I have called you friends. Heb. ii. 11. Christ 
is not ashamed to call them brethren. 

Acts ii. 39. The promise is unto you, and 
to your children, and to all that are afar off", 
even as many as the Lord our God shall call. 

Rom. i. 6. Among whom are ye also the 
called of Jesus Christ. 

Ver. 7. To all that be in Rome, called to be 
saints. 

iv. 17. God calleth those things that are not 
as though they were. 

viii. 28. All things work together for good, 
to them that love God, to them who are the 
called according to his purpose. 

Ver. 30. Whom God did predestinate them 
he also called. 

ix. 11. That the purpose of God according 
to election might stand, not of works but of 
him that calleth. 

Ver. 23, 24. The vessels of mercy he hath 
prepared unto glory ; even us whom he hath 
called, not of the Jews only but also of the 
Gentiles. 

Ver. 25. God saith, I will call them my 
people, which were not my people ; and her 
beloved, which was not beloved. Hos. ii. 23. 

xi. 29. The gifts and calling of God are 
without repentance. 

1 Cor. i. 9. God is faithful, by whom ye 
were called unto the fellowship of his Son Je- 
sus Christ our Lord. 

Ver. 24. Unto them who are called, both 
Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, 
and the wisdom of God. 

Ver. 26 27. Ye see your calling brethren, 
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JUSTIFICATION. 



Chap. Ill, 



how that not many wise men after the flesh, 
not many mighty, not many noble are called : 
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the 
world to confound the wise. 

vii. 15. God hath called us to peace. 

Ver. 1 7. As the Lord hath called every one, 
so let him walk. See ver. 18. 20, 21. 24. 

Gal. i. 6. I marvel that ye are so soon re- 
moved from him that called you into the grace 
of Christ. 

v. 8. This persuasion cometh not of him 
that calleth you. 

Ver. 13. Brethren, ye have been called unto 
liberty. 

Eph. i. 16. I cease not to give thanks, and 
to pray, &c. — Ver. 18. That ye may know 
what is the hope of his calling, and what the 
riches of the glory of his inheritance in the 
saints. 

iv. 1. Walk worthy of the vocation where- 
with ye are called. 

Ver. 4. Ye are called in one hope of your 
calling. 

Phil. iii. 14. I press toward the mark, for 
the prize of the high calling of God in Christ 
Jesus. 

Col. iii. 15. Let the peace of God rule in 
your hearts, to the which ye are called in one 
body. 

1 Theses, ii. 12. Walk worthy of God, who 
hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. 

iv. 7. God hath not called us unto unclean- 
ness, but unto holiness. 

v. 24. Faithful is he that calleth you. 

2 Thess. i. 11. We pray that God would 
count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all 
the good pleasure of his goodness, and the 
work of faith with power. 

ii. 14. God hath called you, by our gospel, 
to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

1 Tim. vi. 12. Fight the good fight of faith, 
lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art 
called. 

2 Tim. i. 9. God hath saved us, and called 
us with an holy calling, not according to our 
works, but according to his own purpose and 
grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus be- 
fore the world began. 

Heb. iii. 1. Holy brethren, partakers of the 
heavenly calling. 

ix. 15. Jesus is the mediator of the New 
Testament, that they which are called might 
receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 

1 Pet. i. 15. As he which hath called you 
is holy, so be ye holy, in all manner of con- 
versation. 

ii. 9. Show forth the praises of him who 
hath called you out of darkness, into his mar- 
vellous light. 

Ver. 20, 21. If ye do well, and suffer for 



it, and take it patiently, even hereunto were 
ye called. 

iii. 9. Not rendering evil for evil, or railing 
for railing, but contrariwise blessing ; know- 
ing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should 
inherit a blessing. 

v. 10. The God of all grace hath called us 
unto his eternal glory, by Christ Jesus. 

2 Pet. i. 3. His divine power hath given 
unto us all things that pertain to life and god- 
liness, through the knowledge of him that 
hath called us to glory and virtue. 

Ver. 10. Give diligence to make your call- 
ing and election sure. 

Jude 1, 2. To them that are sanctified by 
God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, 
and called : Mercy unto you, and peace and 
love be multiplied. 

Rev. xvii. 14. They that are with the Lamb, 
are called, and chosen, and faithful. 

xix. 9. Blessed are they that are called unto 
the marriage supper of the Lamb. 

Abraham called. See Isa. Ii. 2. Heb. xi. 8, 

XVI. Particular persons called to offices. 

Priests. Christ, Isa. xlii. 6. Heb. v. 10.— 
Aaron, Heb. v. 4. 

Prophets, Isa. xlix. 1, 2. 

Apostles. Acts xiii. 2. Rom. i. i. 1 Cor. 
i. 1, 2. Gal. i. 15. 

God's people are called by his name. Deut. 
xxviii. 10. Jer. xiv. 9. — xv. 16. Dan. ix. 
18, 19. Amos ix. 11, 12. Jam. ii. 7. 

The heathens not called by God's name. 
Isa. lxiii. 19. — lxv. 1. 



JUSTIFICATION. 

XVII. God justifieth. Isa. xlv. 25. In 
the Lord shall all the seed of Jacob be justi- 
fied, and shall glory. Rom. iii. 30. 

Rom. iii. 26. That God might be just, and 
the justifier of him that believeth in Jesus. 

viii. 30, 31. Whom he called, them he also 
justified; and whom he justified, them he also 
glorified. If God be for us, who can be 
against us 1 

Ver. 33, 34. Who shall lay any thing to 
the charge of God's elect ] It is God that 
justifieth ; who is he that condemneth 1 

XVIII. Men not justified by the works of 
the law. Rom. iii. 20. By the deeds of the law, 
there shall no flesh be justified in Goa r s sight. 

Ver. 28. We conclude that a man is justi- 
fied by faith, without the deeds of the law. 

iv. 15. The law worketh wrath. 

Gal. ii. 16. A man is not justified by the 
works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus 
Christ. 

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law are under the curse ; for it is written, 
Cuised is every one that continueth not in all 
things that are written in the book of the law 
to do them. Deut. xxvii. 26. Jam. ii. 10. 

Ver. 11. That no man is justified by the 
law in the sight of God, is evident : for, The 
just shall live by faith. Hab. ii. 4. Rom. i. 
17. Heb. x. 38. 

Ver. 12. And the law is not of faith; but, 
The man that doeth them, shall live in them. 
Lev. xviii. 5. Neh. ix. 29. Ezek. Hi. 21.— 
xviii. 9. 17.— xx. 11. 13. 21.— xxxiii. 13. 15, 
16. Matt. xix. 17. Rom. x. 5. 

James ii. 10. He that shall offend in one 
point is guilty of all. Compare Rom. iii. 19. 
Isa. lxiv. 6. Ps. cxliii. 2. 

Gal. v. 4. Christ is become of no effect to 
you, whosoever of you are justified by the 
law ; ye are fallen from grace. 

XIX. Men are justified freely, and by 
grace, through Christ. Isa. liii. 11. By his 
knowledge shall my righteous servant justify 
many, for he shall bear their iniquities. 

Rom. iii. 24. Being justified freely by his 
grace, through the redemption that is in Christ 
Jesus. 

SANCTIFICATION. 

XX. God sanctified the Jews. Exod. xxxi. 
13. The sabbath is a sign between me and 
you throughout your generations ; that ye may 
know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify 
you. Lev. xx. 8. — xxi. 8. 15. Ezek. xx. 12. 

Ezek. xxxvii. 28. The heathen shall know 
that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my 
sanctuary shall be in the midst of them. 

XXI. Jews were commanded to sanctify 
themselves. Lev. xi. 44. I am the Lord your 
God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, 
and ye shall be holy : for I am holy. Ch. xx. 
7. See Numb. xi. 18. Josh. iii. 5. — vii. 13. 
1 Sam. xvi. 5. Joel ii. 16. 

XXII. God doth sanctify Christians. 
1 Thess. iv. 3. This is the will of God, even 
your sanctification. 

v. 23. The very God of peace sanctify you 
wholly : and I pray God, your whole spirit, 
and soul, and body, be preserved blameless 
Unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Col. i. 12. The Father hath made us meet 
to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints 
in light. 

Ps. lxxxiv. 11. The Lord will give grace 
and glory. 

XXIII. God sanctifieth Christians by his 
tvord and Spirit. John xvii. 17, Sanctify 
them through thy truth. Ver. 19. 



Rom. xv. 16. That the offering up of the 
Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified 
by the Holy Ghost. 

2 Cor. iii. 18. We are changed into the 
image of Christ by the Spirit of the Lord. 

2 Thess. ii. 13. God has chosen you to sal- 
vation, through sanctification of the Spirit 
and belief of the truth. Acts xx. 32. 1 Pet. 
i. 2. 

XXIV. Justification and sanctification ex- 
pressed in other words. 

God doth wash. Ps. Ii. 2. Wash me 
thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me 
from my sin. — Ver. 7. Wash thou me, and 
I shall be whiter than snow. 

Isa. i. 18. Though your sins be as scarlet, 
they shall be as white as snow ; though they 
be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 

Isa. iv. 4. When the Lord shall have washed 
away the filth of the daughter of Zion. 

Ezek. xvi. 4. Thou wast not washed. — 
Ver. 9. I washed thee with water. 

Rev. i. 5, 6. Unto him [Christ] that loved 
us, and washed us from our sins in his own 
blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto 
God and his Father, to him be glory and do- 
minion for ever. 

vii. 14. These have washed their robes and 
made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 

Duty to wash ourselves. Ps. xxvi. 6. I 
will wash my hands in innocency. Ps. 
lxxiii. 13. 

Isa. i. 1 6. Wash you, make you clean. 

Jer. iv. 14. O Jerusalem, wash thy heart 
from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. 

Acts xxii. 16. Be baptized, and wash away 
thy sins„ calling on the name of the Lord. 

Heb. x. 22. Let us draw near [unto God] 
with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, 
having our hearts sprinkled from an evil con- 
science, and our bodies washed with pure 
water. 

XXV. God doth cleanse. Ps. xix. 12. 
Cleanse thou me from secret faults. Ps. Ii. 10. 

Jer. xxxiii. 8. I will cleanse them from all 
iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me. 
Ezek. xxxvii. 23. 

Ezek. xxxvi. 25. Then will I sprinkle clean 
water upon you, and ye shall be clean from 
all your filthiness. See Efficacy of Chris fs 
blood. 

Eph. v. 26. That he might cleanse the 
church, &c. 1 John i. 9. 

Duty to cleanse ourselves. Matt, xxiii. 26. 
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which 
is within. 

2 Cor. vii. 1. Let us cleanse ourselves from 
all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. See Isa, 
i. 16. — Iii. 11. James iv. 8. Ps. cxix. 9. 



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Promises to the cleansed. Job xvii. 9. Ps. 
xviii. 20. 24. — xxiv. 3, 4, 5. — lxxiii. 1. 

XXVI. God doth purge. Ps. lxv. 3. As 
for our transgressions thou shalt purge them 
away. See Ps. li. 7. — lxxix. 9. 

Isa. i. 25. I will purely purge away thy 
dross. 

vi. 7. He said, thy iniquity is taken away, 
and thy sin purged. 

xxvii. 9. By this [affliction] shall the ini- 
quity of Jacob be purged, and this is all the 
fruit to take away his sin. 

Ezek. xxiv. 13. Because I have purged 
thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not 
be purged any more till I have caused my 
fury to rest upon thee. 

Dan. xi. 35. Some of them shall fall, to try 
them, and to purge, and to make white. 

Mai. iii. 3. He shall sit as a refiner and 
purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons 
of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, 
that they may offer unto the Lord an offering 
in righteousness. 

Matt. iii. 11, 12. John the Baptist said, 
Jesus shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, 
and with fire. Whose fan is in his hand, and 
he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather 
his wheat into the garner. 

John xv. 2. Jesus said, Every branch in me 
that beareth fruit, my Father purgeth, that it 
may bring forth more, fruit. 

Heb. i. 3. Christ by himself purged our 
sins. See Christ's blood. 

Duty. 1 Cor. v. 7. 2 Tim. ii. 21. 

XXVII. God purifieth. Acts xv. 9. God 
purifying their hearts by faith. 

Tit. ii. 14. Christ gave himself for us, that 
he might redeem us from all iniquity, and 
purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous 
of good works. See Mai. iii. 3. above. 

Duty. James iv. 8. Cleanse your hands, 
ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double 
minded. 

1 Pet. i. 22. Ye have purified your souls in 
obeying the truth, through the Spirit. 1 Tim. 
i. 5. Charity out of a pure heart. 

1 John iii. 3. Every man that hath this 
hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is 
pure. 2 Tim. ii. 22. Call on the Lord out of 
a pure heart. 

XXVIII. God doth refine. Isa. xlviii. 10. 
Behold I have refined thee, but not with silver ; 

have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. 

Zech. xiii. 9. I will refine them as silver is 
refined, and will try them as gold is tried. 

Mai. iii. 2. He is like a refiner's fire, and 
ike fullers' soap. Ver. 3. 

XXIX. The Lord is a God unto his people ; 



he is with them and among them. Exod, 
xxix. 45, 46. I will dweH among the children 
of Israel, and will be their God. (Ch. xx. 2.) 
And they shall know that I am the Lord their 
God. 

Lev. xxvi. 11, 12. I will set my tabernacle 
among you, and my soul shall not abhor you. 
I will walk among you, and will be your God, 
and ye shall be my people. 

Ps. xlviii. 14. This is our God for ever and 
ever : he will be our guide even unto death. 

Isa. xli. 10. Fear thou not, for I am with 
thee : be not dismayed, for I am thy God. 

Jer. vii. 23. Obey my voice, and I will be 
your God, and ye shall be my people. Ch. 
xxx. 18. 22. 

Zech. viii. 2. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
I was jealous for Zion. — Ver. 8. I will be their 
God in truth and in righteousness. 

2 Cor. vi. 16. I will dwell in them, and 
walk in them ; and I will be their God, and 
they shall be my people. 

Heb. xi. 16. God is not ashamed to be called 
their God. 

Rev. xxi. 3. Behold the tabernacle of God 
is with men, and he will dwell with them : and 
they shall be his people, and God himself shall 
be with them, and be their God. 

XXX. God forsaketh not his people. Deut. 
iv. 31. The Lord thy God is a merciful God; 
he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, 
nor forget the covenant of thy fathers. See 
ch. xxxi. 6. 8. Josh. i. 5. 1 Chron. xxviii. 
20. Neh. ix. 17. 19. 31. 

1 Sam. xii. 22. The Lord will not forsake 
his people, for his great name's sake : because 
it hath pleased the Lord to make you his 
people. 

Ezra ix. 9. God hath not forsaken us in 
our bondage, but hath extended mercy to us in 
the sight of the kings of Persia. 

Ps. ix. 10. Thou hast not forsaken them 
that seek thee. 

xxxvii: 28. He forsaketh not his saints; 
they are preserved for ever. Ver. 25. 

xciv. 14. The Lord will not cast off his 
people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. 

Isa. xlii. 16. I will make darkness light be- 
fore them, and crooked things straight, &c. 
These things will I do, and not forsake them. 

xliv. 21. Remember these, O Jacob and 
Israel ; for thou art my servant : I have formed 
thee ; thou art my servant : O Israel, thou 
shalt not be forgotten of me. 

xlix. 14, 15, 16. But Zion said, The Lord 
hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath for- 
gotten me. Can a woman forget her suck- 
ing child, that she should not have compassion 
on the son of her womb ? yea, they may for- 
get, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have 



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graven thee on the palms of my hands ; thy 
walls are continually before me. 

liv. 7. For a small moment have I forsaken 
thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. 
Ver. 8, 9, 10. 

2 Cor. iv, 9. We are persecuted, but not 
forsaken. 

Heb. xiii. 5. Be content, for he hath said, 
I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. 

XXXI. Prayers that God would not for- 
sake his people. 1 Kings viii. 57. The Lord 
be with us : let him not leave us nor forsake us. 

Ps. xxvii. 9. Leave me not, neither forsake 
me, O God of my salvation. See Ps. xxxviii. 
21. — lxxi. 9. 18. — cxix. 8. — cxxxviii. 8. 

XXXII. God forsaketh the wicked. Deut. 
xxxi. 16, 17. The Lord said, This people will 
forsake me, and break my covenant. Then 
mine anger shall be kindled against them, and 
I will forsake them. 

Judg. vi. 13. The Lord hath forsaken us, 
and delivered us into the hands of enemies. 

2 Kings xxi. 14. Thus saith the Lord, I will 
forsake the remnant of my inheritance, and 
deliver them into the hand of their enemies, 
because of their sins. 

2 Chron. xii. 5. Thus saith the Lord, Ye 
have forsaken me, and therefore have I left you 
in the hand of your enemies. 

xv. 2. If ye forsake the Lord, he will for- 
sake you. Ch. xxiv. 20. 

Ps. lxxviii. 60. He forsook the tabernacle 
ofShiloh. Ver. 61. 

Jer. xii. 7. I have forsaken my house, I 
have left my heritage ; I have given the dearly 
beloved of my soul into the hand of her 
enemies. 

xxiii. 39. I will utterly forget you, and for- 
sake you, and the city that I gave you and 
your fathers. Ver. 33. 

XXXIII. God doth not cast off nor reject 
his people. Lev. xxvi. 43, 44. When they 
accept the punishment of their iniquity, I will 
not cast them away, neither abhor them, to 
destroy them utterly. 

2 Kings xiii. 23. The Lord had compassion 
on his people, and would not destroy them, 
neither cast them off. 

Neh. i. 9. If ye turn unto me and keep my 
commandments, though ye were cast out, I 
will gather you. 

Job viii. 20. God will not cast away a per- 
fect man. 

Ps. xciv. 14. The Lord will not cast off his 
people. Lam. iii. 31. 

Isa. xii. 9. I have chosen thee, and not cast 
thee away. 

Jer. xxxiii. 25, 26. Thus saith the Lord, If 
11 



my covenant be not with day and night, and 
if I have not appointed the ordinances of hea- 
ven and earth, then will I cast away the seed 
of Jacob; for I will cause their captivity to 
return, and have mercy on them. Ver. 20. 
Ch. xxxi. 37. Lam. iii. 31, 32. 

Zech. x. 6. They shall be as though I had 
not cast them off; for I am the Lord their 
God. Ezek. xi. 19. Mic. iv. 7. 

Rom. xi. 2. God hath not cast away his 
people, which he foreknew. Ver. 4. 

XXXIV. Prayers against being cast off. 
Ps. xliii. 2, 3. Why dost thou cast me off] 
why go I mourning ] O send out thy light 
and truth : let them lead me, &c. 

xliv. 23. O Lord cast us not off for ever. 
Ps. lxxiv. 1. Ps. lxxvii. 7. Jer. xiv. 19. 21. 

li. 11. Cast me not away from thy presence. 

lxxi. 9. Cast me not off in the time of old 
age. 

XXXV. God casteth off and rejecteth the 
wicked. 2 Kings xvii. 20. Because of their 
wickedness the Lord rejected the seed of Is- 
rael, and afflicted them. Ch. xxiii. 27. 

1 Chron. xxviii. 9. If thou forsake the Lord 
he will cast thee off for ever. 

Ps. xliv. 9. Thou hast cast off and put us 
to shame. Ps. lx. 1. 10. — lxxxix.38. — cviii. 1 1. 

lxxiii. 18. Thou castedst the wicked down 
to destruction. Ps. v. 10. 

lxxxix. 44. Thou hast made his glory to 
cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. 
Ps. cxlvii. 6. 

Jer. vi. 30. Reprobate silver shall men call 
them, because the Lord hath rejected them. 

vii. 15. Because ye have done these evil 
works, saith the Lord, I will cast you out of 
my sight. Ver. 20. Ch. xv. 1, 2. — xxiii. 
39.— Hi. 3. 

xvi. 12, 13. Ye have done evil. Therefore 
I will cast you out of this land, into another 
land, where I will show you no favour. Ch. 
xxii. 26. 

Lam. v. 22. Thou hast utterly rejected us, 
and art wroth against us. 

Ezek. xxviii. 1 6. I will cast thee as profane 
out of the mountain of God. 

xxxii. 4. I will cast thee forth upon the 
open field. — Ver. 8. The bright lights of hea- 
ven will I make dark over thee. 

Hos. ix. 17. God will cast them away, be- 
cause they did not hearken unto him. 

Matt. iii. 10. Every tree that bringeth not 
forth good fruit, is hewn down and cast into 
the fire. 

viii. 12. The children of the kingdom shall 
be cast into outer darkness. 

xiii. 47. See the parable of the net and 
fishers casting the bad fish away. 



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Luke ix. 25. What is a man advantaged if 
he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or 
be cast away 1 

John xv. 6. If a man abide not in me, he is 
cast forth as a branch, and is withered. 

1 Cor. ix. 27. I keep my body under, lest I 
be cast away. 

Heb. vi. 8. That ground which beareth 
thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto 
cursing, whose end is to be burned. 

xii. 17. Esau was rejected. 



GOD A FATHER. 

XXXVI. God a father to his people. 
Exod. iv. 22. Thus saith the Lord, Israel is 
my son, even my first-born. Jer. xxxi. 9. 
Rom. ix. 4. 

Exod. iv, 23. Let my son go. Hos. xi. 1. 

Deut. xiv. 1. Ye are the children of the 
Lord your God. 

Isa. xliii. 6. Bring my sons from far, and 
my daughters from the ends of the earth. 
Ch. xlv. 11. 

lxiii. 16. Doubtless thou art our Father, 
though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel 
acknowledge us not: thou, O Lord, art our 
Father, our Redeemer. Ver. 8. 

lxiv. 8. Thou, Lord, art our Father: we 
are the clay, and thou our potter ; we are all 
the work of thy hand. 

Jer. xxxi. 20. Is Ephraim my dear son 1 is 
he a pleasant child 1 

Hos. i. 10. In the place where it was said, 
Ye are not my people, there shall it be said 
unto you, Ye are the sons of the living God. 

Mai. ii. 10. Have we not all one Father? 
hath not one God created us 1 

Matt. vi. 9. Our Father which art in 
heaven. 

xxiiL 9. One is your Father which is in 
heaven, 

John xx. 17. Jesus said, I ascend to my 
Father, and your Father; to my God and 
your God. 

1 Cor. viii. 6. To us there is but one God 
the Father, of whom are all things. 

2 Cor. vi. 1 8. I will be a Father unto you, 
and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith 
the Lord Almighty. Jer. xxxi. 1. 9. Hos. 
i. 10. 

Eph. iv. 6. There is one God and Father 
of all, who is above all, and through all, and 
in you all. 

XXXVII. How any of mankind come into 
the relation of children, of sons and daugh- 
ters unto God, besides that of being created 
by God. John i. 12, 13. As many as re- 
ceived Christ, to them gave he power to be- 



come the sons of God, even to them that be- 
lieve on his name. Who were born, not of 
blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the 
will of man, but of God. 

iii. 3. Jesus said, Except a man be born 
again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. — 
Ver. 5, 6. Except a man be born of water and 
of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the king- 
dom of God. (Tit. iii. 5, 6.) That which is 
born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is 
born of the Spirit is spirit. 

Ver. 7, 8, Marvel not that I said, Ye must 
be born again. The wind bloweth where it 
listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, 
but canst not tell whence it cometh and 
whither it goeth ; so is every one that is born 
of the Spirit. 

Gal. iii. 26. Ye are all the children of God, 
by faith in Jesus Christ, iv. 4, 5. God sent 
forth his Son, made of a woman, made under 
the law, to redeem them that were under the 
law ; that we might receive the adoption of 
sons. 

Eph. i. 4, 5, 6. God hath chosen us in 
Christ before the foundation of the world, 
that we should be holy and without blame 
before him in love : Having predestinated us 
to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ, 
to himself, according to the good pleasure of 
his will ; to the praise of the glory of his 
grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in 
the beloved. 

1 Pet. i. 22, 23. Love one another with a 
pure heart fervently : Ye being born again, 
not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, 
by the word of God, which liveth and abideth 
for ever. 

James i. 18. Of his own will begat he us 
with the word of truth, that we should be a 
kind of first-fruits of his creatures. 

1 Pet. i. 3. God hath begotten us to a lively 
hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 
Luke xx. 36. The children of the resurrection. 

1 John iii. 1. Behold what manner of love 
the Father hath bestowed on us, that we 
should be called the sons of God ! 

XXXVIII. Blessings from God as a Fa- 
ther, to his people as his children. Matt. vi. 6. 
Thy Father shall reward thee openly 

Ver. 8. Your Father knoweth what things 
ye have need of before ye ask him. 

Ver. 14. Your heavenly Father will forgive 
your trespasses. 

x. 29, 30, 31. A sparrow shall not fall on 
the ground without your Father. The very 
hairs of your head are numbered. Fear ye 
not, therefore, ye are of more value than many 
sparrows. 

xiii. 43. The righteous shall shine forth as 
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xviii. 14. It is not the will of your Father 
that one of these little ones should perish. 

Luke xii. 32. Fear not, little flock, it is 
your Father's good pleasure to give you the 
kingdom. 

John xi. 51, 52. The high priest prophesied, 
that Jesus should die ; and gather together in 
one the children of God. 

Rom. i. 7. Grace to you, and peace, from 
God our Father. 

viii. 15. Ye have received the Spirit of 
adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. Gal. 
iv. 6. Because ye are sons, God hath sent 
forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, 
crying, Abba, Father. 

Ver. 16, 17. The Spirit beareth witness 
with our spirit, that we are the children of 
God. And if children, then heirs; heirs of 
God, and joint heirs with Christ. Gal. iv. 7. 
If a son, then an heir of God through Christ. 

Rom. viii. 19. The earnest expectation of 
the creature waiteth for the manifestation of 
the sons of God. (1 John iii. 2.) Ver. 21. 
The creature shall be delivered from the bond- 
age of corruption, into the glorious liberty of 
the children of God. 

2 Cor. i. 3. God is to us the Father of mer- 
cies, the God of all comfort. 

Eph. ii. 18. Through Christ we have access, 
by the Spirit unto the Father. 

2 Thess. ii. 16. Our Father hath loved us, 
and given us everlasting consolation, and good 
hope through grace. 

Heb. ii. 10. Bringing many sons unto glory. 

James i. 17. Every good and perfect gift 
cometh from the Father of lights. 

1 John i. 3. Our fellowship is with the Fa- 
ther, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 

ii. 1. We have an advocate with the Father. 

iii. 2. Beloved, now are we the sons of God ; 
and it doth not yet appear what we shall be, 
but we know that when he shall appear, we 
shall be like him ; for we shall see him as he is. 

Jude 1. Sanctified by God the Father, pre- 
served in Jesus Christ, and called. 

XXXIX. Marks and characters of God's 
children, in the exercise of the graces, and 
practice of the duties of religion. Mai. i. 6. 
If I be a Father, where is mine honour 1 saith 
the Lord of hosts. 

Matt. v. 9. Blessed are the peace-makers : % 
for they shall be called the children of God. 

Ver. 16. Let your light so shine before men, 
that they may see your good works, and glorify 
your Father which is in heaven. 

Ver. 44, 45. Love your enemies, bless them 
that curse you, do good to them that hate you, 
and pray for them which despitefully use you, 
and persecute you ; that ye may be the child- 
ren of your Father which is in heaven : for he 



maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the 
good, and he sendeth rain on the just and on 
the unjust. Luke vi. 35. 

vi. 14. If ye forgive men their trespasses, 
your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 

Luke vi. 36. Be ye merciful as your Father 
also is merciful. 

Matt. v. 48. Be ye perfect as your Father 
which is in heaven is perfect. 

John iv. 23. The true worshippers shall 
worship the Father in spirit and in truth. 

Rom. viii. 14. As many as are led by the 
Spirit, are the sons of God. Ver. 16. 

Eph. v. 1, 2. Be ye followers of God as 
dear children ; and walk in love, as Christ also 
hath loved us. 

Ver. 20. Giving thanks always for all things 
unto God the Father, in the name of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. James iii. 9. With the tongue 
bless we God, even the Father. Phil. iv. 20. 
Unto God our Father, be glory for ever and 
ever. 

Phil. ii. 14, 15. Do all things without mur- 
murings, and disputings ; that ye may be 
blameless and harmless, the sons of God with- 
out rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and per- 
verse nation, among whom ye shine as lights 
in the world. 

Heb. xii. 5, 6. The exhortation speaketh 
unto you as unto children, My son despise not 
thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint 
when thou art rebuked of him ; for whom the 
Lord loveth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth 
every son whom he receiveth. 

Ver. 7, 8. If ye endure chastening, God 
dealeth with you as with sons : for what son 
is he whom the father chasteneth not 1 If ye 
be without chastisement, whereof all are par 
takers, then are ye bastards and not sons. 

Ver. 9. Shall we not be in subjection to the 
Father of spirits and live 1 

Ver. 10. He chasteneth us for our profit, 
that we might be partakers of his holiness. 

1 Pet. i. 14, 15. As obedient children, not 
fashioning yourselves according to the former 
lusts in your ignorance : But as he which hath 
called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner 
of conversation. 

Ver. 17. Call on the Father, and pass the 
time of your sojourning here in fear. 

Ver. 22, 23. Love one another with a pure 
heart fervently: Being born again, not of cor- 
ruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word 
of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 

1 John ii. 29. Every one that doeth right- 
eousness is born of God. 

iii. 9. Whosoever is born of God doth not 
commit sin ; for his seed remaineth in him : 
and he cannot sin because he is born of God. 
(Ch. v. 18.) Ver. 10. In this the children of 
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devix ; whosoever doth not righteousness is 
not of God, neither he that loveth not his 
brother. 

iv. 7. Every one that loveth is born of God, 
and knoweth God. 

v. 1. Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the 
Christ, is born of God. 

Ver. 4. Whatsoever is born of God, over- 
cometh the world. — Ver. 18. He that is be- 
gotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked 
one toucheth him not. 

Rev. xxi. 7. He that overcometh, shall be 



XL. The wicked are styled the children of 
whatever evil principle reigns in them ; and 
so are called — 

Children of the devil. John viii. 44. Acts 
xiii. 10. 1 John iii. 10. 

Children of Belial. Deut. xiii. 13. Judg. 
XX. 13. 1 Sam. x. 27. 1 Kings xxi. 10. 

Children of the wicked one. Matt. xiii. 38. 

Children of wickedness. 2 Sam. vii. 10. 

Children of transgression. Isa. lvii. 4. 

Children of iniquity. Hos. x. 9. 

Children of disobedience. Eph. ii. 2. — v. 6. 
Col. iii. 6. 

Children of this world. Luke xvi. 8. — xx, 34. 

Children of the flesh. Rom. ix. 8. 

Children of Ethiopians. Amos ix. 7. 

Children in whom is no faith. Deut. 
xxxii. 20. 

Backsliding children. Jer. iii. 14. 

Sottish children. Jer. iv. 22. 

Impudent children. Ezek. ii. 4. 

Rebellious children. Isa. i. 2. — xxx. 1 . 

Lying children. Isa. xxx. 9. 

Children of wrath. Eph. ii. 3. 

Cursed children. 2 Pet. ii. 14. 

XLI. Under God, their heavenly Father, 
Christians are brethren and sisters, and owe 
to each other the duties of that relation. 

Matt, xviii. 35. Forgive every one his bro- 
ther's trespass. 

Rom. xii. 10. With brotherly love preferring 
one another. 

xiv. 13. Let no man put a stumbling-block, 
or an occasion to fall, in his brother's way. 

xvi. 17. I beseech you, brethren, mark them 
which cause divisions and offences, and avoid 
them. 

1 Cor. v. 11. If any one that is called a 
brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or an 
idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an ex- 
tortioner, with such a one do not eat. 

vi. 5. Is there not one among you able to 
judge between his brethren ? Ver. 6. 8. 

viii. 12. When ye sin so against the bre- 
thren, ye sin against Christ. Ver. 11. 13. 

1 Thess. iv. 6. Let no man go beyond, and 



defraud his brother in any matter, because the 
Lord is the avenger of all such. 

v. 25. Brethren, pray for us. 2 Thess. iii. 1. 

2 Thess. iii. 6. We command you, brethren, 
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye 
withdraw yourselves from every brother that 
walketh disorderly. 

Heb. xiii. 1. Let brotherly love continue. 
1 Pet. iii. 8. Love as brethren. 

James ii. 15, 16. If a brother or sister be 
naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of 
you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye 
warmed and filled ; notwithstanding ye give 
them not those things which are needful to the 
body, what doth it profit' 2 

1 Pet. i. 22. Seeing ye have purified your 
souls, in obeying the truth through the Spirit, 
unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that 
ye love one another with a pure heart fer- 
vently. 

ii. 17. Love the brotherhood. 

1 John ii. 9. He that hateth his brother is 
in darkness. Ch. iii. 15. He is a murderer. 

iii. 14. 16. We know that we have passed 
from death to life, because we love the bre- 
thren. We ought to lay down our lives for 
the brethren. 

Rev. xii. 10. Satan, the accuser of the bre- 
thren, is cast down. 

XLII. Christ is the elder brother. John 
xx. 17. Jesus said, Go unto my brethren, and 
say unto them, I ascend unto my Father and 
your Father, to my God and your God. 

Rom. viii. 29. Whom he did foreknow, he 
also did predestinate to be conformed to the 
image of his Son, that he might be the first- 
born among many brethren. 

Heb. ii. 11, 12. He is not ashamed to call 
them brethren ; saying, I will declare thy name 
unto my brethren. 

Ver. 17. It behoved him to be made like 
unto his brethren. 



SALVATION. 

XLIII. God is a Saviour. 2 Sam. xxii. 3. 
The God of my rock ; my Saviour. 

Ps. cvi. 2 1 . They forgot God their Saviour. 

Isa. xliii. 3. I am the Lord thy God, the 
holy One of Israel, thy Saviour. Isa. Ix. 16. 

xlix. 26. I will feed them that oppress thee 
with their own flesh ; and they shall be 
drunken with their own blood : and all flesh 
shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour, 
and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. 

Jer. xiv. 8. O the hope of Israel, the Sa- 
viour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest 
thou be as a stranger in the land 1 

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me, saith the Lord. Isa. xliii. 11. — 
xiv. 21. 

Luke i. 47. My spirit hath rejoiced in God 
ray Saviour. 

1 Tim. ii. 3, 4. God our Saviour, who will 
have all men to be saved, and to come unto 
the knowledge of the truth. 

iv. 10. The living God is the Saviour of all 
men, especially of those that believe. 

Jude 25. To the only wise God our Sa- 
viour, be glory and majesty, dominion and 
power, both now and ever. Amen. 

God saveth his people. Deut. xxxiii. 29. 
Who is like thee, people saved by the Lord ? 
Compare Exod. xiv. 13, 14. 30. — xv. 2. 
Numb. x. 9. Deut. xx. 4. 1 Sam. xi. 13. — 
xix. 5. 

1 Sam. xiv. 6. There is no restraint to the 
Lord, to save by many or by few. Ver. 39. 
2Chron. xiv. 11.— xx. 17. 

xvii. 47. The Lord saveth not with sword 
and spear. Ps. xx. 6. The Lord saveth with 
the saving strength of his right hand. Ps. 
cxxxviii. 7. 

2 Sam. xxii. 2, 3. David said, The Lord is 
my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer; 
the God of my rock ; in him will I trust : he 
is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my 
high tower, and my refuge, my Saviour ; thou 
savest me from violence. 

Ver. 36. Thou hast given me the shield of 
thy salvation. 

Ver. 47. The Lord liveth, and blessed be 
my rock ; exalted be the God of my salvation. 
Ps. xviii. 2. — xxxv. 9. 

Ps. iii. 8. Salvation belongeth unto the Lord. 
Isa. xliii. 11. Hos. xiii. 4. Jonah ii. 9. 

xxvii. 1. The Lord is my light, and my sal- 
vation. Ps. lxii. 6. Isa. xii. 2. 

lxii. 7. In God is my salvation and my 
glory : the rock of my strength and my 
refuge is in God. Ps. xxv. 5. — xl. 2. — lxvii. 
19, 20. 

Ps. lxix. 35. God will save Zion, and will 
build the cities of Judah. 

lxxi. 3. Thou hast given commandment to 
save me. 

Ixxiv. 12. God is my King of old, working 
salvation in the earth. 

xcviii. 2, 3. The Lord hath made known 
his salvation : All the ends of the earth have 
seen the salvation of our God. 

cxl. 7. God the Lord, the strength of my 
salvation, thou hast covered my head in the 
day of battle. 

cxliv. 10. He giveth salvation unto kings. 
Ps. xci. 16. 

Isa. xii. 2. Behold, God is my salvation ; I 
will trust and not be afraid : for the Lord Je- 
hovah is my strength and my song. 

xxv. 9 Lo, this is our God ; we have waited 



for him, and he will save us : this is the Lord ; 
we have waited for him, we will be glad and 
rejoice in his salvation. 

xxvi. 1. Salvation will God appoint for 
walls and bulwarks. Ch. xxxiii. 6. 22. 

xxxv. 4. Say to them that are of a fearful 
heart, Be strong, fear not ; behold, your God 
will come with vengeance, even God with a 
recompense; he will come and save you. 

xliii. 1, 2. Thus saith the Lord, that created 
thee, Jacob, and that formed thee, Israel, 
Fear not : I have redeemed thee. When thou 
passest through the waters, I will be with thee; 
and through the rivers, they shall not overflow 
thee : when thou walkest through the fire thou 
shalt not be burned ; neither shall the flame 
kindle upon thee. 

xliii. 3. I am the Lord thy God, the holy 
One of Israel, thy Saviour. — Ver. 11. I, even 
I, am the Lord, and beside me there is no sa- 
viour. Ch. xiv. 21. Hos. xiii. 4. 

xiv. 8. Drop down, ye heavens, from above, 
and let the skies pour down righteousness; 
let the earth open, and let them bring forth 
salvation, and let righteousness spring up to- 
gether : I the Lord have created it. Ver. 14, 15. 

xlix. 25, 26. Thus saith the Lord, I will 
contend with him that contendeth with thee, 
and I will save thy children. I will feed them 
that oppress thee with their own flesh ; and 
they shall be drunken with their own blood as 
with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know 
that I the Lord am thy Saviour, and thy Re- 
deemer, the mighty One of Jacob. Zech. 
xh\ 11. 

lix. 1. The Lord's hand is not shortened, 
that it cannot save. 

Jer. iii. 23. Truly in vain is salvation hoped 
for from the hills, and from the multitude of 
mountains : truly in the Lord our God is the 
salvation of Israel. Ps. cxxi. 1. 

xv. 20. I am with thee, to save thee, and to 
deliver thee, saith the Lord. Ch. xxx. 11. 17. 
—xiii. 11. 

xxiii. 6. In those days Judah shall be saved, 
and Israel shall dwell safely. 

xxx. 7. It is the time of Jacob's trouble ; 
but he shall be saved out of it. Ver. 10. Ch. 
xiv. 8, 9. 

xlvi. 27. Fear not thou, O my servant Ja- 
cob ; and be not dismayed, O Israel : for, 
behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy 
seed from the land of their captivity ; and 
Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, 
and none shall make him afraid. Zech. viii. 
7.— x. 6.— xii. 7. 

Ezek. xxxiv. 22. I will save my flock, and 
they shall no more be a prey by the careless- 
ness of their shepherds. 

xxxvi. 29. I will save you from all year 
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xxxvii. 23. I will save them, and I will 
cleanse them ; so they shall be my people, and 
I will be their God. 

Hos. i. 7. I will have mercy on the house 
of Judah, and will save them by the Lord. 
Ch. xiii. 10. Zech. ii. 17. 19. 

XLIV. Persons to whom salvation is pro- 
mised. Job xxii. 29. God shall save the 
humble person. See Promises to the Humble. 

Ps. vii. 10. God saveth the upright in heart. 
Prov. xxviii. 18. See Upright. 

xvii. 7. Thou savest them which put their 
trust in thee. See Trust in God. 

xxxiv. 18. The Lord saveth such as be of a 
contrite spirit. See Contrite. 

xxxvii. 40. He shall save the righteous be- 
cause they trust in him. 

1. 23. To him that ordereth aright his con- 
versation, I will shew the salvation of God. 

lxxii. 13. He shall save the souls of the 
needy. Ver. 4. Job v. 15. Ps. xxxiv. 6. — 
cix. 31. 

lxxxv. 9. His salvation is nigh them that 
fear him. Ps. cxlv. 19. 

cxix. 94. I am thine, save me ; for I have 
sought thy precepts. — Ver. 146. Save me, and 
I shall keep thy testimonies. — Ver. 166. I have 
hoped for thy salvation, and done thy com- 
mandments. 

cxlix. 4. He will beautify the meek with 
salvation. 

Prov. xx. 22. Wait on the Lord, and he 
shall save thee. Isa. xxv. 9. 

Jer. iv. 14. O Jerusalem, wash thine heart 
from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. 

Mark xvi. 16. He that believeth and is 
baptized, shall be saved. Luke vii. 50. Acts 
xvi. 31. Rom. x. 9. Heb. x. 39. See Sal- 
vation by Christ. 

Salvation prayed for. 1 Sam. vii. 8. The 
people said unto Samuel, Cease not to cry unto 
the Lord our God, that he will save us out of 
the hand of the Philistines.— Ver. 10. The 
Lord discomfited the Philistines. 

2 Kings xix. 19. Hezekiah prayed, and said, 

Lord, save us out of the hands of the king 
of Assyria, that all the kingdoms of the earth 
may know that thou art the Lord God, even 
thou only. — Ver. 34, 35. And the Lord said, 

1 will defend this city, to save it. (Isa. xxxvii. 
20. 35.) And it came to pass that night, that 
the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in 
the camp of the Assyrians, an hundred and 
fourscore and five thousand. 2 Chron. 
xxxii. 22. 

2 Chron. vi. 41. Let thy priests, O Lord, be 
clothed with salvation. 

Ps. iii. 7. Save me, O my God. 

vi 4. Deliver my soul ; O save me for thy 
mercies' sake. Ps. xxxi. 16. — cix. 26. 



vii. 1. Save me from all them that perse- 
cute me. 

xiv. 7. O that the salvation of Israel were 
come out of Zion. 

xxvii. 9. Leave me not, neither forsake me, 
O God of my salvation. Ps. Ii. 14. — lxxxviii. 1. 

xxviii. 9. Save thy people; bless thine in- 
heritance. Jer. xxxi. 7. 

xxxi. 2. Be thou for an house of defence to 
save me. 

xxxv. 3. Say unto my soul, I am thy salva- 
tion. 

xxxviii. 22. Make haste to help me, O Lord, 
my salvation. 

Ii. 12. Restore to me the joy of thy salvation. 

liv. 1. Save me, O God, by thy name, and 
judge me by thy strength. 

Iv. 16. I will call upon God, and the Lord 
will save me. 

lix. 2. Save me from bloody men. 

Ps. lxix. 1. Save me, O God, for the waters 
are come into my soul. 

Ver. 13. Hear me, in the truth of thy sal- 
vation. — Ver. 29. Let thy salvation, O God, 
set me on high. 

Ixxi. 2. Incline thine ear unto me, and sa. 
me. 

lxxix. 9. Help us, O God of our salvation, 
for the glory of thy name. 

lxxx. 2, 3. Stir up thy strength, and come 
and save us. Cause thy face to shine, and 
we shall be saved. 

lxxxv. 4. Turn us, O God of our salvation, 
and cause thine anger toward us to cease. — 
Ver. 7. Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant 
us thy salvation. 

cvi. 4. O visit me with thy salvation. 

Ver. 47, Save us, O Lord our God, and 
gather us from among the heathen. 

cvii. 13. They cried unto the Lord in their 
trouble, and he saved them out of all their 
distresses. Ver. 19. 

cxviii. 25. Save now, I beseech thee, O 
Lord. 

cxix. 41. Let thy mercies come also unto 
me, O Lord, even thy salvation, according to 
thy word. — Ver. 123. Mine eyes fail for thy 
salvation, and for the word of thy righteous- 
ness. Ver. 81. 174. 

Ver. 146. Save me, and I shall keep thy 
testimonies. 

Isa. xxxiii. 2. O Lord, be gracious to us : 
be thou their arm every morning, our salva- 
tion also in time of trouble. 

Jer. ii. 27. In the time of their trouble, they 
will say, Arise and save us. 

XLV. Salvation is of grace. Ps. vi. 4. O 
save me for thy mercies' sake. 

lxxx. 3. Cause thy face to shine upon us, 
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cvi. 8. He saved them for his name's sake. 

Acts ii. 47. The Lord added to the church 
daily such as should be saved. 

Eph. ii. 5. By grace ye are saved. Ver. 8. 
By grace ye are saved, through faith, and that 
not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. 

2 Tim. i. 9. God hath saved us, and called 
us with an holy calling ; not according to our 
works, but according to his own purpose and 
grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus be- 
fore the world began. 

Tit. iii. 5. Not by works of righteousness 
which we have done, but according to his 
mercy he saved us. 

XL VI. The word of God, a mean of sal- 
vation. Rom. i. 16. The gospel is the power 
of God to salvation. 

1 Cor. i. 18. Unto us who are saved, the 
preaching of the cross of Christ is the power 
of God.— Ver. 21. It pleased God by the 
foolishness of preaching to save them that be- 
lieve. 

xv. 2. Ye are saved by the gospel, if ye 
keep in memory what I preached unto you. 

James i. 21. The ingrafted word is able to 
save your souls. 

1 l'et. iii. 21. Baptism doth now save us. 

XLVII. The ministry a mean of salva- 
tion. 1 Cor. ix. 22. I am made all things to 
all men, that I might by all means save some. 

1 Tim. iv. 16. Take heed unto thyself, and 
unto the doctrine ; continue in them : for in 
doing this thou shalt both save thyself and 
them that hear thee. 

Jam. v. 20. He which converteth the sin- 
ner from the error of his way, shall save a soul 
from death. 

Jude 23. Others save with fear, &c. 



GOD A DEFENCE. 

XLVIII. God is the defence of his people. 
Numb. xiv. 9. Their defence is departed from 
them, and the Lord is with us : fear them not. 

2 Kings xix. 34. The Lord said, I will de- 
fend this city to save it, for mine own sake, 
and for my servant David's sake. 

Job xxii. 23. If thou return to the Al- 
mighty, thou shalt be built up. — Ver. 25. Yea, 
the Almighty shall be thy defence. 

Ps. v. 11. Let those that put their trust in 
thee rejoice, because thou defendest them. 

vii. 10. My defence is of God, who saveth 
the upright in heart. 

xx. 1. The Lord hear thee in the day of 
trouble : the name of the God of Jacob defend 
thee. 

xxxi. 2, 3. Be thou my strong rock, for an 



house of defence to save me. For thou art 
my rock and my fortress. 

lix. 1. O my God, defend me from them 
that rise up against me. — Ver. 9. I will wait 
upon thee, for God is my defence. Ver. 17 
Ps. Ixii. 2. 6. 

Ver. 16. Thou hast been my defence and 
refuge in the day of my trouble. 

■ lxxxix. 18. The Lord is our defence: the 
holy One of Israel is our King. 

Isa. iv. 5. Upon all the glory shall be a de- 
fence [upon Mount Zion.] 

xxxi. 5. The Lord of hosts will defend Je- 
rusalem, also he will deliver it, and will pre- 
serve it. 

xxxiii. 15, 16. He thatwalketh righteously, 
&c. ; he shall dwell on high : his place of de- 
fence shall be the munitions of rocks ; bread 
shall be given him, his waters shall be sure. 

Zech. ix. 15. The Lord of hosts shall de- 
fend his people, and they shall devour and 
subdue their enemies. 

xii. 8. The Lord shall defend the inhabit- 
ants of Jerusalem ; and he that is feeble 
among them shall be as David, and the house 
of David shall be as God, as the angel of the 
Lord before them. 



REDEMPTION. 

XLIX. God a Redeemer. Isa. xli. 14. 
Fear not, I will help thee, saith the Lord thy 
Redeemer. 

xlvii. 4. As for our Redeemer, the Lord of 
hosts is his name. 

liv. 8. With everlasting kindness will I 
have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Re- 
deemer. 

Ix. 16. Thou shalt know that I the Lord 
am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the 
mighty One of Jacob. Ch. xliv. 6. — xlviii. 
17.— xlix. 7. 26.— lxiii. 16. Jer. 1. 34. Ps. 
xix. 14. — lxxviii. 35. 

L. God. redeemeth his people from enemies, 
and other evils. Exod. vi. 6, 7. The Lord 
said, I will redeem you with a stretched-out 
arm, and with great judgments. And I will 
take you to me for a people, and I will be to 
you a God. 2 Sam. vii. 23. Isa. xliii. 1. 

xv. 13. Thou in thy mercy hast led forth 
thy people, which thou hast redeemed. Ps. 
lxxvii. 15. 

Deut. vii. 8. The Lord redeemed you out 
of the house of bondmen. Ch. xiii. 5. — xv. 
15. — xxiv. 18. Mic. vi. 4. 

xxi. 8. Be merciful unto thy people, O 
Lord, whom thou hast redeemed. Neh. i. 10. 
Ps. lxxiv. 2. 

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hand of the enemy. Ps. cvii. 2. — cxi. 9. — 
cxxxvi. 24. Mic. iv. 10. 

cxxx. 8. The Lord shall redeem Israel from 
all his iniquities. Isa. i. 27. 

Isa. xliv. 23. The Lord hath redeemed 
Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. Ch. 
xlviii. 20. 

I. 2. Is mine hand shortened that it cannot 
redeem ? 

li. 11. The redeemed of the Lord shall re- 
turn and come to Zion. Ch. xxxv. 9. Jer. 
xxxi. 11, 12. 

Isa. lii. 3. Ye shall be redeemed without 
money. Jer. xv. 21. 

lxii. 12. They shall call the holy people, the 
redeemed of the Lord. 

lxiii. 4. The year of my redeemed is come, 
saith the Lord. 

Hos. xiii. 14. I will ransom them from the 
power of the grave, and I will redeem them 
from death. Ps. xlix. 15. 

Zech. x. 8. I will gather them, for I have 
redeemed them. 

Threats. Hos. vii. 13. Wo unto them, for 
they have fled from me. Destruction unto 
them, for they have transgressed against me, 
though I redeemed them. 

Redemption of particular persons from 
evils. Gen. xlviii. 16. Jacob said, The angel 
that redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads. 
Isa. xxix. 22. The Lord redeemed Abraham. 

2 Sam. iv. 9. David said, The Lord hath 
redeemed my soul out of all adversity. 
1 Kings i. 29. Ps. xxxi. 5.— lxxi. 23. 

Job v. 20. In famine he shall redeem thee 
from death, and in war from the power of the 
sword. 

Ps. xxxiv. 22. The Lord redeemeth the 
soul of his servants. Ps. lxxii. 14. 

ciii. 2. 4. Bless the Lord, my soul ; who 
redeemeth thy life from destruction. Lam. 
iii. 58. 



GOD A COUNSELLOR. 

LI. God giveth counsel to the righteous. 
Ps. xvi. 7. I bless the Lord, who hath given 
me counsel. 

lxxiii. 24. Thou shalt guide me with thy 
counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. 
Ps. xxxii. 8. Prov. viii. 14. 

cxix. 24. Thy testimonies are my counsel- 
lors. 

Rev. iii. 18. I counsel thee to buy of me 
gold, &c. 

LII. God depriveth the wicked of counsel. 
Job v. 13. He taketh the wise in their own 
craftiness, and the counsel of the froward is 
carried headlong. 



xii. 17. He leadeth counsellors away spoil- 
ed, and maketh judges fools. 

xviii. 7. The wicked's own counsel shall 
cast him down. 

Ps. v. 10. Let them fall by their own coun- 
sels. 

xxxiii. 10. The Lord bringeth the counsel 
of the heathen to naught. 

Isa. viii. 10. Take counsel, and it shall 
come to naught ; for God is with us. See Ps. 
ii. 2. 4. Isa. iii. 1. 3. — xxix. 15. Jer. xviii. 
18.— xlix. 7. Ezek. vii. 26. Mic. iv. 9. 



GOD DOTH TEACH. 

Lin. God a teacher. Job xxxv. 11. God 
teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, 
and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven. 

xxxvi. 22. Who teacheth like him? Ps. 
xciv. 10. 12. 

Ps. xxv. 8, 9. The Lord will teach sinners 
in the way. The meek will he teach his 
way. 

Ver. 12. What man is he that feareth the 
Lord 1 him shall he teach in the way that he 
shall choose. Ps. xxxii. 8. — lxxxv. 13. 

lxxi. 17. O God, thou hast taught me from 
my youth. Ps. cxix. 102. 

Isa. xlviii. 17. I am the Lord thy God, 
which teacheth thee to profit, 

liv. 13. All thy children shall be taught of 
the Lord. Ch. xxviii. 26. 

Mic. iv. 2. The God of Jacob he will teach 
us of his ways. 

Hos. xi. 3. I taught Ephraim to go, taking 
them by their arms. Jer. xxxii. 33. 

Mic. vi. 8. He hath shewed thee, O man, 
what is good. 

Acts ii. 28. Thou hast made known to me 
the ways of life. 

2 Cor. iv. 6. God hath shined into our 
hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of 
the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 

1 Thess. iv. 9. Ye are taught of God to love 
one another. See Ps. cxliv. 1. Compare Ps. 
xviii. 34. 2 Sam. xxii. 35. 

Teaching from God prayed for. Job 
xxxiv. 32. That which I see not teach thou 
me. 

Ps. xxv. 4. O Lord, teach me thy paths. 
Ver. 5. 

xxvii. 11. Teach me thy way, O Lord. Ps. 
Ixxxvi. 11. 

xc. 12. So teach us to number our days, 
that we may apply our hearts to wisdom. 

cxix. 12. Teach me thy statutes. Ver. 26. 
33. 64. 68. 124. 135. 

Ver. 66. Teach me good judgment and 
knowledge. — Ver. 108. O Lord, teach me thy 
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cxliii. 1 0. Teach me to do thy will, for thou 
art my God. 

LIV. The Holy Ghost teacheth. John xiv. 
26. The Holy Ghost shall teach you all things, 
and bring all things to your remembrance. 

1 John ii. 27. The same anointing teacheth 
you all things. 

Neh. ix. 20. Thou gavest thy good Spirit 
to instruct them. 



INSTRUCT. 

LV. God doth instruct. Isa. viii. 11. The 
Lord instructed me, that I should not walk in 
the way of this people. 

Jer. xxxi. 19. After that I was instructed, I 
smote upon my thigh. 

Phil. iv. 12. Everywhere, and in all things 
I am instructed. 

2 Tim. iii. 16. All scripture is profitable for 
instruction. See Deut. iv. 36. — xxxii. 10. Jer. 
vi. 8. 

LVI. God doth direct. Ps. cxix. 5. 
that my ways were directed to keep thy 
statutes. — Ver. 133. Order thou my steps in 
thy word. 

Prov. iii. 6. In all thy ways acknowledge 
the Lord, and he shall direct thy paths. 

xvi. 9. A man's heart deviseth his way ; 
but the Lord directeth his steps. 

Isa. xxx. 21. Thine ear shall hear a word 
behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye 
in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when 
ye turn to the left. 

xlv. 13. I will direct all his ways. 

lxi. 8. I will direct their work in truth. 

Jer. x. 23. Lord, I know that the way of 
man is not in himself; it is not in man that 
walketh to direct his steps. Prov. xx. 24. 
Man's goings are of the Lord. 

Ps. xxxvii. 23. The steps of a good man are 
ordered by the Lord. 

2 Thess. iii. 5. The Lord direct your hearts 
into the love of God. 



LEAD. 

LVII. God doth lead. Deut. xxxii. 12. The 
Lord alone did lead his people. Isa. lxiii. 14. 

Ps. v. 8. Lead me, O Lord, in thy right- 
eousness. 

xxiii. 3. He leadeth me in the paths of 
righteousness. Ps. cxliii. 10. 

xxv. 5. Lead me in thy truth, and teach 
me ; for thou art the God of my salvation. 
Ps. xxxi. 3.— Ix. 9. 

xliii. 3. O send out thy light and thy truth ; 
.et them lead me. 

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lxi. 2. Lead me to the Rock that is higher 
than I. 

cxxxix. 24. Lead me in the way everlasting. 

Rom. ii. 4. The goodness of God leadeth to 
repentance. 

Promises of God that he will lead his people. 
Isa. xlii. 16. I will bring the blind by a way 
they knew not, I will lead them in paths they 
have not known. See ch. xlviii. 17. — xlix. 
10.— lvii. 18. Jer. xxxi. 9. 

LVIII. Christ doth lead. Isa. xl. 11. He 
shall gently lead those that are with young. 

Isa. Iv. 4. I have given him for a leader to 
the people. ' See John x. 3. Rev. vii. 17. 

LIX. God doth guide. Ps. xxv. 9. The 
meek will he guide in judgment. 

xxxi. 3. For thy name's sake, lead me and 
guide me. 

xxxii. 8. I will instruct thee, and teach thee 
in the way which thou shalt go : I will guide 
thee with mine eye. 

xlviii. 14. This is our God, he will be our 
guide even unto death. 

lxxiii. 24. Thou shalt guide me with thy 
counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. 

John xvi. 13. The Spirit of truth will guide 
you into all truth. See Isa. lviii. 11. Jer. iii. 
4. Luke i. 79. 



STRENGTHEN. 

LX. God doth strengthen. Gen. xlix. 24. 
Joseph's bow abode in strength; the arms of 
his hands were made strong by the hands of 
the mighty God of Jacob. 

1 Sam. ii. 4. The bows of the mighty are 
broken, and they that stumble are girt with 
strength. 

xv. 29. The Strength of Israel will not lie. 
Ch. xxiii. 16. Josh. xiv. 11. 

1 Chron. xvi. 27. Strength and gladness are 
in his place. 

xxix. 14. Who am I, and what is my 
people, that we should be able to offer so 
willingly after this sort 1 ? for all things come 
of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. 

Neh. viii. 10. The joy of the Lord is your 
strength. 

Job xxiii. 6. Will God plead against me 
with his great power 1 No, but he would put 
strength in me. 

Ps. viii. 2. Out of the mouth of babes thou 
hast ordained strength. 

xxxvii. 39. The Lord is the strength of the 
righteous in the time of trouble. 

Ixviii. 35. The God of Israel is he that 
giveth strength unto his people. 

lxxxiv. 5. Blessed is the man whose strength 
is in thee. Ver. 7. 

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lxxxix. 17. Thou art the glory of their 
strength. 

xcix. 4. The king's strength loveth judg- 
ment. 

cxlvii. 13. O Zion, he hath strengthened 
the bars of thy gates. 

Prov. x. 29. The way of the Lord is 
strength to the upright. 

Isa. xxv. 4. O Lord, thou hast been a 
strength to the poor, and to the needy in his 



xl. 29. He giveth power to the faint, and 
to them that have no might he increaseth 
strength. 

Dan. ii. 37. The God of heaven hath given 
thee a kingdom, and power, and strength, and 
glory. Ezek. xxx. 24, 25. Judg. iii. 12. 

Hos. vii. 15. I bound and strengthened their 
arms. 

Amos v, 9. The Lord strengtheneth the 
spoiled against the strong. 

2 Cor. xii. 9. My strength is made perfect 
in weakness. 

Heb. xi. 11. Through faith, Sarah received 
strength to conceive. 

Ver. 34. Many out of weakness were made 
strong. 

1 Pet. iv. 11. If any man minister, let him 
do it as of the ability that God giveth. 

Strength promised. 1 Sam. ii. 10. The 
Lord shall give strength to his king. Judg. 
vii. 11. Ps. xxi. 13. 

Job xvii. 9. He that hath clean hands shall 
be stronger and stronger. 

Ps. xx. 6. God will hear with the saving 
strength of his right hand. 

xx vii. 14. Wait on the Lord, be of good 
courage, and he shall strengthen thine 
heart. 

xxix. 11. The Lord will give strength unto 
his people. 

xli. 3. The Lord will strengthen him [that 
considereth the case of the poor,] upon the 
bed of languishing. 

ex. 2. The Lord shall send the rod of thy 
strength out of Zion. 

Isa. xxvii. 5. Let him take hold of my 
strength, and he shall make peace with me. 

xl. 31. They that wait on the Lord shall 
renew their strength. 

xli. 10. Fear not, for I am with thee ; I am 
thy God, I will strengthen thee. 

xlv. 24. Surely shall one say, In the Lord 
have I righteousness and strength. Mic. v. 4. 

Isa. Iii. 1. Put on thy strength, O Zion. 

liv. 2, 3. Lengthen thy cords, and strengthen 
thy stakes ; for thou shalt break forth on the 
right hand and on the left. 

Ezek. xxxiv. 16. I will strengthen that 
which was sick. 

1 Cor. x. 13. God will not suffer you to be 



tempted above what ye are able to bear. See 
Joel iii. 16. Zech. x. 6. — xii. 5. 

Strength prayed for. 1 Chron. xvi. 11 
Seek the Lord and his strength. Ps. cv. 4. 

Neh. vi. 9. God, strengthen my hands. 
See Judg. xvi. 28. 

Ps. xx. 2. The Lord strengthen thee out of 
Zion. 

lxviii. 28. Strengthen, O God, that which 
thou hast wrought for us. 

Ixxxvi. 16. Give thy strength unto thy ser- 
vant. 

cxix. 28. Strengthen thou me according to 
thy word. 

Eph. iii. 16. We pray that God would 
grant you to be strengthened with might by 
his Spirit in the inner man. Col. i. 11. 

1 Pet. v. 10. The God of all grace, stablish, 
strengthen, settle you. 

Strength obtained. Exod. xv. 2. The Lord 
is my strength and song : he is become my 
salvation. 2 Sam. xxii. 33. Ps. xviii. 2. — 
xxvii. 1. — cxviii. 14. Isa. xii. 2. 

2 Sam. xxii. 40. Thou hast girded me with 
strength. Ps. xviii. 39. 

Ezra vii. 28. I was strengthened as the 
hand of the Lord my God was upon me. 

Ps. xviii. 32. It is God that girdeth me 
with strength, and maketh my way perfect. 

xix. 14. O Lord, my strength, and my Re- 
deemer. Ps. xviii. 1. — xxviii. 7. 

xxvii. 1. The Lord is the strength of my 
life ; of whom shall I be afraid ? Ps. xliii. 2. 

xlvi. 1. God is our refuge and strength. 

lxii. 7. The rock of my strength, and my 
refuge is in God. 

lxxi. 16. I will go in the strength of the 
Lord God. 

lxxiii. 26. God is the strength of my heart, 
and my portion for ever. 

lxxxi. 1. Sing aloud unto God our strength. 

exxxviii. 3. Thou strengthenedst me with 
strength in my soul. 

cxl. 7. O God, the strength of my salva- 
tion, thou hast covered my head in the day of 
battle. Ps. cxliv. 1. 

Jer. xvi. 19. O Lord, my strength, and my 
fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction. 

Hab. iii. 19. The Lord is my strength. 

2 Cor. iii. 5. Our sufficiency is of God. 

xii. 10. When I am weak, then am I strong. 

1 Tim. i. 12. Jesus Christ our Lord hath 
enabled me. 

2 Tim. iv. 1 7. The Lord stood with me, 
and strengthened me. 

UPHOLD. 

LXI. God doth uphold. Ps. xvii. 5. Hold 
up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps 
slip not. 



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xviii. 35. Thy right hand hath holden me 
up. Ps. lxiii. 8. 

xxxvii. 17. The Lord upholdeth the right- 
eous. 

xii. 12. Thou upholdest me in mine in- 
tegrity. 

li. 1 2. Uphold me with thy free Spirit 

lxvi. 9. The Lord holdeth our soul in life, 
and suffereth not our feet to be moved. 

lxxi. 6. By thee have I been holden up 
from the womb. 

cxix. 117. Hold thou me lp, and I shall be 
safe. 

cxlv. 14. The Lord upholdeth all that fall; 
he raiseth all that are bowed down. 

Isa. xii. 13. I the Lord will hold thy right 
hand, saying unto thee, Fear not ; I will help 
thee. Ps. lxxiii. 23. 

xlii. 0. I the Lord will hold thy hand, 
and will keep thee. 

Hos. xi. 3. I taught Ephraim to go, taking 
them by their arms, but they knew not that I 
healed them. Ch. vii. 15. 

Rom. xiv. 4. He shall be holden up ; for 
God is able to make him stand. 

Rev. ii. 1. He holdeth the seven stars in 
his right hand. 



SAFETY. 

LXn. God giveth safety. Exod. xxxiv. 
24. I will cast out the nations before thee, 
and enlarge thy borders : neither shall any 
man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to 
appear before the Lord thrice in the year. 

Lev. xxv. 18. Ye shall do my statutes and 
keep my judgments, and do them, and shall 
dwell in the land in safety. Ver. 19. Deut. 
xii. 10. 

Job v. 11. The Lord doth set on high those 
that be low, that those that mourn may be ex- 
alted to safety. Ch. xi. 14. 18. 

Ps. iv. 8. Thou, Lord, makest me to dwell 
in safety. Ps. cxix. 117. 1 Sam. xii. 11. 

Ps. xii. 5. I will set the poor in safety from 
him that puffeth at him. Isa. xiv. 30. The 
needy shall lie down in safety. 

Prov. i. 33. Whoso hearkeneth to wisdom 
shall dwell safely. Ch. iii. 21. 23. 

xviii. 10. The name of the Lord is a strong 
tower : the righteous runneth into it, and is 
safe. Ch. xxi. 31. Safety is of the Lord. 

xxix. 25. Whoso putteth his trust in the 
Lord, shall be safe. See safety promised to 
God's church and people. Jer. xxiii. 6. — 
xxxii. 37. Ezek. xxviii. 26. — xxxiv. 25. 28. 
— xxxviii. 11. Zech. xiv. 11. 

LXIII. God called a shield, rock, fortress, 
refuge, &c. Gen. xv. 1. The Lord said to 



Abram, Fear not, I am thy shield and exceed- 
ing great reward. 

Deut. xxxii. 4. The Lord, he is the rock, 
his work is perfect ; all his ways are judg- 
ment : a God of truth, and without iniquity, 
just and right is he. — Ver. 31. Their rock is 
not as our rock, even our enemies themselves 
being judges. 1 Sam. ii. 2. 

xxxiii. 27. The eternal God is thy refuge, 
and underneath are the everlasting arms. — 
Ver. 29. The Lord, the shield of thy help, and 
the sword of thine excellency. 

2 Sam. xxii. 2, 3. David said, the Lord is 
my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer ; 
the God of my rock, in him will I trust : he 
is my shield and the horn of my salvation, 
and my high tower, and my refuge, and my 
Saviour. Ver. 32. 47. 51. Ps. xviii. 2. 31. 35. 
46.— iii. 3.— cxliv. 2. 

Ps. v. 1 2. Thou, Lord, wilt bless the right- 
eous ; with favour thou wilt compass him as 
with a shield. 

ix. 9. The Lord will be a refuge for the op- 
pressed ; a refuge in times of trouble. / 

xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength and my 
shield ; my heart trusted in him, and I am 
helped ; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, 
and with my song will I praise him. 

xxxi. 3. Thou art my rock and my fortress ; 
therefore for thy name's sake lead me and 
guide me. Ps. 'xi. 2. — lxxi. 3. 7. 

xxxiii. 20. Our soul waiteth for the Lord : 
he is our help and shield. Ps. lix. 11. — 
lxxxiv. 9. 

xlii. 9. I will say unto God, my rock, Why 
hast thou forgotten me 1 

xlvi. I. God is our refuge and strength; a 
very present help in trouble. Ver. 7. 1 1. 

xlvii. 9. The shields that defend the earth 
are the Lord's. 

xlviii. 3. God is known in the palaces of 
Zion for a refuge. 

lvii. 1. In the shadow of thy wings will I 
make my refuge, until these calamities be 
overpast. Ps. lxi. 4. 

lix. 16. I will sing aloud of thy power, and 
of thy mercy : for thou hast been my defence 
and refuge in the day of trouble. 

lxi. 3. Thou hast been a tower from the 
enemy. 

lxii. 7. The rock of my strength, and my 
refuge, is in God. Ver. 6. 8. 

lxxxiv. 11. The Lord is a sun and shield. 

lxxxix. 26. Thou art my Father, my God, 
and the rock of my salvation. Ps. xcv. 1. 

xci. 2. I will say of the Lord, He is my 
refuge, and my fortress ; my God ; in hinu 
will I trust. Ver. 4. Ps. xciv. 22.— cxv. 9 
10, 11. 

cxix. 114. Thou art my hiding-place, and 
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cxlii. 4, 5. Refuge failed me, no man cared 
for my soul. I cried unto thee, O Lord : I 
said, Thou art my refuge, and my portion in 
the land of the living. 

Prov. xiv. 26. In the fear of the Lord is 
strong confidence ; and his children shall have 
a place of refuge. 

xviii. 10. The name of the Lord is a strong 
tower ; the righteous runneth into it, and is 
safe. 

Isa. iv. 6. There shall be a place of refuge, 
and covert from the storm. 

xxv. 4. Thou hast been a strength to the 
poor, a strength to the needy in his distress ; 
a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the 
heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as 
a storm against the wall. 

Jer. xvi. 19. O Lord, my strength, and my 
fortress, my refuge in the day of affliction. 

Nah. i. 7. The Lord is a strong hold in the 
day of trouble. 

Heb. vi. 18. We have fled for refuge to lay 
hold on the hope set before us [i. e. Christ.] 

HELP. 

LXI V. God is a helper to his people. Deut. 
xxxiii. 26. Who rideth upon the heaven in 
thy help. 

1 Chron. xii. 18. Thy God helpeth thee. 

2 Chron. xxv. 8. God hath power to help 
and to cast down. 

xxxii. 8. With us is the Lord our God, to 
help us. 

Ps. x. 14. Thou art the helper of the father- 
less. 

xlvi. 1, God is a very present help in 
trouble. 

lxxii. 12. He delivereth him that hath no 
helper. 

lxxxix. 19. I have laid help upon one that 
is mighty. 

cxv. 9. Israel, trust thou in the Lord : he 
is their help and shield. Ver. 10, 11. 

cxlvi. 5. Happy is he that hath the God of 
Jacob for his help. 

Hos. xiii. 9. O Israel, thou hast destroyed 
thyself; but in me is thy help. 

Rom. viii. 26. The Spirit helpeth our in- 
firmities. 

Heb. iv. 16. Let us come boldly to the 
throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, 
and find grace to help in time of need. 

xiii. 6. We may boldly say, The Lord is 
my helper, I will not fear what man shall do 
unto me. 

Help from God promised. Gen. xlix. 25. 
The God of thy father shall help thee, and 
bless thee. 

Ps. xxxvii. 40. The Lord shall help the 
-righteous, and deliver them. 



xlvi. 5. God shall help, and that right early. 

Isa. xli. 10. Fear thou not, for I am with 
thee ; be not dismayed, for I am thy God : I 
will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; 
yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of 
my righteousness. Ver. 13, 14. Ch. xliv.,2. 

1. 7. The Lord will help me ; therefore will 
I not be confounded. Ch. xlix. 8. Ps. xliv. 5. 

Help prayed for. Deut. xxxiii. 7. Be thou 
a help to Judah from his enemies. 

Ps. xii. 1. Help, Lord, for the godly man 
ceaseth. 

xx. 2. Send help from the sanctuary, and 
strengthen thee. 

xxxv. 2. Lord stand up for my help. Ps. 
cix. 26. 

xxxviii. 22. Make haste to help me, O 
Lord, my salvation. Ps. xxii. 1. 19. — xl. 13 
— lxx. 1. — Ixxi. 12. 

lix. 4. Awake to help me. 

Ix. 11. Give us help from trouble; for vain 
is the help of man. Ps. cviii. 12. 

Ixxix. 9. Help us, God of our salvation, 
for the glory of thy name. 

cxix. 173. Let thy hand help me; for I 
have chosen thy precepts. — Ver. 175. Let thy 
judgments help me. See 2 Chron. xiv. 11.— 
xx. 4. 9. 

Help from God acknowledged. Exod. 
xviii. 4. Moses said, The God of my father 
was my help. 

1 Sam. vii. 12. Samuel said, Hitherto hath 
the Lord helped us. 

Ps. xxvii. 9. David said, Thou hast been 
my help ; leave me not, neither forsake me, O 
God of my salvation. 

xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength and my 
shield: my heart trusted in him, and I am 
helped. Ps. xxxiii. 20. 

xl. 17. Thou art my help, and my deliverer. 
Ps. liv. 4. — lxx. 5. 

Ixiii. 7, Thou hast been my help ; therefore 
in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 

xciv. 17. Unless the Lord had been my 
help, my soul had dwelt in silence. 

cxvi. 6. I was brought low, and he helped 
me. Ps. cxviii. 13. 

cxviii. 7. The Lord taketh my part with 
them that help me. 

cxxi. 1, 2. I will lift up mine eyes unto the 
hills from whence cometh my help. My help 
cometh from the Lord, which made heaven 
and earth. 

cxxiv. 8. Our help is in the name of the 
Lord, who made heaven and earth. 

Acts xxvi. 22. Having obtained help of 
God, I continue unto this day. See 1 Chron. 
xv. 26. 2 Chron. xviii. 31.— xxvi. 7. 15. Ps. 
xliv. 26. Isa. xlix. 8. 

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Ps. xxxiii. 17. An horse is a vain thing for 
safety. 

lx. 11. "Vain is the help of man, Ps. 
cviii. 12. 

cxxvii. 1 . Except the Lord build the house, 
they labour in vain. 

cxlvi. 3. Put not your trust in princes, nor 
in the son of man, in whom there is no help. 

Jer. iii. 23. Truly in vain is salvation hoped 
for from the hills and from the multitude of 
mountains : truly in the Lord our God is the 
salvation of Israel. 



GOD A DELIVERER. 

LXVI. God delivereth from sickness. Deut. 
vii. 15. The Lord will take away from thee 
all sickness, and will put none of the evil dis- 
eases of Egypt upon thee. Exod. xv. 26. — 
xxiii. 25. 

Job xxxiii. 25. His flesh shall be fresher 
than a child's : he shall return to the days of 
his youth. — Ver. 28. God will deliver his soul 
from going into the pit, and his life shall see 
the light. 

Ps. xci. 3. 5, 6. He shall deliver thee ; thou 
shalt no*, be afraid for the terror by night, nor 
for the arrow that flieth by day ; nor for the 
pestilence that walketh in darkness ; nor for 
the destruction that wasteth at noon-day. 

ciii. 3. Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, 
who healeth all thy diseases. Ps. xli. 3. — 
cxvi. 6. 

Jer. xxxiii. 6. Behold I will bring health 
and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal 
unto them the abundance of peace and truth. 

LXVII. God delivereth from enemies, op- 
pression, Sj-c. Exod. iii. 8. The Lord said, I 
am come down to deliver my people out of the 
hand of the Egyptians. 

xii. 27. The Lord smote the Egyptians, and 
delivered our houses. Ch. xviii. 4. 8, 10. 
Tudges x. 11. 

Deut. xxiii. 14. The Lord thy God walketh 
in the midst of thy camp to deliver thee, and 
to give up thine enemies before thee. 

1 Sam. xvii. 37. David said, The Lord de- 
livered me out. of the paw of the lion, and out 
of the paw of the bear. 

2 Sam. xii. 7. The Lord said to David, I 
anointed thee king, and delivered thee out of 
the hand of Saul. Ch. xxii. 2. 18. 20. 49. 

2 Kings xiii. 17. Elisha said, The arrow of 
the Lord's deliverance. 

xvii. 39. The Lord your God ye shall fear, 
and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all 
your enemies. 

xx. 6. The Lord said to Hezekiah, I will 
deliver thee and this city out of the hand of 



the king of Assyria. Ch. xix. 34, 35. Mic. 
v. 6. Isa. xxxi. 5. 

1 Chron. xi. 14. The Lord saved the Is- 
raelites from the Philistines, by a great deli- 
verance, 

2 Chron. xii. 7. The Lord said, I will not 
destroy them, but will grant them a deliver- 
ance. 

Ezra ix. 13. Thou hast punished us less 
than our iniquities deserve ; and hast given us 
a deliverance. 

Neh. ix. 28. Many times didst thou deliver 
them according to thy mercies. Ps. cvi. 43. 

Job v. 19. He shall deliver thee in six trou- 
bles, in seven there shall no evil touch thee, 
Ps. liv. 7. — Ixxxi. 7. 

xxxiii. 24. He is gracious, and saith, Deli- 
ver him from going down to the pit. Ver. 28. 

Ps. xviii. 2. The Lord is my deliverer. Ver. 
17.43. 48.50. 

xxii. 4. Our fathers trusted in thee, and thou 
deliveredst them. Ver. 5. 

xxxii. 7. Thou art my hiding-place ; thou 
shalt compass me about with songs of deliver- 
ance. 

lv. 18. He hath delivered my soul in peace, 
from the battle that was against me. 

lvi. 13. Thou hast delivered my soul from 
death. Ps. lxxxvi. 13. — cxvi. 8. 

lxxviii. 42. They remembered not the day, 
when he delivered them from the enemy. 

Isa. xxxviii. 17. Thou hast, in love to my 
soul, delivered it from the pit of corruption. 

xlvi. 3, 4. O house of Jacob, I will carry 
you, and will deliver you. 

Ezek. xiii. 21. I will deliver my people out 
of your hand : (viz. from the false prophets, 
ver. 16.) Ch. xxxiv. 12. 

Dan. vi. 27. God delivereth and rescueth, 
and worketh signs and wonders in heaven and 
earth. 

Acts vii. 10. God delivered Joseph out of 
all his afflictions. 

Col. i. 13. The Father delivered us from 
the power of darkness. 

2 Pet. ii. 7. God delivered just Lot, vexed 
with the filthy conversation of the wicked. 

LXVIII. Christ a deliverer. Rom. xi. 26. 
There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer. 
Isa. lix. 20. 

Gal. i. 4. The Lord Jesus gave himself for 
our sins, that he might deliver us from this 
present evil world. 

1 Thess. i. 10. Jesus delivered us from the 
wrath to come. 

Heb. ii. 15. Jesus took part of flesh and 
blood, that he might deliver them who through 
fear of death were all their life-time subject to 
bondage. 

Rom. vii. 6. By Christ we are delivered 



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from the law. Ver. 24, 25. From the body 
of death. Ch viii. 21. From the bondage of 
corruption. 

Deliverance prayed for. Gen. xxxii. 11. 
Jacob said, Deliver me I pray thee from the 
hand of my brother. 

1 Sam. xxiv. 15. David said to Saul, The 
Lord plead my cause, and deliver me out of 
thy hand. 

xxvi. 24. Let the Lord deliver me out of all 
tribulation. 

Ps. vi. 4. Lord deliver my soul. 

vii. 1. Save me from all them that perse- 
cute me, and deliver me. Ps. cxlii. 6. — 
cxliii. 9. 

xvii. 13. Deliver my soul from the wicked, 
which is thy sword. 

xxii. 20. Deliver my soul from the sword ; 
my darling from the power of the dog, 

xxv. 19, 20. Consider mine enemies, for 
they are many ; and they hate me with cruel 
hatred. O keep my soul, and deliver me. 

xxvii. 12. Deliver me not over to the will 
of mine enemies : for false witnesses are risen 
up against me. Ps. lxxiv. 19. 

xxxi. 1, 2. Deliver me in thy righteousness. 
Bow down thine ear to me, and deliver me 
speedily. — Ver. 15. Deliver me from the hand 
of mine enemies, and from them that perse- 
cute me. 

xl. 13. Be pleased, Lord, to deliver me. — 
Ver. 14. Let them be ashamed and confound- 
ed, that seek after my soul to destroy it. 

xliii. 1. O deliver me from the deceitful and 
unjust man. Ps. lix. 2. — lxxi. 4. — cxl. 1. — 
cxliv. 2. 7. 11. 

xliv. 4, 5. God, command deliverances 
for Jacob. Through thee we will push down 
our enemies. 

lx. 5. That thy beloved may be delivered, 
save with thy right hand. Ps. cviii. 6. 

lxix. 14. Deliver me out of the mire, and 
let me not sink: let me be delivered from 
them that hate me, and out of the deep wa- 
ters. — Ver. 18. Deliver me because of mine 
enemies. 

cvii. 6. They cried unto the Lord in their 
trouble, and he delivered them out of their 
distresses. Ver. 20. He delivered them from 
their destructions. 

cix. 21. Because thy mercy is good, do 
thou deliver me. 

cxix. 134. Deliver me from the oppression 
of man. — Ver. 153. Consider mine affliction, 
and deliver me. Ver. 154. 170. 

Matt. vi. 13. Deliver us from evil. See Isa. 
xix. 20. Rom. xv. 31. 

LXIX. Persons that shall be delivered are, 
the poor and needy. Job xxxv' 15. He de- 
livered the poor in his affliction. 



Ps. xxxv. 10. Lord, who is like unto thee, 
which deliverest the poor from him that is too 
strong for him, yea, the poor and needy from 
him that spoileth him ] See Ps. lxxii. 12.— 
lxxxii. 4. Jer. xx. 13. 

LXX. Prophets and apostles delivered. 
Jer. i. 8. Be not afraid of their faces, (saith 
the Lord to his prophet,) for I am with thee 
to deliver thee. Ver. 19. Ch. xv. 19, 20, 21. 
Ch. xxxix. 17. 

Acts xxvi. 15 — 17. I am Jesus : I have ap- 
peared unto thee, delivering thee from the peo- 
ple, and from the Gentiles, to whom I now 
send thee. 

2 Cor. i. 10. God delivered us from so great 
a death, and doth deliver ; in whom we trust, 
that he will yet deliver us. See 2 Tim. iii. 
11.— iv. 17, 18. 

LXXI. All God's faithful servants shall be 
delivered. Job xxii. 30. He shall deliver the 
island of the innocent. 

Ps. xxxiii. 18, 19. The eye of the Lord is 
upon them that fear him, upon them that hope 
in his mercy, to deliver their soul from death. 

xxxiv. 17. The righteous cry, and the Lord 
delivereth them out of all their troubles. Ver. 
7. 19. Ps. xxxvii. 40. Prov. xi. 8. 

xli. 1. He that considereth the poor, the 
Lord will deliver him. Ver. 2. 

1. 15. Call upon me in the day of trouble ; 
I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. 

xci. 14. Because he hath set his love upon 
me, therefore will I deliver him. Ver. 2, 3, 4. 1 5. 

Prov. xxviii. 26. Whoso walketh wisely 
shall be delivered. 

Ezek. xiv. 16. Noah, Daniel, and Job, 
should be delivered in a city devoted to de- 
struction by the Lord. 

Dan. iii. 17. Our God whom we serve is 
able to deliver us from the fiery furnace, — 
Ver. 28. God sent his angel, and delivered his 
servants that trusted in him. 

xii. 1. At that time thy people shall be de- 
livered, every one that shall be found written 
in the book. 

Joel ii. 32. Whosoever shall call on the 
name of the Lord shall be delivered. Obad. 
ver. 17. 

LXXII. Deliverance from moral evil or 
sin. Ps. xxxix. 8. Deliver me from all my 
transgressions. 

Ii. 1 4. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O 
God of my salvation. 

Ixxix. 8, 9. O remember not against us 
former iniquities. Deliver us and purge away 
our sins for thy name's sake. 

cxix. 170 Deliver me according to thy word. 

Matt. vi. 13. Deliver us from evil. 



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LXXIII. God delivereth into natural evil. 
He delivereth the wicked into the hands of 
their enemies. Gen. xiv. 20. Melchizedek said 
to Abram, Blessed be the most high God, who 
hath delivered thine enemies into thine hand. 

Exod. xxiii. 31. The Lord said, [to his 
people,] I will deliver the inhabitants of the 
land into your hand. Deut. iii. 2. — vii. 2. 16. 
23. 24. 

Numb. xxi. 3. The Lord delivered up the 
Canaanites, and Israel destroyed them. 

Deut. ii. 33. The Lord delivered Sihon, &c. 
Ver. 36. Judg. xi. 9. 21. 

xxviii. 25. If thou rebel, thou shalt be 
smitten before thine enemies. Ver. 29. — See 
this fulfilled, 2 Chron. xxix. 8. Neh. ix. 26, 
27 Ps. Ixxviii. 59. 61. Isa. xlii. 24, 25. 

1 Sam. xxiv. 10. David said to Saul, This 
day the Lord delivered thee into mine hand. 
See 1 Sam. xvii. 46. 

1 Kings xiii. 26. The prophet said, The 
man of God was disobedient to the word of 
the Lord, therefore the Lord hath delivered 
him unto the lion. 

2 Chron. xxv. 20. Amaziah would not 
hearken to advice, for it came of God, that he 
might deliver them into the hand of their 
enemies. 

Isa. xxxiv. 2, 3. The indignation of the 
Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all 
their armies ; he hath utterly destroyed them, 
he hath delivered them to the slaughter. Their 
slain shall be cast out, &c. Ver. 5. Ch. xiii. 
3, 4, 5. Hab. i. 12. 

Jer. xv. 9. The residue of them will I de- 
liver to the sword before their enemies, saith 
the Lord. 

xx. 4. Thus saith the Lord, I will make 
thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends, 
and they shall fall by the sword of their ene- 
mies : and I will give Judah into the hand of 
the king of Babylon. Ver. 5. 

xxi. 4. 7. Thus saith the Lord God of Is- 
rael, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of 
war that are in your hands, wherewith ye 
fight against the king of Babylon. And I 
will deliver Zedekiah, &c. into the hands of 
Nebuchadnezzar. Ch. xxiv. 8, 9, 10. — xxix. 
17. 21. 

xliii. 10, 11. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel, I will take Nebuchadnezzar 
the king of Babylon, my servant, and he shall 
deliver such as are for death, to death, &c. 
Ch. xlvi. 26. 

Ezek. xi. 8, 9. I will bring a sword upon 
you, saith the Lord. I will deliver you into 
the hands of strangers. Ver. 10. 

xvi. 27. For thy wickedness, I have dimi- 
nished thy ordinary food, and have delivered 
thee unto the will of them that hate thee. 
Mic. vi. 14. 



xxi. 31. I will deliver thee into the hand 
of brutish men, skilful to destroy. Ver. 32. 
Ch. xxiii. 28.— xxv. 7.— xxxi. 10, 11. 

Amos iii. 6. Shall there be evil in a city, 
and the Lord hath not done it 1 

Heathens delivered into the hands of Is- 
rael. Og. Deut. iii. 2. — Amorites. Josh. x. 12. 
— Many kings. Ch. xi. 6. — All their enemies. 
Ch. xxi. 44. — The Canaanites. Judg. i. 4. — 
Sisera. Ch. iv. 7. — Midianites. Ch. vii. 7. — 
Zebaand Zalmunna. Ch.viii. 7. — Children of 
Ammon. Ch. xi. 32. — Philistines, 1 Sam. 
xxiii. 4. — Moabites. 2 Kings iii. 18. 



THE LORD DOTH KEEP HIS 
PEOPLE. 

LXXIV. God doth keep his servants from 
evil. Gen. xxviii. 15. The Lord said to Ja- 
cob, Behold, I am with thee, and will keep 
thee in all places whither thou goest, and- I 
will not leave thee. Ver. 20, 21. 

Exod. xxiii. 20. The Lord said, Behold, I 
send an angel before thee, to keep thee in the 
way, and to bring thee into the place which I 
have prepared. 

Numb. vi. 23 — 26. On this wise Aaron and 
his sons shall bless the children of Israel, say- 
ing: The Lord bless thee, and keep thee. 
The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and 
be gracious unto thee. The Lord lift up his 
countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. 

Deut. xxxii. 10. The Lord kept Jacob as 
the apple of his eye. 

Josh. xiv. 10. Moses said, The Lord hath 
kept me alive, &c. 

1 Sam. ii. 9. The Lord will keep the feet 
of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in 
darkness : for by strength shall no man prevail. 

xxv. 32. 34. David said, Blessed be the 
Lord, that hath kept his servant from doing 
evil. Ver. 39. 

1 Chron. iv. 10. Jabez called on God, and 
said, O that thou wouldest bless me, and keep 
me from evil. 

Job xxxiii. 18. He keepeth back his soul 
from the pit, and his life from perishing by the 
sword. 

Ps. xii. 7. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord ; 
thou shalt preserve them from this generation. 
Ps. xxxi. 20. 

xvii. 8. Keep me as the apple of the eye : 
hide me under the shadow of thy wings. 

xix. 13. Keep back thy servant from pre- 
sumptuous sins. 

xxv. 20. O keep my soul and deliver me : 
let me not be ashamed, for I trust in thee. 

xxx. 3. O Lord, thou hast brought up my 
soul from the grave ; thou hast kept me alive. 

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them that fear him, to keep them alive in 
famine. 

xxxiv. 20. The Lord keepeth all his bones, 
not one of them is broken. 

xci. 11. He shall give his angels charge 
over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 

cxxi. 3. He will not suffer thy foot to be 
moved : he that keepeth thee will not slumber. 
— Ver. 5. The Lord is thy keeper. 

cxxvii. 1. Except the Lord keep the city, 
the watchman waketh but in vain. 

cxl. 4. Keep me, O Lord, from the hands 
of the wicked. 

cxli. 3. O Lord, keep the door of my lips. 
— Ver. 9. Keep me from the snare laid for me. 

Prov. iii. 26. The Lord shall keep thy foot 
from being taken. 

Isa. xxvi. 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect 
peace, whose mind is stayed on thee. 

xxvii. 3. The Lord will keep his vineyard ; 
he will water it. he will keep it night and day. 

xlii. 6. I will keep thee, and give thee for a 
covenant of the people. 

Jer, xxxi. 10. He will gather Israel, and 
keep him as a shepherd doth his flock. 

John xvii. 1 1, Jesus prayed thus, Holy 
Father, keep through thine own name, those 
whom thou hast given me. — Ver. 15. I pray 
that thou should st keep them from the evil 
that is in the world. 

2 Thess. iii. 3. The Lord is faithful, who 
shall establish you, and keep you from evil. 

2 Tim. i. 12. The Lord whom I have be- 
lieved, is able to keep that which I have com- 
mitted unto him. 

1 Pet. i. 5. We are kept by the power of 
God, through faith unto salvation. 

iv. 19. Let them that suffer according to 
the will of God, commit the keeping of their 
souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful 
Creator. 

Jude 24, 25. Unto him that is able to keep 
you from falling, and to present you faultless 
before the presence of his glory with exceeding 
joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be 
glory and majesty, dominion and power, both 
now and ever. 

Rev. iii. 10. I will keep thee from the hour 
of temptation. 



GOD PRESERVETH. 



way wherein we went, among all people 
through whom we passed. 

2 Sam. viii. 6. The Lord preserved David 
whithersoever he went. 1 Sam. xxx. 23. 

Neh. ix. 6. Lord, thou hast made all things, 
and thou preservest them all. 

Job vii. 20. I have sinned, what shall I do 
unto thee, O thou preserver of men 1 

x. 12. Thou hast granted me life and fa* 
vour, and thy visitation hath preserved my 
spirit. 

xxix. 2. O that I were as in months past, 
as in the days when God preserved 'me. 

Ps. xvi. 1. Preserve me, God ; for in thee 
do I put my trust. 

xxxi. 23. The Lord preserveth the faithful. 

xxxii. 7. Thou art my hiding-place, thou 
shalt preserve me from trouble. 

xxxvi. 6. O Lord, thou preservest man and 
beast. 

xxxvii. 28. The Lord forsaketh not his 
saints ; they are preserved for ever. 

xli. 2. The Lord will preserve him, ana 
keep him alive, and he shall be blessed, that 
considereth the poor. 

lxiv. 1. God, preserve my life from fear 
of the enemy. 

Ixxix. 11. Preserve thou those that are ap- 
pointed to die. 

lxxxvi. 2. Preserve my soul, O thou my 
God ; save thy servant that trusteth in thee. 

xcvii. 10. The Lord preserveth the souls 
of his saints ; he delivereth them out of the 
hand of the wicked. Ps. cxl. 1. 

cxvi. 6. The Lord preserveth the simple. 

cxxi. 7, 8. The Lord shall preserve thee 
from all evil ; he shall preserve thy soul. He 
shall preserve thy going out and coming in. 

cxlv. 20. The Lord preserveth all them that 
love him. 

cxlvi. 9. The Lord preserveth the strangers ; 
he relieveth the fatherless and widow. Jer. 
xlix. 11. 

Prov. ii. 8. He preserveth the way of his 
saints. 

Isa. xlix. 6. Thou art my servant, to restore 
the preserved of Israel. 

1 Thess. v. 23. I pray God that your whole 
spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved blame- 
less unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 Tim. iv. 18. The Lord will preserve me 
unto his heavenly kingdom. 



GOD IS THE CREATOR. 



LXXV. God preserveth his people. Gen. 
xlv. 7. Joseph said, God sent me hither, to 
preserve you a posterity in the earth. 

Deut. vi. 24. God commanded us to do these LXX VI. God is the Creator of his people. 

statutes, and to fear the Lord our God, for our Ps. Ii. 10. Create in me a clean heart, O God; 

good always, that he might preserve us alive renew a right spirit within me. 

as at this day. cii. 18. The people that shall be created 

Josh. xxiv. 17. God preserved us in all the! shall praise the Lord. 



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cxlix. 2. Let Israel rejoice in him that made 
him ; let the children of Zion be joyful in their 
king. 

Isa. xliii. 1. Thus saith the Lord that cre- 
ated thee, O Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel, 
Fear not, for I have redeemed thee ; I have 
called thee by name, thou art mine. — Ver. 7. 
I have created him for my glory, I have formed 
him, yea I have made him. — Ver. 15. I am 
the Lord, your holy One, the Creator of Israel, 
your King. — Ver. 21. This people have I 
formed for myself, they shall shew forth my 
praise. Oh. xliv. 2. 21. 24.— xlvi. 4. 

Ezek. xxxvii. from ver. 1 to 15. The vision 
of dry bones raised to life. 

Threats against those who apostatized after 
they had been created. Deut. xxxii. 6. Do 
ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and 
unwise } Is he not thy Father, that hath 
bought thee ? hath he not made thee, and es- 
tablished thee 1 

Ver. 15. Jeshurun forsook God that made 
him. — Ver. 18. Of the Rock that begat thee, 
thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God 
that formed thee. 

Ver. 19. The Lord abhorred them. — Ver. 
23. He said, I will heap mischiefs upon them. 

Ezek. xxi. 30. Thus saith the Lord, I will 
judge thee in the place where thou wast cre- 
ated, in the land of thy nativity. See Jerusa- 
lem's birth and nativity described, Ch. xvi. 
3 to 14. 

Ver. 31. I will pour mine indignation upon 
thee ; I will blow against thee in the fire of 
my wrath ; and deliver thee into the hand of 
brutish men, skilful to destroy. Ver. 32. 

xxviii. 12 — 16. Thus saith the Lord God to 
Tyrus : Thou wast perfect in thy ways, from 
the day that thou wast created, till iniquity 
was found in thee. Thou hast sinned, there- 
fore I will cast thee as profane out of the 
mountain of God. Ver. 18. 

LXXVII. God the Creator of Christians.- 
they are new creatures, God's workmanship. 
Rom. xiv. 20. For meat, destroy not thou the 
work of God. 

2 Cor. v. 17. If any man be in Christ, he 
is a new creature. 

Gal. vi. 15. In Christ Jesus, neither circum- 
cision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, 
but a new creature. 

Eph. i. 6. He hath made us accepted in the 
beloved. 

Col. i. 12. He hath made us meet to be 
partakers of the inheritance of the saints in 
light. 

Eph. ii. 10. We are his workmanship, cre- 
ated in Christ Jesus unto good works. 

Ver. 1 3. Ye are made nigh by the blood of 
Christ. Ver. 15. 

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Rev. i. 6. He hath made us kings and priests 
to God and his Father. 

LXXVIII. Duty of Christians as netc 
creatures. Rom. vi. 4. We should walk in 
newness of life. 

vii. 6. We should serve in newness of spirit 

xii. 2. Be ye transformed by the renewing 
of your mind. 

1 Cor. v. 7. Purge out the old leaven, that 
ye may be a new lump. 

Eph. iv. 22. 24. Put off the old man, which 
is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts : And 
put on the new man, which after God is cre- 
ated in righteousness and true holiness. 

Col. iii. 9. Ye have put off the old man 
with his deeds ; and have put on the new man, 
which is renewed in knowledge after the image 
of him that created him. 

1 Pet. iv. 19. Let those that suffer accord- 
ing to the will of God, commit the keeping of 
their souls unto him in well doing, as unto a 
faithful Creator. 

LXXIX. God is to his people their planter^ 
builder, Sfc. ; they are his planting, his vine- 
yard which he voatereth and maketh fruit- 
ful { his house, his building, fyc. 

God planted the Jewish nation in the land 
of Canaan. Exod. xv. 17. Thou shalt bring 
them in, and plant them in the mountain of 
thine inheritance, in the sanctuary which thy 
hands have established. 2 Sam. vii. 10. 

Jer. xxxii. 41. I will plant them in this 
land assuredly, with my whole heart. Ch. 
xxiv. 6.— xxxi. 4. 12. 28.— xlii. 10. 

Amos ix. 15. I will plant them upon their 
land, and they shall no more be pulled up out 
of their land, saith the Lord. 

LXXX. The Lord planted, watered, and 
made fruitful, the Jewish church. Ps. lxxx. 
8. Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt, 
thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it, 
Ver. 15. Ps. Ixxii. 16. 

Isa. iv. 2. In that day shall the branch of 
the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the 
fruit of the earth shall be excellent and 
comely. Ch. Ix. 21. 

v. 1,2. My beloved hath a vineyard in a 
very fruitful hill : He fenced it, and planted 
it with the choicest vine. — Ver. 7. The vine- 
yard of the Lord of hosts is the house of 
Israel. 

xxvii. 3. I the Lord do keep the vineyard ; 
I will water it every moment : lest any hurt it, 
I will keep it night and day. Ver. 2. 6. Ch. 
xxxvii. 31. 

xxxv. 7. The parched ground shall become 
a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water. 

xli. 18. I will open rivers in high places, 
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and fountains in the midst of the valleys ; I 
will make the wilderness a pool of water. 
Ver. 19, 20. 

xliv. 3, 4. I will pour water upon him that 
is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground ; I 
will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my 
blessing upon thine offspring. And they 
shall spring up as among the grass, as willows 
by the water-courses. Ch. xlix. 10. — lviii. 11. 

Ixi. 3. That they might be called trees of 
righteousness, the planting of the Lord that 
he might be glorified. — Ver. 11. For as the 
earth bringeth forth her bud, and the garden 
causeth the things that are sown in it to 
spring forth; so the Lord will cause right- 
eousness and praise to spring forth before all 
the nations. Jer. xxxi. 12. 

Hos. ii. 23. I will sow her unto me in the 
earth, and I will have mercy upon her that 
had not obtained mercy. 

xiv. 5. I will be as the dew unto Israel ; he 
shall grow as the lily and cast forth his roots 
as Lebanon. — Ver. 7, 8. They shall revive as 
the corn, and grow as the vine. I am like a 
green fir-tree, from me is thy fruit found. 

Mai. iv. 2. Ye shall go forth and grow up 
as calves of the stall. See Jer. xviii. 9. 

LXXXI. Apostasy, or unfruit fulness, 
threats and reproof s against it. Jer. ii. 21. 
I planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right 
seed : how then art thou turned into the de- 
generate plant of a strange vine unto me ] 

xi. 17. The Lord of hosts that planted thee 
hath pronounced evil against thee. Ch. xlv. 
4. Ezek. xvii. 5. 8, 9.— xix. 10. 12. 

Jer. xviii. 7. 9, 10. At what instant I speak 
concerning a nation to pluck up, &c. 

Matt. iii. 10. Every tree that bringeth not 
forth good fruit, is hewn down and cast into 
the fire. 

xiii, 3. See the parable of the sower. (Mark 



iv. 3. Luke viii. 5.) Ver. 24. The parable 
of the wheat and tares. 

xxi. 33. The parable of the husbandman 
letting out the vineyard, and requiring the 
fruits. Mark xii. 1. Luke xx. 9. 

Luke xiii. 6. The parable of the unfruitful 
fig-tree cumbering the ground. Ver. 7, 8, 9. 

LXXXII. The fruitful, whether Jews or 
Gentiles, are God's planting. Ps. i. 3. The 
righteous shall be like a tree planted by the 
rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in 
his season; his leaf shall not wither. Jer. 
xvii. 8. 

xcii. 13, 14. Those that be planted in the 
house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts 
of our God. They shall bring forth fruit in 
old age ; they shall be fat and flourishing. 

Matt. vii. 17. Every good tree bringeth forth 
good fruit. Ver. 18. Ch. xii. 33. 

John xv. 1, 2. I am the true vine, my Fa- 
ther is the husbandman. Every branch that 
beareth not fruit he taketh away ; and every 
branch that beareth fruit he purgeth, that it 
may bring forth more fruit. Ver. 4, 5, 6. 8. 

Rom. vi. 22. Ye have your fruit unto holi- 
ness, and the end everlasting life. Ch. vii. 4. 

1 Cor. iii. 9. Ye are God's husbandry ; ye 
are God's building. 

Eph. ii. 20—22. Ye are built upon the 
foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus 
Christ himself being the chief corner-stone ; 
in whom all the building fitly framed together, 
groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord. In 
whom ye are builded together for an habita- 
tion of God through the Spirit. 

2 Thess. i. 3. We are bound to thank God 
for you, brethren, because your faith groweth 
exceedingly, and the charity of every one of 
you toward each other aboundeth. 

1 Pet. ii. 5. Ye also, as lively stones, are 
built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood. 



CHAPTER IV. 

PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST, HIS SUFFERINGS, DEATH, 
RESURRECTION, &c, MIRACLES. 



I. The testimony of prophecy appealed to 
as a foundation of faith in Christ. John 
v. 39. Search the Scriptures, for in them ye 
think ye have eternal life, and they are they 
which testify of me. 

Ver. 44. How can ye believe, which receive 
honour one of another, and seek not the ho- 
nour that cometh from God only 1 



Ver. 45 — 47. There is one that accuseth 
you, even Moses in whom ye trust. For had 
ye believed Moses, ye would have believed 
me, for he wrote of me. (John i. 45.) But 
if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye 
believe my words 1 

Matt. xxvi. 24. The Son of man goeth, as 
it is written of him. Mark ix. 12. It is writ- 



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ten of the Son of man, that he must suffer 
many things. 

Luke xviii. 31. All things written by the 
prophets concerning the Son of man, shall be 
accomplished. 

\xii. 37. This that is written must be ac- 
complished in me. 

xxiv. 44. All things must be fulfilled which 
were written in the law of Moses, and in the 
prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me. 
— Ver. 46. Thus it is written, and thus it be- 
hoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the 
dead the third day. 

n. The testimony of prophecy urged by 
the apostles. Acts xvii. 2, 3. Paul reasoned 
out of the Scriptures ; opening and alleging 
that Christ must needs have suffered, and 
risen again from the dead ; and that this Jesus 
whom I preach unto you is Christ. 

xxiv. 14. After the way which they call 
heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, 
believing all things which are written in the 
law and the prophets. 

xxvi. 22, 23. I continue witnessing both to 
small and great, saying none other things 
than those which the prophets and Moses 
did say should come : That Christ should 
suffer, and that he should be the first that 
should rise from the dead. 

iii. 18, Peter said, those things that God 
before had shewed, by the mouth of all his 
prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath 
fulfilled. 

x. 43. To him gave all the prophets wit- 
ness. 

xviii. 28. He mightily convinced the Jews, 
shewing by the Scriptures that Jesus was 
Christ. 

xxviii. 23. Paul expounded and testified 
the kingdom of God, persuading them con- 
cerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, 
and out of the prophets. 

III. Prophecies concerning Christ fulfilled, 
in his incarnation, life, death, resurrection, 
and ascension. Gen. iii. 15. The seed of the 
woman shall bruise the serpent's head. 

Isa. vii. 14. The Lord himself shall give 
you a sign: Behold a virgin shall conceive 
and bear a son, and shall call his name Im- 
manuel. 

ix. 6. Unto us a child is born, unto us a 
son is given. See this fulfilled in the concep- 
tion, and birth of Jesus. Matt. i. 18 to 25. 
Luke i. 28 to 35. 

Gal. iv. 4. God sent forth his Son, made of 
a woman. 

John i. 14. He was made flesh. 

Heb. ii. 1 4. He took part of flesh and blood 

Ver. 17. Was made like unto his brethren. 



Phil. ii. 7. Was made in the likeness of 
men. — Ver. 8. Was found in fashion as a man. 

IV. The nation, tribe, and family he was 
to descend from. Gen. xii. 3. Abram — in 
thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. 
Acts iii. 25. Gal. iii. 8. 

xxi. 12. In Isaac shall thy seed be called. 
Gal. iii. 16. Thy seed, which is Christ. 

xxvi. 4. Isaac — in thy seed shall all the na- 
tions of the earth be blessed. 

xxviii. 14. Jacob — in thy seed shall all the 
families of the earth be blessed. 

xlix. 8. Judah — thy brethren shall praise 
thee, &c. Ver. 1 0. 

Isa. xi. 1. David — a branch shall grow out 
of his roots. 

Ps. lxxxix. 29. His seed will I make to en- 
dure for ever. See Jer. xxiii. 5. — xxxiii. 15. 
Ps. xviii. 50. — lxxxix. 4. 36. — cxxxii. 11. 

John vii. 42. Christ cometh of the seed of 
David. 

Matt. xxii. 42. He is David's son. 

ix. 27. Thou son of David have mercy on 
us. Ch. xv. 22.— xx. 30. 

xxi. 9. Hosannah to the Son of David. 

Mark xi. 10. Blessed be the kingdom of our 
father David. 

Heb. vii. 14. It is evident our Lord sprang 
from Judah. 

Rom. i. 3. Jesus Christ was made of the 
seed of David. 

Acts xiii. 23. Of this man's seed, according 
to his promise, hath God raised unto Israel a 
Saviour. See Christ's descent reckoned. 
Matt. i. 1 to 18. Luke iii. 23 to 38. 

V. The time of Chrisfs life and death 
fixed by other events foretold in prophecy, 
well known when they happened. Gen. xlix. 
10. The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, 
nor a lawgiver from between his feet, till 
Shiloh come. [As a proof that this sceptre, 
the ensign of government, was departed from 
Judah at our Saviour's birth] — Joseph and 
Mary, with others, went to be taxed by the 
authority of a heathen emperor. Luke ii. 1 — 3. 

Dan. ix. 24. Seventy weeks are determined 
upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, to 
finish the transgression, and to make an end 
of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, 
and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and 
to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to 
anoint the most holy. 

Ver. 25. Know therefore and understand, 
that from the going forth of the command- 
ment to restore and build Jerusalem, unto the 
Messiah the prince, shall be seven weeks, and 
threescore and two weeks : the street shall be 
built again, and the wall even in troublous 
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Ver. 26. And after threescore and two 
weeks, shall Messiah be cut off, but not for 
himself; and the people of the prince that 
shall come, shall destroy the city and the 
sanctuary, and the end thereof shall be with a 
flood, and unto the end of the war desolations 
are determined. 

Hag. ii. 7. The desire of all nations shall 
come, and I will fill this house (viz. the tem- 
ple) with glory. — Ver. 9. The glory of this 
latter house shall be greater than that of the 
former house. (This glory it had above the 
former, but in other respects it was inferior 
to it. Ezra iii. 12. This fixes the coming of 
Christ while the temple was standing.) 

VI. The country and tovm where Christ 
should be born. Mic. v. 2. Thou Bethlehem 
Ephratah, though thou be little among the 
thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he 
come forth unto me, that is to be ruler in 
Israel. 

Fulfilled. Matt. ii. 1. Jesus was born in 
Bethlehem. 

John vii. 42. Christ cometh of the seed 
of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem 
where David was. 

VII. Of his forerunner, John Baptist. Isa. 
xl. 3. The voice of him that crieth in the 
wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord. 

Mai. iii. 1. I will send my messenger, and 
he shall prepare the way before me. 

iv. 5. I will send you Elijah the prophet. — 
Fulfilled. Matt. iii. 1. In those days came 
John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness 
of Judea, saying, Repent, for the kingdom of 
heaven is at hand. Luke i. 17. 

Matt. xi. 14. This is Elias which was for to 
come. 

xvii. 12. Elias is come already. Mark 
ix. 13. 

VIII. His purging the temple. Ps. lxix. 9. 
The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up. 

Matt. xxi. 12. Jesus cast out all them that 
sold and bought in the temple. Mark xi. 15. 
Luke xix. 45. John ii. 13, &c. 

IX. His working miracles. Isa. xxxv. 5, 6. 
The eyes of the blind shall be opened, the ears 
of the deaf shall be unstopped : The lame shall 
leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb 
shall sing. 

Fulfilled. Matt. xv. 30. Great multitudes 
came unto him, having with them those that 
were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many 
others, and he healed them. See New Testa- 
ment Miracles. 

X. That the Spirit of the Lord should be 



upon him. Isa. xi. 2. The Spirit of the Lord 
shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and 
understanding, &c. Ver. 3. 

Ixi. 1. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon 
me, because he hath anointed me to preach, &c. 

Ps. xlv. 7. God hath anointed thee with the 
oil of gladness above thy fellows. 

Fulfilled. Matt. iii. 16. He saw the Spirit 
of God descending like a dove, and lighting 
upon him. John i. 33. 

John iii. 34. God giveth not the Spirit by 
measure unto him. 

Acts iv. 27. Jesus whom thou hast anoint- 
ed. Ch. x. 38. 

XI. That he should be a prophet. Deut. 
xviii. 15. The Lord thy God will raise up unto 
thee a Prophet ; unto him shall ye hearken. 

Heb. i. 1. God, who spake unto the fathers 
by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken 
to us by his Son Christ. Heb. ii. 3. See 
Christ's predictions concerning his death, &c. 

XII. That he should preach or teach. Ps. 
xl. 9. I have preached righteousness in the 
great congregation. 

Isa. Ixi. 1. He hath anointed me to preach 
good tidings unto the meek. See Isa. xi. 2, 3, 
4.— ii. 3. Mic. iv. 2. 

Matt. iv. 23. Jesus went about preaching 
the gospel. Ch. ix. 35. 

xi. 27. Neither knoweth any man the Fa- 
ther, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the 
Son will reveal him. Ch. xvii. 5. 

John vii. 14. Now about the midst of the 
feast, Jesus went up into the temple and 
taught.-^Ver. 16. My doctrine is not mine, 
but his that sent me. 

xii. 49. I have not spoken of myself: but 
the Father which sent me gave me command 
ment what I should say. Ch. xiv. 10. 24. — 
(For the nature of his preaching, see his ser- 
mon, Matt. 5th, 6th, 7th chapters.) 

XIII. That he should not seek the applause 
of men. Isa. xlii. 2. He shall not cry, nor 
lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the 
street. 

Hence he said, John v. 41, I receive not 
honour from men. 

Matt. viii. 4. See thou tell no man. Ch. ix. 
30.— xvi. 20. Mark vii. 24. 

Mark v. 43. See that no man know it. Ch. 
ix. 30. 

XIV. Tfiat he should be a sufferer. Isa. 
Iii. 14. His visage was more marred than any 
man. 

liii. 3. A man of sorrows and acquainted 
with grief. 

Heb. iv. 1 5. He was touched with the feel- 
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Infirmities which he endured. Matt. iv. 1. 
He was tempted of the devil. 

Ver. 2. He fasted and hungered. Ch. 
xxi. 18. 

John xix. 28. He thirsted. Ch. iv. 7. 

iv. 6. He was weary. 

Matt. viii. 24. He slept. John xi. 35. He 
wept. 

Mark hi. 5. He was grieved. 

John xii. 27. His soul was troubled. 

Matt, xx vi. 37. He was sorrowful. 

Luke xxii. 44. In an agony he prayed. 

Matt. viii. 20. He had not where to lay his 
head. 



XV. That he should he despised of men. 
Isa. xlix. 7. Thus saith the Lord, To him 
whom man despiseth, whom the nation ab- 
horreth. 

liii. 2, 3. He hath no form nor comeliness, 
nor beauty that we should desire him. He is 
despised and rejected of men ; and we esteemed 
him not. 

Ps. xxii. 6. I am despised of the people. 
Ps. cxviii. 22. 

Fulfilled. John i. 1 1. He came to his own, 
and his own received him not. 

Luke xix. 14. They say, We will not have 
this man to reign over us. 

Matt, xxvii. 23. The people said, Let him 
be crucified. Ver. 25. His blood be upon us 
and our children. 

Luke xxiii. 18. They cried out all at once, 
saying, Away with this man. 

John xviii. 40. Release unto us, not this 
man, but Barabbas. 

XVI. He was hated. Luke xix. 14. His 
citizens hated him. 

John vii. 7. The world hateth me. 

xv. 18. It hated me before it hated you. 

Matt. x. 22. Ye shall be hated for my 
name's sake. Ch. xxiv. 9. Mark xiii. 13. 
Luke xxi. 17. 

XVII. That he should he reproached. Ps. 
xxii. 6. I am a reproach of men. 

XVIII. Reproaches cast upon him. Matt. 
xiii. 55. Is not this the carpenter's son. — Ver. 
57. They were offended in him. 

Mark vi. 3. Is not this the carpenter, the 
son of Mary 1 

John i. 46. Can any good thing come out 
of Nazareth 1 

vii. 52. Out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. 

Luke vii. 39. If this man were a prophet, 
he would have known who and what manner 
of woman this is that toucheth him, for she 
is a sinner. 

John ix. 24. This man is a sinner. 



Luke xv. 2. He receiveth sinners, and eateth 
with them. 

Matt. xi. 19. He is a man gluttonous, and 
a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sin- 
ners. Luke vii. 34. 

xxvii. 63. A deceiver. John vii. 12. He 
deceiveth the people. 

John ix. 16. This man is not of God. 

Matt. ix. 3. This man blasphemeth. 

xxvi. 65. Ye have heard his blasphemy. 
John x. 33. 

John x. 20. He hath a devil, and is mad, 
why hear ye him 1 

viii. 48. Thou art a Samaritan, and hast a 
devil. Ver. 52. 

Matt. xii. 24. This fellow doth not cast out 
devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of devils. 
Ch. ix. 34. 

Luke xvi. 14. They derided him. Ch. 
xxiii. 35. 

Matt, xxvii. 29. They mocked him. Ver. 
31. Mark xv. 20. 

John v. 16. They call him a Sabbath 
breaker. 

Heb. xii. 3. He endured such contradiction 
of sinners against himself. 

XIX. That he should be persecuted. Isa. 
liii. 4. We did esteem him stricken, smitten 
of God and afflicted. 

Ps. lxix. 26. They persecute him whom 
thou hast smitten ; they talk to the grief of 
those whom thou hast wounded. Ps. vii. 1. 

Fulfilled. John v. 16. The Jews did per- 
secute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because 
he had done these things on the Sabbath day. 
— Ver. 18. They sought the more to kill him, 
because he said that God was his Father. 

xv. 20. If they have persecuted me, they 
will persecute you also. 

XX. That Jews and Gentiles should join 
against him. Ps. ii. 1, 2. W T hy do the hea- 
then rage, and the people imagine a vain 
thing 1 The kings of the earth set them- 
selves, and the rulers take counsel together 
against the Lord, and against his anointed. 

Fulfilled. Matt. xii. 14. The Pharisees held 
a counsel together how they might destroy 
him. Mark iii. 6. John xi. 53. 

Luke xxiii. 12. Pilate and Herod were 
made friends together. 

Acts iv. 27, 28. Against thy holy child Je- 
sus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod 
and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the 
people of Israel, were gathered together, for to 
do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel de- 
termined before to be done. 

XXI. Should be sold for money. Zech. 
xi. 12, 13. They weighed for my price thirty 

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pieces of silver : a goodly price that I was 
prized at of them. Amos ii. 6. 

Fulfilled. Matt. xxvi. 15, 16. They co- 
venanted with Judas for thirty pieces of silver: 
and from that time he sought opportunity to 
betray him. 

XXII. The use they apply the money to 
foretold. Zech. xi. 13. I took the thirty 
peces of silver, and cast them to the potter 
in the house of the Lord. 

Fulfilled. Matt, xxvii. 7, 8. They bought 
with them the potter's field, to bury strangers 
m. Wherefore that field was called the field 
of blood unto this day. Acts i. 16. 19. 

XXIII. Prophecies of Christ concerning 
who should betray him. John vi. 64. Jesus 
knew from the beginning who should betray 
him. 

Ver. 70, 71. He said, Have not I chosen 
you twelve! and one of you is a devil. He 
spake this of Judas ; for he it was that should 
betray him. 

Matt. xxvi. 21. One of you shall betray 
me. — Ver. 23. He that dippeth his hand with 
me in the dish shall betray me. 

Luke xxii. 21. The hand of him that be- 
trayeth me is with me on the table. 

John xiii. 18. He that eateth bread with 
me hath lift up his heel against me. 

Fulfilled. Matt. xxvi. 14, 15, 16. Then one 
of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto 
the chief priests, and said unto them, What 
will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto 
you 1 And they covenanted with him for 
thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he 
sought opportunity to betray him. 

Ver. 47. Judas, one of the twelve, came, 
and with him a great multitude. 

Ver. 48, 49. He gave them a sign, saying, 
Whomsoever I shall kiss, the same is he. And 
forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, 
Master, and kissed him. 

XXIV. Concerning the miserable end of 
Judas. Ps. cix. 7, 8. When he shall be 
judged, let him be condemned. Let his days 
be few, and let another take his office. Acts 
i. 20. 

Thus expressed by Christ. Matt. xxvi. 24. 
Wo unto that man by whom the Son of man 
is betrayed ! it had been good for that man if 
he had not been born. 

Fulfilled. Matt, xxvii. 4, 5. Judas said, I 
have sinned, in that I have betrayed innocent 
blood. And he went and hanged himself. 

Acts i. 25. That he might go to his own 
place. 

XXV. That Christ should be forsaken. 



Zech. xiii. 7. Awake, O sword, against my 
Shepherd, and against the man that is my 
fellow, saith the Lord of hosts, smite the 
Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. 

Thus expressed by Christ. Matt. xxvi. 31. 
All ye shall be offended because of me this 
night. Mark xiv. 27. John xvi. 32. — Ful- 
filled. Ver. 56. They all forsook him and 
fled. 

XXVI. Peter's denying him. Matt. xxvi. 
34. Peter, thou shalt deny me. 

Ver. 70 — 74. Peter denied, &c. He denied 
again with an oath. He denied, and began 
to curse and to swear. 

XXVII. That Christ should be beaten and 
spit on. Ps. xxii. 16. The assembly of the 
wicked have enclosed me. 

Isa. 1. 6. I gave my back to the smiters, 
and my cheeks to them that plucked off the 
hair: I hid not my face from shame and spit- 
ting.— Fulfilled. Matt. xxvi. 67. 

Mic. v. 1. They shall smite the Judge of 
Israel with a rod upon the cheek. — Fulfil}"' 1 
Matt, xxvii. 30. 

XXVIII. Chrisfs own testimony of this. 
Matt. xvi. 21. From that time forth Jesus be- 
gan to shew unto his disciples, how that he 
must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many 
things of the elders and chief priests, and 
scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the 
third day. 

Matt. xx. 18, 19. Behold, we go up unto 
Jerusalem, (Luke xiii. 33. For it cannot be 
that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem) and 
the Son of Man shall be betrayed unto the 
chief priests, and unto the scribes ; and they 
shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver 
him unto the Gentiles, to mock, &c. Mark 
x. 34. To spit upon, and to scourge, and to 
kill him ; and the third day he shall rise again. 

XXIX. Concerning what kind of death he 
should die. Ps. xxii. 16. They pierced my 
hands and feet. 

Zech. xii. 10. They shall look on me whom 
they have pierced. 

John iii. 14. As Moses lifted up the serpent 
in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be 
lifted up. 

Matt. xxvi. 2. After two days is the pass- 
over, and the Son of man is betrayed to be 
crucified. — Ver. 45. The hour is at hand, and 
the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of 



XXX. Chrisfs silence. Isa. liii. 7. He 
was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he 
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lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before 
her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his 
mouth. 

Fulfilled. Matt, xxvii. 12. When he was 
accused, he answered nothing. Mark xiv. 61. 
— xv. 3. 5. Luke xxiii. 9. 

1 Pet. ii. 23. When he was reviled, he re- 
viled not again. 

XXXI. They give sentence against him. 
Matt. xxvi. 66. They condemn him to 
death. 

Ver. 67, 68. Then did they spit in his face, 
and buffeted him ; others smote him with the 
palms of their hands, saying, Prophesy to us, 
thou Christ, who is he that smote thee] Luke 
xxii. 64. 

Luke xxiii. 1. They lead him to Pilate (a 
Gentile.) 

Ver. 7. Pilate sends him to Herod. — Ver. 
11. Herod with his men of war set him at 
nought, and mocked him, and sent him again 
to Pilate. 

Ver. 21. The people cried, Crucify him. — 
Ver. 23. And the voices of them, and of the 
chief priests, prevailed. 

Ver. 24. And Pilate gave sentence, that it 
should be even as they required. 

Matt, xxvii. 26. Pilate scourged Jesus, and 
delivered him to be crucified. Ver. 27, 28, 29. 

Ver. 30, 31. They spit upon him, and 
smote him on the head, and led him away to 
crucify him. 

XXXII. They give him gall. Ps. xxii. 15. 
My tongue cleaveth to my jaws. 

lxix. 21. They gave me gall for my meat, 
and in my thirst, they gave me vinegar to 
drink.— Fulfilled. Matt, xxvii. 34. They 
gave him vinegar mingled with gall. Ver. 48. 
Mark xv. 36. Luke xxiii. 36. John 
xix. 29. 

XXXIII. They mock him on the cross. Ps. 
xxii. 7. All they that see me laugh me to 
scorn ; saying, He trusted on the Lord, let him 
deliver him. See this fulfilled. Matt, xxvii. 
ver. 39 to 44. Mark xv. 29. 

XXXIV. Part his garments. Ps. xxii. 18. 
They part my garments among them, and cast 
lots upon my vesture. Mark xv. 24. 

XXXV. His words on the cross. Ps. 
xxii. 1. My God, my God, why hast thou for- 
saken me. Mark xv. 34. 

Prays for his enemies. Isa. liii. 12. He 
made intercession for the transgressors. 

Fulfilled. Luke xxiii. 34. Then said Je- 
sus, Father, forgive them, for they know not 
what they do. 



XXXVI. His death. Dan.ix.26. Messiah 
shall be cut off. 

Isa. liii. 8. Cut off out of the land of the 
living. — Ver. 12. He hath poured out his soul 
unto death. 

Luke xxii. 53. This is your hour, and the 
power of darkness. — Matt, xxvii. 50. Jesus 
cried and yielded up the ghost. Mark xv. 37. 
39. Luke xxiii. 46. John xix. 30. 

Isa. liii. 12. He was numbered with trans- 
gressors. Mark xv. 27. With him they cru- 
cified two thieves. 

XXXVII. A bone of him should not be 
broken. 1 Cor. v. 7. Christ our passover is 
sacrificed for us. 

John xix. 36. That the scripture might be 
fulfilled. A bone of him shall not be broken. 
Comp. Ex. xii. 46. 

XXXVIII. Buried with the rich. Isa. liii. 
9. He made his grave with the rich. 

Matt, xxvii. 57, 58. There came a rich man 
of Arimathea, and begged the body of Jesus. 
— Ver. 59, 60. He wrapped it in clean linen, 
and laid it in his own new tomb. 

Ver. 66. They made the sepulchre sure, 
sealing the stone and setting a watch. 

XXXIX. That he should arise from the 
dead. Ps. xvi. 10. Thou wilt not leave my 
soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thy holy 
one to see corruption. 

Christ often promised he should rise on the 
third day, which answers to his not seeing 
corruption, in the foregoing text. See Matt, 
xvi. 21. — xx. 19. Mark viii. 31. 

XL. Christ seems to rest the credit of all 
his pretensions on this event of his rising from 
the dead. Matt. xvi. 16. Peter said unto him, 
Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. — 
Ver. 20. He charged his disciples that they 
should tell no man that he was Jesus the 
Christ, (Mark ix. 9,) till the Son of man were 
risen from the dead. 

XLI. The witnesses of his resurrection. 
Matt, xxviii. 5 — 7. The angel said to the 
women, Fear not ye ; for I know that ye seek 
Jesus which was crucified. He is not here, 
for he is risen as he said. Go quickly and 
tell his disciples, that he is risen from the 
dead, and behold he goeth before you into Ga- 
lilee, there shall ye see him. See John xx. 
and Mark xvi. 6, 7. Luke xxiv. 5, 6. 

XLII. Other evidences of Christ's resurrec- 
tion are, his appearances often after he arose, 
to many who had been personally acquainted 
with him before his death. Mark xvi. 9. Ho 
appeared first to Mary Magdalene. John xx. 14, 



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Matt, xxviii. 9. To other women. 

Mark xvi. 12. To two disciples as they 
went into the country. 

Luke xxiv. 36. To the eleven and others 
with them. — Ver. 40. He shewed his hands 
and his feet to them. — Ver. 43. He did eat 
before them. Mark xvi. 14. John xx. 19. 

John xx. 26, 27. To the disciples: and 
said to Thomas, Reach hither thy hand, and 
thrust it into my side, and be not faithless but 
believing. 

Luke xxiv. 34. He appeared to Simon. 

John xxi. 1. To the disciples, at the sea of 
Tiberias. 

Matt, xxviii. 16. To the eleven, on a moun- 
tain in Galilee. 

Acts i. 3. To the apostles he shewed him- 
self alive after his passion, by many infallible 
proofs ; being seen of them forty days, and 
speaking of the things pertaining to the king- 
dom of God. 

1 Cor. xv. 6. He was seen of above five 
hundred brethren at once. 

Acts x. 40, 41. Him God raised up the 
third day, and shewed him openly unto wit- 
nesses chosen before of God ; even to us, who 
did eat and drink with him after he rose from 
the dead. 

ii. 32. This Jesus hath God raised up, 
whereof we all are witnesses. 

1 Cor. xv. 14. If Christ be not risen, then 
is our preaching vain, and your faith is also 
vain. 

XLIII. He was raised by the power of God. 
Rom. vi. 4. Christ was raised from the dead 
by the glory of the Father. 

Heb. xiii. 20. The God of peace brought 
again from the dead our Lord Jesus. 

Rom. i. 4. He was declared to be the Son 
of God with power, by the resurrection from 
the dead. 

1 Cor. xv. 20. He is the first-fruits of them 
that slept. 

Rev. i. 5. The first-begotten of the dead. 
See Acts iii. 15. 26.— iv. 10. 33.— v. 30.— 
xiii. 30. 33, 34.— xvii. 3. Rom. iv. 24, 25.— 
vii. 4.— viii. 11. 1 Cor. vi. 14.— xv. 14 — 18. 
Eph. i. 20. Col. ii. 12. 1 Thess. i. 10. 
3 Tim. ii. 8. 1 Pet. i. 21.. 

XLIV. Concerning Christ's ascension. 
Ps. xvi. 11. Thou wilt shew me the path of 
life. 

Is viii. 18. Thou hast ascended on high; 
thou hast led captivity captive ; thou hast re- 
ceived gifts for men. Ps. xxiv. 7. 

John vi. 62. What and if ye shall see the 
Son of man ascend up, where he was before ? 
Ch.xiv. 12. 

xx. 17. Jesus said, I ascend unto my Fa- 



ther and your Father, to my God and your 
God. 

Fulfilled. Luke xxiv. 51. It came to pass 
while he blessed them, he was parted from 
them, and carried up into heaven. Mark 
xvi. 19. 

Acts i. 9. While they beheld he was taken 
up; and a cloud received him out of their 
sight. 

XLV. That he should sit at God's right 
hand. Ps. ex. 1. The Lord said unto my 
Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make 
thine enemies thy footstool. Matt. xxii. 44. 

cxviii. 22. The stone which the builders re- 
fused, &c. 

Acts vii. 55, 56. Stephen, full of the Holy 
Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and 
saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on 
the right hand of God ; and said, Behold, I see 
the heavens opened, and the Son of man 
standing on the right hand of God. 

XLVI. The Holy Ghost promised. Isa. 
xliv. 3. I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, 
and my blessing upon thine offspring. 

Joel ii. 28. I will pour out my Spirit upon 
all flesh. Actsii. 17. 

XL VII. Also promised by Christ. Luke 
xxiv. 49. Behold, I send the promise of my 
Father upon you ; but tarry ye in the city of 
Jerusalem until ye be endued with power from 
on high. Acts i. 4. 

John xiv. 16. I will pray the Father, and 
he shall give you another Comforter, that he 
may abide with you for ever. — Ver. 26. He 
shall teach you all things, and bring all things 
to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said 
unto you. 

xv. 26, 27. He shall testify of me : And ye 
also shall bear witness, because ye have been 
with me from the beginning. 

Acts i. 5. Ye shall be baptized with the 
Holy Ghost not many days hence. 

Matt. iii. 11. John said of Christ, He shall 
baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with 
fire. 

Fulfilled. Acts ii. 4. They were all filled 
with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with 
other tongues as the Spirit gave them utter- 
ance. — Ver. 16. Peter said, This is that which 
was spoken by the prophet Joel. 

Ver. 33. Jesus, being by the right hand of 
God exalted, and having received of the Father 
the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed 
forth this, which ye now see and hear. 

XL VIII. Other prophecies uttered by 
Christ. The persecutions of Christians. 
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my sake. Ver. 16. Mark xiii. 13. Luke 
xxi. 17. — x. 3. 

xxiv. 9. Then shall they deliver you up to be 
afflicted, and shall kill you. Ch. x. 17. John 
xvi. 2. Matt, xxiii. 34.— v. 1 1.— x. 22. John 
xv. 20. 

Fulfilled. Acts vi. 12. They stoned Ste- 
phen. Ch. vii. 59. 

viii. 1 . At that time there was a great per- 
secution. 

ix. 1. Saul persecuted them. Ch. xxii. 7, 
8.— xxvi. 14, 15. 

xxvi. 9. I verily thought with myself that 
I ought to do many things against the name 
of Jesus. Ver. 11. Ch. xxii. 19. 

Acts xxviii. 22. As concerning this sect, we 
know that everywhere it is spoken against. 

MIRACLES OF CHRIST. 

XLIX. The evidence of miracles appealed 
to as a foundation of faith in Christ. Matt. 
xi. 5. To determine John the Baptist's faith, 
Christ only sends him an account of his mira- 
cles and ministry. 

John v. 36. The works that I do bear wit- 
ness of me that the Father hath sent me. Ch. 
ix. 4.— x. 25. 

x. 37, 38. If I do not the works of my Fa- 
ther, believe me not. Though ye believe not 
me, believe the works ; that ye may know and 
believe that the Father is in me, and I in him. 
Ch.xiv. 11. 

xv. 24. If I had not done among them the 
works which none other man did, they had 
not had sin. Ch. iv. 48. Except ye see signs 
and wonders, ye will not believe. 

xx. 30, 31. Many other signs did Jesus, 
which are not written : But these are written, 
that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, 
the Son of God ; and that believing ye might 
have life through his name. 

xii. 37. Though he had done so many 
miracles, some believed not. 

Matt. xi. 20. He began to upbraid the cities 
wherein most of his mighty works were done, 
because they repented not. Acts ii. 22. Je- 
sus approved of God by miracles, and won- 
ders, and signs, which God did by him. 

L. New Testament miracles, a foundation 
of faith in Christ. 

Miracles attending the birth of Christ, and 
that of John his forerunner. Luke i. 20. 
Zacharias is struck dumb for unbelief. — Ver. 
64. The use of his speech is restored. 

Ver. 41. The babe leaped in Elisabeth's 
womb : she is filled with the Holy Ghost, and 
prophesieth of Christ. 

Matt. i. 18. Christ's miraculous conception 
end birth foretold by an angel. Ver. 20. 
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Luke ii. 11. 15. Christ's birth published by 
an angel, to shepherds; who, thereby finding 
him, glorified God. Ver. 20. 

Matt. ii. 2. An extraordinary star appears, 
and guides the wise men to where Christ was: 
they worship him. Ver. 11. 

Luke ii. 25 — 38. Simeon and Anna are 
directed by the Spirit to acknowledge Christ, 
and speak of him. 

LI. Miraculous cures performed by Christ, 
and the effects thereof Matt. iv. 23. Jesus 
went about all Galilee, teaching in their syna- 
gogues, and preaching the gospel of the king- 
dom, and healing all manner of sickness, and 
all manner of disease, among the people. — 
Ver. 24. And they brought unto him all sick 
people that were taken with divers diseases 
and torments, and those which were possessed 
with devils, and those which were lunatic, and 
those that had the palsy ; and he healed them. 

The effects thereof: Ver. 24, 25. His fame 
spread abroad ; and there followed him great 
multitudes. 

xi. 5. The blind receive their sight, the lame 
walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, 
the dead are raised up. Isa. xxxv. 6. 

xv. 30. Great multitudes came unto him, 
having with them those that were lame, blind, 
dumb, maimed, and many others, and he heal- 
ed them. Effect : Ver. 31. They wondered, 
and glorified God. 

LII. Devils cast out by Christ. Matt. viii. 1 6. 
He cast out the spirits with his word. (Mark 
i. 32, 33. Luke iv. 40.) Ver. 28. Out of 
two men he cast devils, who enter into the 
swine. Ver. 32. Mark v. 2. 8. 15. Luke 
viii. 26. 29. Effect : The people were taken 
with great fear. 

ix. 32, He casts a devil out of a dumb man, 
who then spake. Effect : The people mar- 
velled saying, It was never so seen in Israel. 

xii. 22, 23. He casts a devil out of a man, 
blind and dumb, who then both spake and 
saw. (Luke xi. 14.) Effect: The people 
were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of 
David 1 

xv. 22. He cast a devil out of the daughter 
of a woman of Canaan. Mark vii. 25. He 
commended her faith. 

xvii. 15. ^ Casts a devil out of a child that 
was a lunatic, and sore vexed with a devil. 
(Mark ix. 17. Luke ix. 43.) Effect: The 
people were all amazed at the mighty power 
of God. The father of the child said, I be- 
lieve, help thou mine unbelief. 

Mark i."23. Christ casts out an unclean 
spirit. (Luke iv. 36.) Effect : Ver. 27, 28. 
The people were amazed, and his fame spread 
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Ver. 34. He casts out many devils. 

xvi. 9. Casts seven devils out of Mary Mag- 
dalene. Luke viii, 2. 

Luke xiii. 32. Christ said, I do cures, and 
cast out devils. 

Thus literally did Christ — Gen. iii. 15. 
Bruise the serpent's head. 

Heb. ii. 14. Destroy the devil, and his 
works. 1 John iii. 8. 

John xii. 31. Cast out the prince of this 
world. Luke xi. 22. Being stronger than he. 

Col. ii. 15. Spoil principalities and powers. 

Luke xi. 20. By the finger, the power, and 
Spirit of God. 

LIII. Christ heals sicknesses. Matt. viii. 1 3. 
The servant of a believing centurion. Luke 
vii. 10. Peter's wife's mother. Mark i. 30. 
Luke iv. 38. 

ix. 35. Every sickness and disease among 
the people. Matt. xii. 15. — xiv. 14. Luke 
ix. 11. 

John iv. 50. A nobleman's son. Effect : 
Ver. 53. The father of the child, and his whole 
house, believed. 

Christ cures blindness. Matt. ix. 30. Two 
blind men, by touching their eyes. Effect : 
Ver. 31. His fame spread abroad. 

Mark viii. 22, 23. A blind man, by spitting 
upon his eyes. 

x. 46. Cures Bartimeus. Luke vii. 21. 
Cures many. Mark vi. 56. 

John ix. 6, 7. A blind man, by anointing 
his eyes with clay. Effect: Ver. 32, 33. 
The man said, Since the world began was it 
not heard, that any man opened the eyes of one 
that was born blind. If this man were not of 
God, he could do nothing. Ver. 16. 38. Isa. 
xxix. 18 — xxxv. 5. 

Deafness. Mark vii. 32. A man that was 
deaf, and had an impediment in his speech, 
by putting his fingers into his ears and touch- 
ing his tongue. Effect : Ver. 37. They were 
beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath 
done all things well. Matt. xi. 5. 

Lameness. Luke xiii. 13. Makes straight 
a woman bowed down with an infirmity. 
Effect .■ She glorified God. 

Luke xxii. 51. Heals a servant's ear that 
was cut off. 

John v. 8. Cures a man at the pool of 
Bethesda. 

The leprosy. Matt. viii. 3. A leper, by 
touching him. Mark i. 40. Effect: They 
blazed abroad his fame. 

Luke xvii. 14. Ten lepers. Effect : One 
of them who was a Samaritan, glorified God, 
and returned to Jesus and gave him thanks. 

xiv. 2. 4. Cures the dropsy. 

The palsy. Matt. iv. 24. — viii. 6. Mark 
ii 3. 5. 10. 12. Luke v. 18. 24, 25. Effect : 



They marvelled and glorified God ; and his 
fame spread abroad. 

ix. 22. He cures a bloody issue. Luke viii. 
44. 

xii. 10. He restores a withered hand. Luke 
vi. 10. 

LIV. Christ raises the dead to life. Matt, 
ix. 25. Jairus's daughter. 

Luke vii. 11. A widow's son. 

John xi. 39. Lazarus. Effect: Ver. 45. 
Ch. xii. 11. Many of the Jews believed on 
him because of Lazarus. 

LV. He calms the wind and sea, &c. 
Matt. viii. 27. Mark vi. 61. Luke viii. 24. 
Effect : They marvelled, saying, What man- 
ner of man is this, that even the winds and 
the sea obey him ! 

xiv. 25. He walked on the sea. John 
vi. 19. 

xiv. 29. Makes Peter walk upon the water. 

Mark vi. 43. Feeds five thousand, with five 
loaves, and two fishes. 

viii. 8. Feeds four thousand, with seven 
loaves, and a few fishes. 

John ii. 8. He turns water into wine. Ef- 
fect : Ver. 23. Ch. iii. 2. Many believed on 
him, seeing the miracles which he did. 

xxi. 6. Directs the disciples to take a great 
draught of fishes. Effect : Luke v. 8. Peter 
fell down and said, Depart from me, for I am 
a sinful man, O Lord. 

Matt. xvii. 27. Directs Peter to find a piece 
of money in a fish's mouth. 

xxi. 1 9. He curses the barren fig-tree, which, 
immediately withers. 

LVI. Miracles accompanying the death of 
Christ. Matt.xxvii. 45. A supernatural dark- 
ness. — Ver. 51, 52. The veil of the temple 
rent, the earth quaked, the rocks rent, graves 
opened, and many bodies of saints arose. 

Effect : Ver. 54. The centurion and those 
that were with him, seeing these things, said, 
Truly this was the Son of God. 

xxviii. 2. A great earthquake at his resur- 
rection. 

LVII. Christ empowers his disciples to 
work miracles for propagating the Gospel. 
Matt. x. 1. He gave them power against un- 
clean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all 
manner of sickness, and all manner of dis- 
ease. 

Ver. 8. He said unto them, Heal the sick, 
cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out 
devils ; freely ye have received, freely give. 
Mark iii. 15. — vi. 7. — xvi. 17. Luke ix. 1. — 
x. 19.— xxiv. 49. 1 Cor. xii. 9. 28. 30. 



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MIRACLES OF THE APOSTLES. 

LVIII. Miracles wrought by the Apostles. 
Mark vi. 13. They cast out many devils, and 
anointed with oil many that were sick, and 
healed them. Luke ix. 6. 

Luke x. 1 7. The devils were subject unto 
them. 

Acts ii. 4. Being filled with the Holy Ghost, 
they spake with other tongues, as the Spirit 
gave them utterance. 1 Cor. xiv. 22. 

Ver. 41. Three thousand are converted by 
Peter's sermon. 

Ver. 43. Many wonders and signs were 
done by the apostles. Ch. xiv. 3. 

iii. 2. 6, 7. Peter and John cured a lame 
man, at the gate of the temple. 

v. 12. Many signs and wonders were 
wrought by the apostles. Effect: Ver. 14. i 
Believers were the more added to the Lord. 

Ver. 15. They brought the sick into the 
streets. — Ver. 16. There came also a multi- 
tude out of the cities round about unto Jerusa- 
lem, bringing sick folks, and them which were 
vexed with unclean spirits ; and they were 
healed every one. 

viii. 6, 7. Philip did many miracles, casting 
out unclean spirits, curing the lame, and those 
which had palsies. 

ix. 1 — 20. Paul's conversion. Ch. xxii. 3. 
— xx vi. 12. 

Ver. 34. Peter heals Eneas of the palsy. — 
Ver. 40. Raises Dorcas from the dead. 



x. 1. Cornelius's vision — Ver. 11. Peter's 
vision. — Ver. 13. A voice to him. 

Ver. 44. The Holy Ghost falls upon Cor- 
nelius, and others that heard Peter preaching 
the gospel. 

v. 5 — 10. The death of Ananias and Sap- 
phi r a. 

Ver. 19. The apostles are brought out of 
prison, by an angel. 

vi. 15. Stephen's face seen, as the face of 
an angel. 

vii. 55. Stephen sees Christ. 

xiii. 11. Elymas struck blind. 

xiv. 10. Paul heals a cripple, at Lystra. 
Ch. xvi. 18. Paul casts out a spirit of divina- 
tion. 

xvi. 26. An earthquake. The apostles in 
prison have their bands loosed. 

xix. 6. The Holy Ghost given, at laying on 
of Paul's hands. — Ver. 12. He casts out evil 
spirits, &c. 

Ver. 12. Diseases cured by handkerchiefs, 
&c. brought from Paul's body. 

xxviii. 5. Paul, unhurt, shakes a viper off 
his hand. 

Ver. 8. He cures the father of Publius of a 
fever and bloody flux. — Ver. 9. Others cured 
of diseases. 

Heb. ii. 4. God bearing them witness, with 
signs and wonders, and with divers miracles 
and gifts of the Holy Ghost. Rom. xv. 19. 
Through mighty signs and wonders, by the 
power of the Spirit of God. 



CHAPTER V. 



CHRIST'S GLORY AND EXALTATION. 



CHRIST'S GLORY. 

I. CHRIST'S glory before his incarna- 
tion. John xvii. 5. O Father, glorify thou me 
with the glory which I had with thee before 
the world was. See Prov. viii. 22 to ver. 32. 
— xxx. 4. 

II. Christ's glory on earth. Luke ix. 
30 — 35. At his transfiguration. Peter and 
they that were with him, saw his glory. There 
came a voice saying, This is my beloved Son; 
hear him. 

John i. 14. We beheld his glory, the glory 
as of the only begotten of the Father, full of 
grace and truth. 2 Pet. i. 16. 

ii. 1 1. This beginning of miracles did Jesus, 
and manifested forth his glory. Ch. xi. 4. 



xii. 41. These things said Esaias, when he 
saw his glory. Isa. liii. 1. 

xvii. 22. The glory which thou gavest me, 
I have given them. 

2 Pet. i. 17. He received from God the Fa- 
ther, honour and glory, when there came such 
a voice from the excellent glory, This is my 
beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Matt, 
xvii. 5. Heb. iii. 3. 

III. Christ's glory after his resurrection 
Luke xxiv. 26. Ought not Christ to have suf- 
fered these things, and enter into his glory 1 

1 Cor. ii. 8. The Lord of glory. James ii. 1. 

1 Tim. iii. 16. He was received up into 
glory. 

Heb. i. 3. The brightness of the Father's 
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1 Pet. i. 21. God received him up, and gave 
him glory ; that your faith and hope might be 
in God. 

Eev. i. 6. To him be glory and dominion, 
for ever. See Mark x. 37. John vii. 39. — 
xii. 16. 23.— xiii. 31.— xvii. 24. Acts iii. 13. 
Gal. i. 5. 2 Pet. iii. 1 8. See Christ shall judge 
the world. 



CHRIST'S EXALTATION. 

IV. Christ's exaltation at God's right hand. 
Ps. ex. 1. The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou 
at my right hand, until I make thine enemies 
thy footstool. Matt. xxii. 44. Acts ii. 34. 
1 Cor. xv. 25. 

Isa. Iii. 13. He shall be exalted and extolled. 

Mark xvi. 19. The Lord was received up 
into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. 

Acts vii. 55. Stephen, full of the Holy Ghost, 
saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on 
the right hand of God. 

Eph. i. 20. He set him on his own right 
hand. 

Col. iii. 1. Christ sitteth on the right hand 
of God. 

Heb. i. 3. Who sat down on the right hand 
of the Majesty on high. 

viii. 1. We have an high priest, who is set 
on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty 
in the heavens. 

x. 12. He for ever sat down on the right 
hand of God. 

xii. 2. At the right hand of the throne of 
God. 

1 Pet. iii. 22. Who is on the right hand of 
God. Ch. iv. 13. 

Rev. iii. 21. I am set down with my Father 
in his throne. 

V. The same thus otherwise expressed. 
Ps. viii. 5. Thou hast crowned him with glory 
and honour. Heb. ii. 9. Rev. xix. 12. 

lxxxix. 19. I have exalted one chosen out 
of the people. 

John vi. 62. Ye shall see the Son of man, 
ascend up where he was before. 

Acts ii. 33. Jesus being by the right hand 
of God exalted, hath shed forth this which ye 
now see and hear. See Christ 's power : also, 
His kingly office : His works. 

Acts v. 31. Him hath God exalted with his 
right hand. 

Phil. ii. 9. God hath highly exalted him, 
and given him a name, which is above every 
name. 

VI. Christ exalted above mankind. Ps. 
cxviii. 22 23. The stone which the builders 



refused is become the head of the corner. This 
is the Lord's doing; it is marvellous in our 
eyes. Matt. xxi. 42. Acts iv. 11. 1 Pet. 
ii. 7. 

lxxxix. 27. I will make him my first-born, 
higher than the kings of the earth. 

• Matt, xxiii. 8. One is your master, even 
Christ. 

Rom. viii. 29. That he might be the first- 
born among many brethren. Heb. i. 2. Ap- 
pointed heir of all things. 

1 Cor. xi. 3. The head of every man is 
Christ. Eph. iv. 1 5. 

Eph. i. 22. God gave him to be the head 
over all things, to the church. 

iv. 15. May grow up into him, which is the 
head, even Christ. 

v. 23. Christ is the head of the church. 

VII. The church is subject to Christ. 
Matt. iii. 11. He is greater than John the 
Baptist. 

xii. 6. Greater than the temple. — Ver. 41. 
— Greater than Jonas. — Ver. 42. Than So- 
lomon. 

Heb. iii. 3. Worthy of more glory than 
Moses. 

VIII. Christ exalted above angels. Ps. 
viii. 6. Thou hast put all things under his 
feet. 1 Cor. xv. 27. Eph. i. 22. 

Eph. i. 17. The God of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, the Father of glory.— Ver. 20—22. 
Raised him from the dead, and set him at his 
own right hand ; far above all principality and 
power, and might, and dominion, and every 
name that is named, not only in this world, 
but also in that which is to come : and hath 
put all things under his feet. 

Phil. ii. 9, 10. God hath given him a name, 
which is above every name ; that at the name 
of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in 
heaven, and things in earth. 

Col. ii. 10. Ye are complete in him, which 
is the head of all principality and power. 

Heb. i. 4. Made so much better than the 
angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a 
more excellent name than they. 

Ver. 5. Unto which of the angels said he 
at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have 
I begotten thee ! Ps. ii. 7. 

Ver. 13. To which of the angels said he at 
any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make 
thine enemies thy footstool? Ps. ex. 1. 

ii. 5. Unto the angels hath he not put in 
subjection the world to come. — Ver. 8. Thou 
hast put all things in subjection under his 
feet; for in that he put all things under him, 
he left nothing that is not put under him. See 
Christ worshipped. 



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DIVINE TITLES GIVEN TO CHRIST. 



I. CHRIST is the Son of God. Ps. ii. 7. 
Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten 
thee. — Ver. 12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, 
and ye perish. 

lxxxix. 27. I will make him my first-born, 
higher than the kings of the earth. 

Isa. ix. 6. Unto us a Son is given, and the 
government shall be upon his shoulder. 

Matt. iii. 17. A voice from heaven, saying, 
This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well 



viii. 29. The devils cried out, saying, What 
have we to do with thee, Jesus thou Son of 
God? 

Luke i. 32. He shall be great, and shall be 
called the Son of the Highest. — Ver. 35. He 
shall be called the Son of God. 

John i. 34. I saw and bear record, that this 
is the Son of God. 

Ver. 49. Nathaniel said, Thou art the Son 
of God. 

v. 18. The Jews sought the more to kill 
him, because he said that God was his Father, 
making himself equal with God. 

ix. 35. Jesus said, Dost thou believe on the 
Son of God 1— Ver. 37. It is he that talketh 
with thee. 

John x. 36. Say ye, Thou blasphemest, be- 
cause I said, I am the Son of God? Ver. 25. 
32. 37. Ch. xv. 10. 

xix. 7. The Jews said, By our law he ought 
to die, because he made himself the Son of 
God. 

xx. 17. I ascend to my Father and your 
Father ; to my God and your God. 

Ver. 31. These are written, that ye might 
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of 
God. 

Acts iii. 13. The God of our fathers hath 
glorified his Son Jesus. — Ver. 26. God having 
raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you. 

viii. 37. The eunuch said, I believe that 
Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 

ix. 20. Straightway Paul preached Christ, 
that he is the Son of God. 

Rom. i. 3, 4. His Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord, who was declared to be the Son of God 
with power. 

viii. 32. He spared not his own Son ; but 
delivered him up for us all. 

2 Cor. xi. 31. The God and Father of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 



Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and Father 
of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Pet. i. 3. 

Col. i. 3. We give thanks to God, and the 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Heb. i. 2. God hath in these last days 
spoken to us by his Son. 

1 John iv. 15. Whosoever shall confess that 
Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him. 

v. 5. Who is he that overcometh the world, 
but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of 
God? 

Hence the title of Father so often given to 
God by Jesus Christ and others. As : Matt, 
xi. 25. I thank thee, O Father, Lord of hea- 
ven and earth. — Ver. 27. No man knoweth the 
Son but the Father. 

xxviii. 19. Baptizing in the name of the 
Father. Son, and Holy Ghost. 

Mark xiii. 32. Of that day knoweth no 
man, no not the Son, but the Father. 

xiv. 36. Abba, Father, all things are possi- 
ble to thee. 

Luke x. 22. No man knows who the Fa- 
ther is but the Son. 

xxii. 42. Father, if thou be willing, remove 
this cup. 

xxiii. 34. Father, forgive them. 

Ver. 46. Father, into thy hands I commend 
my spirit. 

John iii. 35. The Father loveth the Son. 

v. 23. That all men should honour the Son, 
even as they honour the Father. He that 
honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the 
Father. 

1 John ii. 23. Whoso denieth the Son hath 
not the Father. — (And so in many other 
places.) 

II. Christ is distinguished from the created 
sons of God, by the peculiar epithets of be- 
gotten, first and only begotten, first-born, 8(C. 
Ps. ii. 7. Thou art my Son, this day have I 
begotten thee. 

lxxxix. 27. I will make him my first-born, 
higher than the kings of the earth. Acts xiii. 
33. Heb. i. 5.— v. 5. 

John i. 14. The only begotten of the Fa- 
ther. — Ver. 18. Which is in the bosom of the 
Father. 

iii. 16. God so loved the world, that he gave 
his only begotten Son. Ver. 18. 

Heb. i. 6. When he bringeth in the first 
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begotten into the world, he saith, Let all the 
angels of God worship him. 

1 John iv. 9. God sent his only begotten 
Son into the world, that we might live through 
him. Chap. v. 1. See Rom. viii. 3. Gal. 
iv. 4. God's own Son. 

III. Christ is called the image of God. 
2 Cor. iv. 4. Christ* who is the image of God. 

Col. i. 15. The image of the invisible God. 
Phil. ii. 6. Who being in the form of God. 
Heb. i. 3. The brightness of the Father's 
glory and express image of his person. 

IV. Christ is called God. Isa. vii. 14. Im- 
manuel, God with us. Matt. i. 23. 

ix. 6. The mighty God. — Ixiii. 1. Mighty 
to save. 

John i. 1 . The word was God. 

Acts xx. 28. Feed the church of God, which 
he hath purchased with his own blood. 

Rom. ix. 5. Christ, who is over all, God 
blessed for ever. 

Phil. ii. 6. He thought it not robbery to be 
equal with God. 

Col. ii. 9. In him dwelleth all the fulness 
of the Godhead bodily. 

1 Tim. iii. 16. God was manifest in the 
flesh. Tit. i. 3. 

Tit. ii. 10. Adorn the doctrine of God our 
Saviour. 

Ver. 13. Looking for that blessed hope, and 
the glorious appearing of the great God, and 
our Saviour Jesus Christ. 

Heb. i. 8. Thy throne, God, is for ever 
and ever. 

iii. 4. He that built all things is God. See 
Christ creates. 

1 John iii. 16. Hereby perceive we the love 
of God, because he laid down his life for us. 

v. 20. This is the true God and eternal life. 

V. Christ is Lord. Ps. ex. 1. The Lord 
said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, 
until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 
Matt. xxii. 44. Acts ii. 25. Heb. i. 13. 

Isa. xl. 3. The voice of him that crieth in 
the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the 
Lord. Matt. iii. 3. 

Jer. xxiii. 6. This is his name wherewith 
he shall be called, The Lord our righteousness. 
(In the original it is, Jehovah our righteous- 
ness.) 

Joel ii. 32. Whosoever shall call on the 
name of the Lord shall be delivered. Rom. 
x. 13. 

Mai. iii. 1. The Lord whom ye seek shall 
suddenly come to his temple, even the mes- 
senger of the covenant. 

Matt. vii. 21, 22. Not every one that saith 
unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the king- 



dom of heaven. Many will say to me in tha ( 
day, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy 
name, &c. 

Matt. xxiv. 42. Watch, for ye know not 
what hour your Lord doth come. See ver. 
45, 46. 48. 50. 

Mark ii. 28. The Son of man is Lord of the 
Sabbath. 

Luke ii. 11. Unto you is born a Saviour, 
which is Christ the Lord. 

v. 8. Peter said, Depart from me, for I am 
a sinful man, Lord. 

vi. 46. Why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do 
not the things which I say 1 

xxiii. 42. Lord, remember me when thou 
comest into thy kingdom. 

John vi. 68. Lord to whom shall we go 1 
thou hast the words of eternal life. 

xiii. 13. Ye call me Master and Lord ; and 
ye say well, for so I am. 

Acts ii. 36. God hath made that same Jesus, 
whom ye crucified, both Lord and Christ. 

Ver, 38. Repent, and be baptized in the 
name of Jesus Christ. Ch. viii. 16. — x. 48. — 
xxii. 16. 

v. 14. Believers were the more added to the 
Lord. 

vii. 59. They stoned Stephen, calling upon 
God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my 
spirit. 

ix. 5. The Lord said, I am Jesus, whom 
thou persecutest. — Ver. 10. To Ananias the 
Lord said, &c. Ver. 15. 17. Ch. xviii. 9. 

Ver. 29. Paul spake boldly in the name of 
the Lord. — Ver. 42. Many believed in the 
name of the Lord. 

x. 36. Jesus Christ, he is Lord of all. 

xi. 20. They spake, preaching the Lord 
Jesus. — Ver. 23. Barnabas exhorted, that with 
purpose of heart they would cleave unto the 
Lord. 

xvi. 31. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, 
and thou shalt be saved. 

xviii. 8. Crispus believed on the Lord with 
all his house. — Ver. 25. Apollos was instructed 
in the way of the Lord. 

xix. 10. All that dwelt in Asia heard the 
word of the Lord Jesus. 

Rom. x. 12. The same Lord is rich unto all 
that call upon him. 

xiv. 9. Christ both died, and rose and re- 
vived, that he might be Lord both of the dead 
and living. Acts x. 36. Lord of all. 1 Cor. 
ii. 8. Lord of glory. 

1 Cor. i. 10. I beseech you by the name ci 
our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak tie 
same thing. 

iii. 5. Ye believed, even as the Lord gave to 
every man. 

iv. 4. He that judge th me is the Lord. 

v. 4, 5. In the name of our Lord Jesus 



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Christ — with the power of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, to deliver such an one unto Satan. 

vi. 11. Ye are justified in the name of the 
Lord Jesus. 

viii. 6. To us there is one Lord Jesus Christ. 

xi. 23. I received of the Lord that which 
also I delivered unto you. 

xii. 3. No man can say that Jesus is the 
Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. 

Ver. 5. There are differences of administra- 
tions, but the same Lord. 

xv. 47. The second man is the Lord from 
heaven 

2 Cor. i. 14. Ye are ours in the day of the 
Lord Jesus. 

v. 6. While we are at home in the body we 
are absent from the Lord. — Ver. 8. Are willing 
rather to be present with the Lord. 

Eph. v. 29. Even as the Lord cherisheth 
the church. 

vi. 8. Whatsoever good things any man 
doth, the same shall he receive of the Lord. 

Phil. ii. 11. That every tongue should con- 
fess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of 
God the Father. 

Col. iii. 17. Whatsoever ye do in word or 
deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus. — 
Ver. 23, 24. Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily 
as to the Lord; knowing that of the Lord ye 
shall receive the reward of the inheritance : for 
ye serve the Lord Christ. 

1 Thess. i. 8, From you sounded out the 
word of the Lord. 

iv. 1, 2. We exhort you by the Lord Jesus. 
Ye know what commandments we gave you 
by the Lord Jesus. 

Ver. 16, 17. The Lord himself shall de- 
scend. We shall be caught up to meet the Lord 
in the air ; so shall we ever be with the Lord. 

2 Thess. i. 7, 8. The Lord Jesus shall be 
revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 
in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that 
know not God, and that obey not the gospel 
of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Ver. 12. That the name of our Lord Jesus 
Christ may be glorified. 

1 Tim. i. 12. I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, 
who enabled me, &c. 

vi. 15. He is King of kings, and Lord of 
lords. Rev. xvii. 14. — xix. 16. 

2 Tim. ii. 22. Call on the Lord, out of a 
pure heart. Rom. x. 13. 

iv. 8. There is laid up for me a crown of 
righteousness, which the Lord the righteous 
judge shall give me at that day. 

Heb. ii. 3. How shall we escape, if we 
neglect so great salvation ; which at the first 
began to be spoken by the Lord, and was con- 
firmed to us by them that heard him 1 

xiii. 20. Our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd 
of the sheep. 



1 Pet. ii. 3, 4. If ye have tasted that the 
Lord is gracious. To whom coming as unto 
a living stone. 

2 Pet. i. 2. Grace and peace be multiplied 
unto you, through the knowledge of God and 
of Jesus our Lord. 

Rev. i. 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the be- 
ginning and the ending, saith the Lord. 

xi.8. The city where our Lord was crucified. 

xxii. 20, 21. He which testifieth these things 
saith, Surely I come quickly ; Amen. Even 
so, come Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord 
Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. 

VI. Christ is one with the Father. John 
x. 30. I and my Father are one. Ch. xvii. 
11. 22. 

Ver. 38. The Father is in me and I in him. 
Ch. xvii. 21.— xiv. 9, 10, 11. 

xii. 44, 45. He that believeth on me, be- 
lieveth on him that sent me. He that seeth 
me, seeth him that sent me. Ch. xiv. 9. — 
viii. 19. 

xiv. 7. If ye had known me, ye should have 
known ray Father also. 

Ver. 11. I am in the Father, and he in me. 
Ch. xiii. 32. 

xv. 23. He that hateth me hateth my Father 
also. 1 John ii. 23. Whosoever denieth the 
Son, the same hath not the Father. 

xvi. 15. All things that the Father hath are 
mine. 

xvii. 10. All mine are thine, and thine are 
mine. 

Heb. i. 3. Who being the brightness of the 
Father's glory, and the express image of his 
person. 

John v. 26. As the Father hath life in him- 
self, so hath he given to the Son to have life 
in himself. Col. i. 19. 

VII. The same things spoken of God the 
Father and of Christ. Eph. v. 5. The king- 
dom of Christ and of God. 

1 John v. 7. There are three that bear record 
in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the 
Holy Ghost ; and these three are one. 

Col. ii. 2. The mystery of God, and of the 
Father, and of Christ. 

2 Thess. ii. 16, 17. Now our Lord Jesus 
Christ himself, and God even our Father, 
which hath loved us, and hath given us ever- 
lasting consolation, and good hope through 
grace ; comfort your hearts, and establish you 
in every good word and work. 

1 Tim. vi. 13. I give thee charge in the 
sight of God, and before Christ Jesus, &c. 

Tit. ii. 13. The appearing of the great God 
and our Saviour Jesus Christ. 

Rev. xiv. 4. The first-fruits unto God, and 
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xxi. 22, 23. The Lord God Almighty, and 
the Lamb, are the temple of the city. The 
glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is 
the light thereof. Ch. xi. 15. — xx. 6. 



Christ's Titles in general, ranged in alpha- 
betical order, 

Adam, the last, 1 Cor. xv. 45. 

Advocate, 1 John ii. 1. 

Angel of the covenant, Mai. iii. 1. 

of God's presence, Isa. lxiii. 9. 

Anointed, (Christ) John i. 41. 

— with the Holy Ghost, Acts x. 38. 

: not by measure, Ps. xlv. 7. 

Apostle and High Priest, Heb. iii. 1. 
Beginning of the creation of God, Rev. iii. 14. 
Begotten of the Father, John i. 14. 
Beloved of God, Eph. i. 6. 
Bishop, 1 Pet. ii. 25. 

Blessed and only Potentate, 1 Tim. vi. 15. 
Branch of righteousness, Zech. iii. 8. 
Bread from heaven, John vi. 50. 
Bright and morning star, Rev. xxii. 16. 
Brightness of the Father's glory, Heb. i. 3. 
Captain of the Lord's hosts, Josh. v. 14, 15. 

of salvation, Heb. ii. 10. 

Chosen servant, Matt. xii. 18. Luke xxiii. 35. 
Consolation of Israel, Luke ii. 25. 
Corner-stone, Eph. ii. 20. 1 Pet. ii. 6. 
Counsellor, Isa. ix. 6. 
David, Jer. xxx. 9. Ezek. xxxvii. 24, 25. 

Hos. iii. 5. 
Deliverer, Rom. xi. 26. 
Emmanuel, Isa. vii. 14. Matt. i. 23. 
Everlasting Father, Isa. ix. 6. 
Express image of God's person, Heb. i. 3. 
Faithful witness, Rev. i. 5. — iii. 14. — xix. 11. 
First-begotten of the dead, Rev. i. 5. 
First-born, Col. i. 15. 18. 
First-fruits, 1 Cor. xv. 20. 
First and last, Rev. ii. 8. 
Fountain opened, Zech. xiii. 1. 
Glory of the Lord, Isa. xl. 5. 
God, Rom. ix. 5. 1 Tim. iii. 16. 2 Pet. i. 1. 

1 John v. 20. 
Governor of Israel, Matt. ii. 6. 
Head of the church, Col. i, 18. 

of the corner, Matt. xxi. 42. 

Heir of all things, Heb. i. 2. 
High Priest, Heb. iii. 1. 

Holy One of God, Mark i. 24. 

of Israel, Isa. xli. 14. 

Holy child, Acts iv. 30. 
Hope, 1 Tim. i. 1. 

of Israel, Acts xxviii. 20. 

Horn of salvation, Luke i. 69. Ps. xviii. 2. 
I Am, John viii. 58. Exod. iii. 14. 
Jehovah, Exod. vi. 3. 
Jesus, Matt. i. 21. 1 Thess. i. 10. 



Image of the invisible God, Col. i. 15. 
King of Zion, Ps. ii. 6. Matt. xxi. 5. 
lxii. 11. 

of the Jews, Matt. ii. 2. 

of Israel, John i. 49. 

of kings, Rev. xvii. 14. 

Lamb of God, John i. 29. Rev. xiii. 8. 
Light of the world, John ix. 5. — viii. 12. 
Life, John xiv. 6. Col. iii. 4. 
Lion of the tribe of Judah, Rev. v. 5. 
Lord, Rom. i. 3. Luke ii. 11. 

of lords, Rev. xvii, 14. 

Man, Acts xvii. 31. 1 Tim. ii. 5. 
Mediator, 1 Tim. ii. 5. Heb. ix. 15. 
Messiah, John i. 41. — iv. 25. 
Melchizedek, Heb. vii. 1. 3. 
Mighty God, Isa. ix. 6. 

Michael, Rev. xii. 7. 
Offspring of David, Rev. xxii. 16. 
Only begotten of the Father, John i. 14. 
Passover, 1 Cor. v. 7. 
Potentate, (Only) 1 Tim. vi. 15. 
Prophet, Luke xxiv. 19. Acts iii. 22. 
Propitiation, 1 John ii. 2. 
Prince of peace, Isa. ix. 6. 

of the kings of the earth, Rev. i. 5 

of life, Acts iii. 15. 



Isa 



12. 



Power of God, 1 Cor. i. 24. 
Purifier, Mai. iii. 3. Matt. iii. 
Ransom, 1 Tim. ii. 6. 
Redeemer, Isa. lix. 20. Job xix. 25. 
Refiner, Mai. iii. 3. 
Righteous servant, Isa. liii. 11. 
Righteousness, 1 Cor. i. 30. 
Rock, 1 Cor. x. 4. Deut. xxxii. 15. 
Root of David, Rev. xxii. 16. 
Ruler in Israel, Mic. v. 2. 
Saviour, Luke ii. 11. Eph. v. 23. 
Seed of the woman, Gen. iii. 15. 

of David, 2 Tim. ii. 8. 

Shiloh, Gen. xlix. 10. 

Son of God, John i. 34. 

of the Most High, Luke i. 32. 

of man, John iii. 13. Matt. xxv. 31 

Second man, 1 Cor. xv. 47. 

Servant of God, Matt. xii. 18. 
Shepherd, John x. 11. 14. 

(Great) Heb. xiii. 20. 

of souls, 1 Pet. ii. 25. 

Stone refused, Matt. xxi. 42. Ps. cxviii. 23 

Acts iv. 11. 
Sun of righteousness, Mai. iv. 2. 
True witness, Rev. iii. 14, 
Truth, John xiv. 6. 
Vine, John xv. 1. 
Way, John xiv. 6. 
Wonderful, Isa. ix. 6. 
Wisdom of God, 1 Cor. i. 24. 

, (Our) 1 Cor. i. 30. 

Word of God, John i. 1. Rev. xix. 13 
With God, John i. 1. 14. 



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Christ's works. 



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CHAPTER VII. 



CHRIST'S WORKS. 



I. He created all things, John i. 3. All 
things were made by him, and without him 
was not any thing made. 

h Ver. 10. The world was made by him. 

1 Cor. viii. 6. By whom are all things. 

Eph. iii. 9. God created all things by Jesus 
Christ. 

Col. i. 16, 17. By him were all things 
created, that are in heaven, and that are in 
earth, visible and invisible, whether they be 
thrones or dominions or principalities or pow- 
ers, all things were created by him and for 
him ; and he is before all things, and by him 
all things consist. 

Heb. i. 2. By him God made the worlds. — 
Ver. 1 0. Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid 
the foundation of the earth, and the heavens 
are the works of thy hands. Ver. 11. Ch. 
hi. 3, 4. 

II. Christ shall raise the dead. John x. 
18. Jesus said. I have power to lay down my 
life and to take it again. Ch. ii. 19. 21. 

v. 21. As the Father raiseth the dead and 
quickeneth them, even so the Son quickeneth 
whom he will. 

Ver. 25. The hour is coming, and now is, 
when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son 
of God, and they that hear shall live. — Ver. 
28, 29. All that are in the graves shall hear 
his voice, and shall come forth ; they that 
have done good unto the resurrection of life, 
and they that have done evil unto the resur- 
rection of damnation. Dan. xii. 2. 

vi. 40. This is the will of him that sent 
me, that every one that seeth the Son and be- 
lieveth on him, may have everlasting life, and 
I will raise him up at the last day. Ver. 39. Ch. 
xi. 25, 26. 2 Tim. i. 10. 

III. Christ will change the bodies of man- 
kind. Phil. iii. 21. Christ shall change our 
vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto 
his glorious body, according to the working 
whereby he is able even to subdue all things 
to himself. See 1 Cor. xv. 51, 52. 

IV. Christ shall judge the world. Isa. xi. 
3. He shall not judge after the sight of his 
eves. 

Matt. xxiv. 30, 31. They shall see the Son 
of man coming in the clouds of heaven, with 
15 



power and great glory. He shall send his 
angels, with the sound of a trumpet, and they 
shall gather together his elect from the four 
winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 
Dan. vii. 13, 14. Mark xiii. 24 to 28. Rev. 
i. 7. — xiv, 14. — xxii. 20. 

xxv. 31 — 33. The Son of Man shall come 
in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, 
and then shall he sit upon the throne of his 
glory. (Matt. xix. 28. Luke ix. 26.) Be- 
fore him shall be gathered all nations, and he 
shall separate them one from another, as a 
shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats. 
He shall set the sheep on his right hand, but 
the goats on the left. 

John v. 22. The Father hath committed 
all judgment to the Son. — Ver. 27. He hath 
given him authority to execute judgment, be- 
cause he is the Son of man. 

Acts x. 42. The apostles said, Jesus com- 
manded us to preach unto the people, and to 
testify, that it is he which was ordained of God 
to be the judge of quick and dead. 

xvii. 31. God hath appointed a day in which 
he will judge the world in righteousness, by 
that man whom he hath ordained (viz. Jesus 
Christ). 

Rom. ii. 16. God shall judge the secrets of 
men by Jesus Christ. 

xiv. 10. We shall all stand before the judg- 
ment-seat of Christ. 

2 Tim. iv. 1. The Lord Jesus shall judge 
the quick and the dead, at his appearing and 
his kingdom. 

V. Christ will dispense suitable rewards 
and punishments to all mankind. 

Matt. xvi. 27. The Son of man shall come, 
and then shall he reward every one according 
to his works. Rom. ii. 10. 2 Cor. v. 10. 
Gal. vi. 7, 8. Rev. xxii. 12. See, God wiU 
render to men according to their works, in 
Chap, upon Good Worlcs. 

VI. Rewards from Christ to the righteous. 
Matt. xxv. 34—36. To them on his right 
hand, he will say, Come ye blessed of my 
Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you 
from the foundation of the world : For I was 
an hungered and ye gave me meat ; I was 
thirsty and ye gave me drink ; I was a stranger 
and ye took me in ; naked and ye clothed me ; I 

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was sick and ye visited me ; I was in prison 
and ye came unto me. — Ver. 40. Verily I say 
unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto 
one of the least of these my brethren, ye have 
done it unto me. 

Ver. 46. The righteous shall go into life 
eternal. Ver. 36 to 40. 

xiii, 43. Then shall the righteous shine 
forth as the sun, in the kingdom of their Fa- 
ther. Dan. xii. 3. As the brightness of the 
firmament, and as the stars for ever and 
ever. 

xix. 28. Jesus said, Ye that have fol- 
lowed me in the regeneration, when the Son 
of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye 
also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the 
twelve tribes of Israel. 1 Cor. vi. 2, 3. Do ye 
not know that the saints shall judge the 
world 1 That we shall judge angels 1 Luke 
xxii. 30. 

Ver. 29. Every one that hath forsaken 
houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or 
mother, -or wife, or children, or lands, for my 
name's sake, shall receive an hundred-fold, 
and shall inherit everlasting life. Luke xviii. 
29, 30. 

Luke xxii. 29, 30. I appoint unto you a 
kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto 
me ; that ye may eat and drink at my table, &c. 

Col. iii. 4. When Christ who is our life 
shall appear, then shall ye also appear with 
him in glory. 

1 Thess. iv. 17. We shall be caught up in 
the clouds to meet the Lord in the air : and so 
shall we ever be with the Lord. John xvii. 24. 

2 Thess. i. 10. Christ shall come, to be glo- 
rified in his saints, and to be admired in all 
them that believe. 

Rev. ii. 10. I will give thee a crown of life. 
2 Tim. iv. 8. A crown of righteousness. 1 Cor. 
ix. 25. An incorruptible crown. 1 Pet. i. 4. 
An inheritance incorruptible. 

vii. 17. The Lamb which is in the midst of 
the throne, shall feed them, and shall lead 
them unto living fountains of waters ; and God 
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. See, 
Being glad, rejoicing in the Lord. 

xi. 18. Thy wrath is come, and the time of 
the dead that they should be judged, and that 
thou shouldst give reward unto thy servants 
the prophets, and to the saints, and them that 
fear thy name small and great. 

VII. Punishments inflicted on the wicked 
by Christ. Matt. vii. 22. Many will say to 
me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not pro- 
phesied in thy name, and in thy name cast out 
devils, and in thy name done many wonderful 
works? Luke xiii. 26. We have eaten and 
drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught 
"n our streets.— Matt. vii. 23. And then will I 



profess unto them, I never knew you ; depart 
from me, ye that work iniquity. 

xiii. 40 — 42. As the tares are gathered, and 
burned in the fire ; so shall it be in the end of 
this world. The Son of man shall send forth 
his angels, and they shall gather out of his 
kingdom all things that offend, and them which 
do iniquity. And shall cast them into a fur- 
nace of fire ; there shall be wailing and gnash- 
ing of teeth. — Ver. 49, 50. 

xxv. 32, 33. Before the Son of man shall be 
gathered all nations, and he shall separate them 
one from another, as a shepherd divideth his 
sheep from the goats. And he shall set the 
sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the 
left.— Ver. 41—43. Then shall he say to them 
on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, 
into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and 
his angels. For I was an hungered and ye 
gave me no meat ; I was thirsty and ye gave 
me no drink ; I was a stranger and ye took 
me not in ; naked and ye clothed me not ; sick 
and in prison, and ye visited me not. — Ver. 
45. I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not 
to one of the least of these, ye did it not to 
me. — Ver. 46. And these shall go away into 
everlasting punishment. Mark ix. 44. The 
worm dieth not, &c. Isa. Ixvi. 24. John iii 
36. The wrath of God abideth on them. 

x. 11. 14, 15. Jesus sent forth his disciples, 
and said unto them, Into whatsoever city or 
town ye shall enter, if they shall not receive 
you, nor hear your words, when ye depart, 
shake off the dust of your feet. Verily I say 
unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the 
land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of 
judgment than for that city. 

Mark viii. 38. Whosoever shall be ashamed 
of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and 
sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of 
man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory 
of his Father, with the holy angels. See 
threats against Chorazin and Bethsaida, Matt. 
xi, 21, 22. Against Capernaum, Matt. xi. 23, 
24. Against the impenitent hearers of Christ, 
Matt. xii. 41, 42. 

Luke iii. 17. He will gather the wheat into 
his garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire 
unquenchable. 

John xii. 48. He that rejecteth me, hath 
one that judgeth him : the word that I have 
spoken, the same shall judge him in the last 
day. 

1 Thess. v. 2, 3. The day of the Lord so 
cometh as a thief in the night. For when 
they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden 
destruction cometh upon them, and they shall 
not escape. 

2 Thess. i. 7—9. The Lord Jesus shall be 
revealed from heaven, with his mighty angels, 
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know not God, and obey not the gospel of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. Who shall be punished 
with everlasting destruction, from the presence 
of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. 

ii. 8. The wicked one, (or man of sin) the 
Lord will consume with the spirit of his 
mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness 
of his coming. Rev. xvii. 8. 

2 Pet. ii. 4. God spared not the angels that 
sinned, but cast them down to hell, and deli- 
vered them into chains of darkness, to be re- 
served unto judgment. — Ver. 6. 12, 13. 

Ver. 9, 10. The Lord knoweth how to deli- 
ver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve 
the unjust unto the day of judgment, to be 
punished. But chiefly them that walk in the 
lust of uncleanness, and despise government. 

Rev. vi. 14 — 17. The heaven departed as a 
scroll. And the kings of the earth, and the 



great men, and the rich men, and the chief 
captains, and the mighty men, and every 
bondman, and every freeman, hid themselves 
in the dens, and in the rocks of the mountains. 
And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on 
us, and hide us from the face of him that sit- 
teth on the throne, and from the wrath of the 
Lamb : For the great day of his wrath is 
come, and who shall be able to stand 1 

xi. 18. Thy wrath is come, and the time 
that thou shouldst destroy them that destroy 
the earth. 

xx. 14. Death and hell were cast into the 
lake of fire. This is the second death. 

xx. 15. And whosoever was not found 
written in the book of life, was cast into the 
lake of fire. Ch. xix. 20. 

xxi. 8. The wicked shall have their part in 
the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



WORSHIP OFFERED TO CHRIST. 



I. ACTS of worship offered to Christ 
jointly with the Father. Matt, xxviii. 19. 
Go ye and teach all nations, baptizing them in 
the name of the Father, and of the Son, and 
of the Holy Ghost 

John v. 23. All men should honour the Son, 
even as they honour the Father. 

Rom. i. 7. Grace to you, and peace, from 
God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

1 Cor. i. 3. 2 Cor. i. 2. Gal. i. 3. Eph. i. 2. 
— vi. 23. Phil. i. 2. Col. i. 2. 1 Thess. i. 1. 

2 Thess. i. 2. Philem. 3. 

2 Cor. xii. 19. We speak before God in 
Christ. 

1 Tim. i. 2. Grace, mercy, and peace, from 
God our Father, and Jesus Christ our Lord. 
2 Tim. i. 2. Tit. i. 4. 2 John 3. Rev. i. 4, 5. 

Phil. ii. 11. Every tongue shall confess, 
that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God 
the Father. 

2 Thess. ii. 16, 17. Our Lord Jesus Christ, 
and God even our Father, comfort your hearts, 
and establish you. 

Rev. v. 13. Every creature which is in hea- 
ven, and on earth, heard I, saying, Blessing, 
and honour, and glory, and power, be unto 
him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the 
Lamb, for ever and ever. 

vii. 9. I beheld and lo, a great multitude, 
which no man could number, of all nations, 
and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood 
before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed 



with white robes, and palms in their hands. — 
Ver. 10. And cried with a loud voice, saying, 
Salvation to our God which sitteth on the 
throne, and unto the Lamb. 

II. Acts of worship offered to Christ alone 
hy the church in heaven, and upon earth. 
Ps. ii. 12. Kiss the Son lest he be angry, and 
ye perish. 

lxxii. 17. All nations shall call him blessed. 

cxviii. 26. Blessed be he that cometh in 
the name of the Lord. Matt. xxi. 9. Luke 
xiii. 35. 

Matt. ii. 2. The wise men said, We are 
come to worship him. 

xviii. 20. Where two or three are gathered 
together in my name, &c. 

Luke xxiii. 42. The malefactor said, Lord, 
remember me when thou comest into thy 
kingdom. 

xxiv. 52. The disciples worshipped him. 

Acts vii. 59. They stoned Stephen, calling 
upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus receive my 
spirit. 

iii. 6. In the name of Jesus Christ, rise and 
walk. 

ix. 14. Here he hath authority to bind all 
that call on thy name. — Ver. 21. Is not this 
he that destroyed them which called on this 
name] 

xxii. 16. Be baptized and wash away thy 
sins, calling upon the name of the Lord. 



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Rom. x. 12. The same Lord is rich unto 
all that call upon him. — Ver. 13. Whosoever 
shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be 
saved. Acts ii. 21. Joel ii. 32. 

xvi. 20. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ 
be with you. Ver. 24. 1 Cor. xvi. 23. Phil. 
iv 23. 1 Thess. v. 28. 2 Thess. iii. 18. 
Gal. vi. 18. Philem. 25. 

1 Cor. i. 2. With all that in every place, 
call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. 

2 Cor, xiii. 14. The grace of the Lord Jesus 
Christ be with you all. Rev. i. 5. — xxii. 21. 

Gal. i. 5. To whom be glory for ever and 
ever. Amen. 

Phil. ii. 10. At the name of Jesus every 
knee should bow. 

Ver. 1 9. I trust in the Lord Jesus. Ch. iv. 1. 

Col. ii. 18, 19. Let no man beguile you in 
a voluntary humility, and worshipping of 
angels, not holding the head, [which is 
Christ.] 

1 Thess. iii. 11. Our Lord Jesus Christ 
direct our way unto you. 

1 Tim. i. 12. I thank Christ Jesus our 
Lord, who hath enabled me. 

ii. 7, I speak the truth in Christ. 



v. 21. I charge thee before the Lord Jesus 
Christ. 2 Tim. iv. 1. 

2 Tim. ii. 19. Let everyone that nameth 
the name of Christ, depart from iniquity. 

iv. 22. The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy 
spirit. 

2 Pet. iii. 18. Grow in grace, and in the 
knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus 
Christ: to him be glory both now and for 
ever. Amen. 

Heb. i. 6. When he bringeth in the first 
begotten into the world, he saith, Let all the 
angels of God worship him. 

Rev. i. 5, 6. Unto him that loved us, and 
washed us from our sins in his own blood, and 
hath made us kings and priests unto God and 
his Father, to him be glory and dominion for 
ever and ever. Amen. 

v. 11, 12. I heard the voice of many angels 
round about the throne, and the beasts, and 
the elders, and the number of them was ten 
thousand times ten thousand, and thousands 
of thousands; saying, with a loud voice, 
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, to receive 
power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, 
and honour, and glory, and blessing. 



CHAPTER IX. 

PERFECTIONS OF CHRIST; HIS KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM, &c. 



I. CHRIST S knowledge. Isa. xi. 2. 
The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, 
the spirit of knowledge, wisdom, and under- 
standing. 

Matt. ix. 4. Jesus, knowing their thoughts. 
Ch. xii. 25. Luke ix. 47. 

xi. 27. Neither knoweth any man the Fa- 
ther, save the Son, and he to whom the Son 
will reveal him. John i. 18. — x. 1.5. 

Mark ii. 8. He perceived in spirit that they 
so reasoned within themselves. 

Luke vii. 39. The Pharisee spake within 
himself. — Ver. 40. Jesus answered. 

John ii. 24, 25. He knew all men : he 
knew what was in man. 

vi. 64. He knew who should betray him. 
Chap. xiii. 1 1. 

xvi. 19. He knew they were desirous to 
ask him. 

Acts i. 24. Thou, Lord, which knowest the 
hearts of all men. 

1 Cor. iv. 5. The Lord will make manifest 
the counsels of the hearts. 

Heb. iv. 12. The word of God is a discerner 
of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Rev. 
xix. 13. His name is, The Word of God. 



Rev. ii. 23. I am he which searcheth the 
reins and hearts. Ch. v. 6. 

II. Christ's Wisdom. Isa. xi. 2. The 
Spirit of wisdom shall rest upon him. 

Luke ii. 40. Jesus was filled with wisdom. 
Ver. 52. 

1 Cor. i. 24. Christ, the power of God and 
the wisdom of God. 

Col. ii. 3. In him are hid all the treasures 
of wisdom and knowledge. 

Rev. v. 1 2. Worthy is the Lamb, to receive 
power, and riches, and wisdom, &c. 

III. Christ's power and dominion. Ps. 
xlv. 3. Gird thy sword, O most Mighty. 

Isa. ix. 6. His name shall be called, The 
Mighty God. 

Matt. xxiv. 30. They shall see the Son of 
man coming with power and great glory. 

xxvi. 64. Hereafter shall ye see the Son of 
man sitting on the right hand of power. 

xxviii. 18. All power is given to me in 
heaven and earth. 

Luke iv. 32. His word was with power. 

John x. 18. I have power to lay down my 
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xvii. 2. Thou hast given him power over 
all flesh. 

Acts x. 38. God anointed Jesus of Naza- 
reth with power. 

1 Cor. i. 24. Christ the power of God. 

xv. 24. He shall have put down all au- 
thority and power. 

Eph. i. 21. He is above all principality and 
power. 

Col. ii. 10. The head of all power. 

1 Tim. vi. 16, To him be power everlasting. 

Heb. i. 3. Upholding all things by the word 
of his power. 

1 Pet. iii. 22. Who is on the right hand of 
God, angels, authorities, and powers being 
made subject to him. 

2 Pet. i. 16. We made known to you the 
power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Rev. xii. 10. Now is the power of Christ 
come. His works were mighty. Matt. xi. 
20, 21. 23.— xiii. 54. 58. Mark vi. 2. Luke 
ix. 43.— xix. 37.— xxiv. 19. See Christ's 
miracles and his works : Creating the world, 
raising the dead, fyc. 

IV. Various acts of Christ's power toward 
his people. Ps. ex. 3. Thy people shall be 
willing in the day of thy power. 

Isa. lxiii. 1. Mighty to save. Ch. xlii. 4. 

Matt. ix. 6. The Son of man hath power 
on earth to forgive sins. Mark ii. 10. Luke 
v. 24. 

x. 1. He called unto him his twelve disci- 
ples, and gave them power against unclean 
spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all man- 
ner of sickness, and all manner of disease. 

xvi. 18. I will build my church, &c. 

Luke v. 17. The power of the Lord was 
present to heal. 

John x. 28. Neither shall any pluck them 
out of my hand. 

1 Cor. i. 8. Christ shall confirm you unto 
the end, that ye may be blameless in the clay 
of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thess. iii. 13. 

2 Cor. xii. 9. He said, My grace is suffi- 
cient for thee : my strength is made perfect 
in weakness. Most gladly therefore, (saith 
Paul,) will I rather glory in my infirmities, 
that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 

Phil. iii. 21. The Lord Jesus Christ shall 
change our vile body, that it may be fashioned 
like unto his glorious body, according to the 
working whereby he is able to subdue all 
things to himself. 

iv. 1 3. I can do all things through Christ 
which strengthened me. 

Col. i. 29. I labour, striving according to 
his working, which worketh in me mightily. 

Heb. ii. 18. He is able to succour them that 
are tempted. 

vii. 25. Able to save to the uttermost. 



2 Tim. i. 12. Able to keep that committed 
to him. 

V. Acts of his power against his enemies. 
Ps. ii. 9. Thou shalt break them with a rod of 
iron. Acts xiii. 11. Heb. x. 13. 

ex. 2. Rule thou in the midst of thine ene- 
mies. Heb. i. 13. 

Isa. xi. 4. He shall smite the earth with the 
rod of his mouth. 

xxv. 8. He will swallow up death in vic- 
tory. 1 Cor. xv. 57. 

lxiii. 3. I will tread them in mine anger, 
and trample them in my fury. 

Luke iv. 36. With power he commanded 
the unclean spirits. 

xix. 27. Those mine enemies bring hither 
and slay them. 

John xvi. 33. I have overcome the world. 

Col. ii. 15. He spoiled principalities and 
powers. 

2 Thess. i. 9. Enemies shall be punished 
with everlasting destruction from the presence 
of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. 

ii. 8. The Lord shall consume the wicked 
one with the spirit of his mouth, and shall de- 
stroy him with the brightness of his coming. 

Heb. ii. 14. He took part of flesh and blood, 
that he might destroy him that had the power 
of death, that is, the devil. 

1 John iii. 8. The Son of God was mani- 
fested that he might destroy the works of the 
devil. 

Rev. xvii. 14. The Lamb shall overcome 
them. Ch. iii. 21. 

xix. 11. In righteousness he doth judge, 
and make war. 

VI. Christ's righteousness. Ps. xlv. 7. 
Thou, lovest righteousness, and hatest wicked- 
ness. 

lxxii. 2. He shall judge with righteousness. 
Isa. xi. 4. 

Isa. xi. 5. Righteousness shall be the girdle 
of his loins. 

xxxii. 1. A king shall reign in righteousness. 

xiii. 6. I the Lord have called thee in right- 
eousness. 

Ii. 5. My righteousness is near. 

liii. 9. He had done no violence, neither 
was deceit in his mouth. 

lix. 16. His righteousness it sustained him. 

Ver. 17. He put on righteousness as a 
breast-plate. 

lxii. 2. The Gentiles shall see thy right- 
eousness. 

lxiii. 1 . I that speak in righteousness, mighty 
to save. 

Jer. xxiii. 5, 6. I will raise unto David a 
righteous Branch. This is his name, The 
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Mai. iv. 2. Unto you that fear my name, 
snail the Sun of righteousness arise. 

Matt. iii. 15. It becometh us to fulfil all 
righteousness. 

2 Tim. iv. 8. A crown of righteousness the 
Lord the righteous judge shall give. 

Heb. i, 8. A sceptre of righteousness is the 
sceptre of thy kingdom. Ch. vii. 2. King of 
righteousness. 

1 John ii. 1. We have an advocate, Jesus 
Christ the righteous. 

VII. He promoted righteousness. Ps. xl. 9. 
I have preached righteousness. 

xlv. 4. Ride prosperously, because of truth, 
and meekness, and righteousness. 

lxxii. 7. In his days shall the righteous 
flourish. 

Isa. xxxii. 16. Judgment shall dwell in the 
wilderness, and righteousness remain in the 
fruitful field.— Ver. 17. The work of right- 
eousness shall be peace. 

liv. 17. Their righteousness is of me, saith 
the Lord. 

lx. 17. I will make thine exactors right- 
eousness. 

Ixi. 3. That they may be called trees of 
righteousness. — Ver. 10. He hath covered me 
with the robe of righteousness. Ver. 11. 
The Lord will cause righteousness to spring 
forth. 

Dan. ix. 24. Seventy weeks are determined 
to bring in everlasting righteousness. 

John xvi. 8. He will reprove the world of 
righteousness. 

1 John ii. 29. If ye know that he is right- 
eous, ye know that every one that doeth right- 
eousness is born of him. 

VIII. Christ's holiness. Dan. ix. 24. To 
anoint the most holy. 

Mark i. 24. I know thee who thou art, the 
holy One of God. 

Luke i. 35. That holy thing that shall be 
born of thee shall be called The Son of God. 

Acts iii. 14. Ye denied the holy One, and 
the Just. 

iv. 27. Against thy holy child Jesus, whom 
thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius 
Pilate, with the Gentiles and people of Israel, 
were gathered together. Ver. 30. 

Heb. vii. 26. Who is holy, harmless, unde- 
nted, and separate from sinners. Ch. iv. 15. 
Without sin. 

1 Pet. ii. 22. Who did no sin, neither was 
guile found in his mouth. 

John viii. 46. Who of you convinceth me 
of sin'? Ch. vii. 12. 



Rev. iii. 7. These things saith he that is holy. 

IX. Christ's justice. Zech. ix. 9. He is 
just, and having salvation. 

Matt, xxvii. 19. Have nothing to do with 
that just man. — Ver. 24. I am innocent of the 
blood of this just man. 

John v. 30. My judgment is just. 

1 Pet. iii. 18. Christ suffered, the just fo 
the unjust. 

X. His truth. John i. 14. The only be- 
gotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. — 
Ver. 17. Grace and truth came by Jesus 
Christ. 

viii. 40. I have told you the truth. Ver. 45. 

xiv. 6. I am the way, the truth, and the life. 

xviii. 37. For this cause came I into the 
world, that I should bear witness unto the 
truth. 

2 Cor. xi. 10. As the truth of Christ is in me. 
Eph. iv. 21. As the truth is in Jesus. 
Rev. iii. 7. These things saith he that is 

holy, he that is true. 

XI. His goodness. Acts x. 38. He we. 
about doing good. 

John x. 11. I am the good shepherd. 

XII. His mercy. 1 Tim. i. 16. That ia 

me Christ might show all long-suffering. 

Heb. ii. 17. That he might be a merciful 
and faithful high priest. 

XIII. Christ's eternity. Prov. viii. 23. I 
was set up from everlasting, from the begin- 
ning, or ever the earth was. See to ver. 32. 

Mic. v. 2. Whose goings forth have been 
from of old, from everlasting. 

John i. 1. In the beginning was the Word. 

viii. 58. Before Abraham was, I am. 

xvii. 5. Glorify me with the glory which I 
had with thee before the world was. — Ver. 24. 
Thou lovedst me before the foundation of the 
world. 

Col. i. 1 7. He is before all things, and by 
him all things consist. 

Heb. i. 12. Thou art the same, and thy 
years shall not fail. 

vii. 3. Having neither beginning of days, 
nor end of life, but like the Son of God. 

xiii. 8. Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, 
and to-day, and for ever. 

Rev. i. 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the be- 
ginning and the ending. Ch. xxi. 6. — xxii. 13. 

Ver. 17. The first and the last. Ch. ii. 8. 

Ver. 18. I am he that liveth, (or the living 
one,) and was dead. 



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CHAPTER X. 

CHRIST'S BENEFITS TO MEN, OR BLESSINGS THEY RECEIVE THROUGH 
HIM, AS A SAVIOUR, REDEEMER, DELIVERER, &c. 



I. CHRIST is the Saviour : salvation is 
by him. Isa. xxv. 9. We will be glad and 
rejoice in thy salvation. 

xlv. 17. Israel shall be saved in the Lord, 
with an everlasting salvation. Ver. 22. Look 
unto me, &c. 

xlvi. 13. I will place salvation in Zion. 

xlix. 6. I will give thee for a light to the 
Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation 
unto the end of the earth. Acts xiii. 47. 

Ver. 8. I will give thee for a covenant of the 
people. 

li. 5. My salvation is gone forth ; the isles 
shall wait upon me, and on my arm shall they 
trust. — Ver. 6. My salvation shall be for ever, 
from generation to generation. Ver. 8. 

lii. 7. How beautiful are the feet of him 
that publisheth salvation. Ver. 10. All ends 
of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. 

lvi. 1. My salvation is near to come, and 
my righteousness to be revealed. 

lix. 16, 17. His arm brought salvation, and 
his righteousness it sustained him. (Ch. lxiii. 
5.) He put on righteousness as a breast-plate, 
and a helmet of salvation upon his head. 

lx. 18. Thou shalt call thy walls salvation, 
and thy gates praise. 

lxi. 10. God hath clothed me with the gar- 
ments of salvation, and covered me with the 
robe of righteousness. 

lxii. 1. For Zion's sake, I will not hold my 
peace, until the righteousness thereof go forth 
as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a 
lamp that burnetii. — Ver. 11. Behold, thy sal- 
vation cometh ; his reward is with him, and 
his work before him. Zech. ix. 9. 16. 

lxiii. 1. I that speak in righteousness, 
mighty to save. Ver. 5. 9. 

Jer. xxxiii. 15. In those days, and at that 
time, will I cause the Branch of righteous- 
ness to grow up unto David, and he shall exe- 
cute judgment and righteousness in the land. 
— Ver. 16. In those days shall Judah be 
saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely : and 
this is the name wherewith she shall be called, 
The Lord our righteousness. 

Matt. i. 21. He shall save his people from 
their sins. 

xviii. 11. The Son of man is come to save 
that which was lost. 

Luke i. 69. God hath raised up a horn of 



salvation for us. — Ver. 77. To give know- 
ledge of salvation unto his people, by the re- 
mission of their sins, through the tender 
mercy of our God, whereby the day-spring 
from on high hath visited us. Ver. 78. 

ii. 11. Unto you is born this day a Saviour. 

Ver. 30. Mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 
(i. e. Christ.) 

iii. 6. All flesh shall see the salvation of 
God. 

ix. 56. The Son of man is come, not to de- 
stroy, but to save men's lives. 

xix. 9. This day is salvation p. e. Christ) 
come to this house. 

John iii. 17. God sent not his Son into the 
world, to condemn the world, but that the 
world through him might be saved. 

iv. 22. Salvation (*. e. Christ) is of the 
Jews. — Ver. 42. This is Christ the Saviour 
of the world. 

v. 34. These things I say, that ye might be 



x. 9. By him if any man enter in, he shall 
be saved. 

xii. 47. I came not to judge, but to save the 
world. 

Acts ii. 21. Whosoever shall call on the 
name of the Lord, shall be saved. See Wor- 
ship offered to Christ. 

iv. 12. There is none other name, under 
heaven given among men, whereby we must 
be saved. 

v. 31. Him hath God exalted to be a Prince 
and a Saviour. 

xiii. 23. Of this man's (David's) seed, hath 
God raised unto Israel a Saviour. — Ver. 38. 
Through this man is preached to you, the for- 
giveness of sins. 

xv. 11. We believe, that through the grace 
of the Lord Jesus Christ, we shall be saved. 

xvi. 31. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, 
and thou shalt be saved. 

xxviii. 28. The salvation of God is sent 
unto the Gentiles. 

Rom. v. 9. We shall be saved from wrath, 
through him. 

x. 9. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth 
I the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy 
; heart, thou shalt be saved. 

2 Cor. vi. 2. In the day of salvation have I 
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Eph.ii. 5. 8. By grace ye are saved, through 
faith, and that not of yourselves. 

v. 23. He is the Saviour of the body, [the 
church.] 

Phil. iii. 20. Our conversation is in heaven, 
from whence we look for the Saviour, the Lord 
Jesus Christ. 

1 Thess. v. 9. God hath not appointed us 
to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord 
Jesus Christ. 2 Thess. ii. 13. 

1 Tim. i. 15, Christ Jesus came into the 
world to save sinners. 

2 Tim. i. 10. Our Saviour Jesus Christ 
hath abolished death, and brought life and im- 
mortality to light. Ver. 9. 

ii. 10. That the elect may obtain the salva- 
tion, which is in Christ Jesus. 

Tit. iii. 5, 6. According to his mercy he 
saved us, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. 

Heb. ii. 3. How shall we escape if we 
neglect so great salvation, which began to be 
spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto 
us by them fchat heard him 1 

Ver. 10. It became him, for whom are all 
things, and by whom are all things, in bring- 
ing many sons to glory, to make the Captain 
of their salvation perfect through sufferings. 

v. 9. He became the author of eternal sal- 
tation, unto all that obey him. 

vii. 25. He is able to save them to the ut- 
termost, that come unto God by him. 

ix. 28. He shall appear the second time, 
without sin, unto salvation. 

1 John iv. 14. The Father sent the Son, to 
be the Saviour of the world. 

H. Christ a Redeemer ; redemption through 
him. Job xix. 25. I know that my Redeemer 
liveth. 

Isa. lix. 20. The Redeemer shall come to 
Zion, and unto them that turn from transgres- 
sion in Jacob, saith the Lord. 

Rom. iii. 24. We are justified freely by his 
grace, through the redemption that is in Christ 
Jesus. 

1 Cor. i. 30. Christ Jesus, of God is made 
unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanc- 
tification and redemption. Ver. 24. 

Gal. iii. 13. Christ hath redeemed us from 
the curse of the law. 

iv. 4. God sent forth his Son, made of a 
woman, made under the law, to redeem them 
that were under the law, that we might re- 
ceive the adoption of sons. Ver. 5. 

Tit. ii. 14. He gave himself for us, that he 
might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify 
unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good 
works. 

Heb. ix. 12. He entered into the holy place, 
naving obtained eternal redemption for us. 
Ver 15. 



1 Pet. i. 18. Ye were not redeemed with 
corruptible things, but with the precious blood 
of Christ. Ver. 19. 

Rev. v. 9. Thou hast redeemed us to God 
by thy blood. 

xiv. 3. These were redeemed from the earth 
Ver. 4. Redeemed from among men, being 
the first-fruits unto God and the Lamb. 

III. Christ a ransom. Job xxxiii. 24. He 
is gracious, and saith, Deliver him, I have 
found a ransom. 

Isa. xxxv. 10. The ransomed of the Lord 
shall come to Zion with songs, and everlasting 
joy upon their heads. Ch. Ii. 10. — lv. 12 
Jer. xxxi. 11. Hos. xiii. 14. 

Matt. xx. 28. The Son of man came to 
give his life a ransom for many. Mark x. 15. 

1 Tim. ii. 6. Who gave himself a ransom 
for all. 

IV. Christ a price. 1 Cor. vi. 20. Ye are 
bought with a price. 

Acts xx. 28. Feed the church of God, which 
he hath purchased with his own blood. 

V. Christ a deliverer. Luke iv. 18. He 
hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to 
preach deliverance to the captives. Isa. lxi. 1. 

Rom. xi, 26. There shall come out of Sion 
the Deliverer. Isa. lix. 20. 

Gal. i. 4. Who gave himself for our sins, 
that he might deliver us from this present evi! 
world. 

v. 1. Christ hath made us free. Rom. 
viii. 2. 

1 Thess. i. 10. He delivered us from the 
wrath to come. 

VI. Mediator. 1 Tim. ii. 5. There is one 
God, and one Mediator between God and men, 
the man Christ Jesus. 

Heb. viii. 6. He is the mediator of a better 
covenant. 

ix. 15. The mediator of the new covenant. 
Ch. xii. 24. 

VII. Intercessor. Isa. liii. 12. He made 
intercession for transgressors. 

Rom. viii. 34. Who maketh intercession 
for us. 

VIII. Advocate. 1 John ii. 1. We have an 
advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the 
righteous. 

Heb. ix. 24. He entered into heaven, to ap- 
pear in the presence of God for us. 

IX. Reconciliation by Christ. Rom. v. 10. 
We were reconciled to God by the death of 
his Son. Ch. xi. 15. 



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2 Cor. v. 18. God hath reconciled us to 
himself by Jesus Christ. — Ver. 19. God was 
in' Christ reconciling the world to himself. 

Eph. ii. 16. That he might reconcile both 
unto God by the cross. 

Col. i. 19, 20. It pleased the Father, that in 
him should all fulness dwell, and (having 
made peace through the blood of his cross) by 
him to reconcile all things to himself. — Ver. 
21. You hath he reconciled. 

Heb. ii. 17. That he might be a merciful 
and faithful high priest, to make reconciliation 
for the sins of the people. 

Eph. i. 1 0. That he might gather together 
in one all things in Christ, hoth which are in 
heaven, and which are on earth, even in him. 

2 Cor. v. 18, 19. The ministry and word 
of reconciliation. 

X. Peace with God by Christ. Isa. ix. 6. 
His name shall be called Prince of Peace. 
Ver. 7. 

liii. 5. The chastisement of our peace was 
upon him. 

liv. 10. Neither shall the covenant of my 
peace be removed. 

Ezek. xxxiv. 25. I will make with them a 
covenant of peace. Jer. xxxi. 31. 

Zech. vi. 13. The counsel of peace shall be 
between them. 

ix. 10. He shall speak peace unto the 
heathen. Ps. Ixxii. 7. Eph. ii. 17. 

Luke i. 79. To guide our feet into the way 
of peace. 

ii. 14. On earth peace, good-will toward men. 

xix. 38. Peace in heaven, and glory in the 
highest. 

John xvi. 33. These things I have spoken, 
that ye might have peace. Ch. xiv. 27. My 
peace I leave with you. 

Acts x. 36. The word which God sent to 
the children of Israel, preaching peace by Je- 
sus Christ. 

Rom. i. 7. Peace from God the Father, and 
from the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Cor. i. 3. 
2 Cor. i. 2. Gal. i. 3. Eph. i. 2. Phil. i. 2. 
Col. i. 2. 1 Thess. i. 1. 2 Thess. i. 2. 2 Tim. 
i. 2. Tit. i. 4. Philem. 3. 2 John 3. 1 Pet. 
i. 2. 2 Pet. i. 2. Jude 2. 

v. I. We have peace with God, through 
our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Eph. ii. 14. Christ, he is our peace. — Ver. 
15. Making peace. — Ver. 17. He preached 
peace. Eph. vi. 15. Rom. x. 15. The gos- 
pel of peace. 

Phil. iv. 7. And the peace of God, which 
passeth all understanding, shall keep your 
hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Col. 
iii. 15. 

XI. Grace from Christ. John i. 16, 17. 

16 



Of his fulness have, all we received, and grace 
for grace. Grace and truth came by Jesus 
Christ. 

Acts xv. 11. Through the grace of the 
Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved. 

Rom. v. 15. The grace of God, and the 
gift by grace, which is by Jesus Christ, hath 
abounded to many. — Ver. 17. They which 
receive abundance of grace, and of the gift 
of righteousness, shall reign in life by Jesus 
Christ. 

xvi. 20. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ 
be with you all. 2 Cor. i. 2. — xiii. 14. Gal. 
vi. 18. 2 Thess. iii. 18. Rev. xxii. 21. 

1 Cor. i. 4. I thank God on your behalf, for 
the grace of God, which is given you by Jesus 
Christ. 

2 Cor. i. 2. Grace be to you, and peace, 
from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus 
Christ. Gal. i. 3. Eph. i. 2. Col. i. 2. 

xii. 9. My grace is sufficient for thee. 

Eph. iv. 7. Unto every one of us is given 
grace according to the measure of the gift of 
Christ. — Ver. 8. He gave gifts unto men. 

XII. Justification by Christ. Isa. liii. 11. 
By his knowledge shall my righteous servant 
justify many. 

Acts xiii. 39. By him all that believe are 
justified from all things, from which ye could 
not be justified by (he law of Moses. 

Rom. iii. 24. Justified freely by his grace, 
through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. 
Ver. 26. 28. 

v. 1. Being justified by faith, we have peace 
with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ. — 
Ver. 9. Being justified by his blood, we shall 
be saved from wrath through him. Ver. 16, 
17, 18, 19. 

viii. 1. There is no condemnation to them 
that are in Christ Jesus. 

1 Cor. vi. 11. Ye are justified in the name 
of the Lord Jesus. 

Gal. ii. 16. A man is justified by the faith 
of Jesus Christ. 

iii. 8. God would justify the heathen through 
faith. Ver. 24. Ch. v. 4. 

XIII. Sanctification through Christ. 1 Cor. 
i. 2. To them that are sanctified in Christ Je 
sus. — Ver. 30. Christ Jesus, of God, is made 
unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanc- 
tification, and redemption. 

vi. 11. Ye are sanctified in the name of the 
Lord Jesus. 

Eph. v. 25. Christ loved the church, and 
gave himself for it; that he might sanctify 
and cleanse it. Ver. 26. 

Tit. iii. 5. Not by works of righteousness 
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mercy he saved us, by the washing of regene- 
ration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. 

Heb. ii. 11. He that sanctifieth, and they 
who are sanctified, are all of one. 

x. 10. We are sanctified through the offer- 
ing of the body of Jesus. — Ver. 14. By one 
offering he hath perfected for ever them that 
are sanctified. Ver. 29. 

Heb. xiii. 12. Jesus, that he might sanctify 
the people with his own blood, suffered with- 
out the gate. 

XIV. Christ is called life to his people. 
John i. 4. In him was life, and the life was 
the light of men. 

v. 26. As the Father hath life in himself, 
so hath he given to the Son to have life in 
himself. 

vi. 68. Thou hast the words of eternal life. 

xi. 25. I am the resurrection, and the life. 

xiv. 6. I am the way, the truth, and the life. 

Acts iii. 1 5. The Prince of life. 

1 John i. 1, 2. Our hands have handled of 
the word of life. For the life was manifested, 
and we have seen it, and bear witness, and 
shew unto you that eternal life which was 
with the Father, and was manifested unto us. 

v. 12. He that hath the Son hath life: he 
that hath not the Son, hath not life. — Ver. 20. 
This is the true God, and eternal life. 

XV. Eternal life, is from and by Christ. 
John iv. 14. Whosoever drinketh of the water 
that I shall give him, shall never thirst. 

vi. 27. Labour not for the meat that perish- 
eth, but for that meat which endureth to ever- 
lasting life, which the Son of man shall give 
unto you. Ver. 33. 

vi. 48. I am the bread of life. — Ver. 51. I 
am the living bread which came down from 
heaven : if any man eat of this bread he shall 
live for ever. — Ver. 57. He that eateth me, 
even he shall live by me. 

viii. 12. He that folio weth me shall have 
the light of life. 

x. 10. I am come that they might have life. 
— Ver. 28. I give unto them eternal life, neither 
shall any pluck them out of my hand. 

xiv. 19. Because I live, ye shall live also. 

Rom. v. 17. They who receive abundance 
of grace, and of the gift of righteousness shall 
reign in life by Jesus Christ. — Ver. 21. As 
sin reigned unto death, even so might grace 
reign through righteousness unto eternal life 
by Jesus Christ. 

Col. iii. 4. When Christ, who is our life, 
shall appear, then shall ye appear with him in 
glory. 

1 Thess. v. 10. Christ died for us, that 
whether we wake or sleep we should live to- 
gether with him. 



2 Tim. i. 10. Christ hath brought life and 
immortality to light through the gospel. 

1 John iv. 9. God sent his only begotten 
Son into the world, that we might live through 
him. 

XVI. Eternal life is the gift of God y 
through him. Rom. vi. 23. The wages of 
sin is death ; but the gift of God is eternal 
life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Ch. v. 
18. Rev. xxii. 17. 

1 Pet. iii. 7. Heirs of the grace of life. 

Tit. i. 2. In hope of eternal life, which 
God, that cannot lie, promised before the 
world began. 

1 Pet. i. 3. God hath begotten us to a lively 
hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 

1 John ii. 25. This is the promise that he 
hath promised us, even eternal life. 2 Tim. 
i. 1. 

v. 11. This is the record, that God hath 
given to us eternal life ; and this life is in his 
Son. Rom. v. 17. 21. 

XVII. Benefits from Christ against sin, 
by way of extract from the foregoing and 
following sections. Isa. liii. 5. He was 
wounded for our transgressions, he was 
bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of 
our peace was upon him, and with his stripes 
we are healed. — Ver. 6. The Lord laid on 
him the iniquity of us all. — Ver. 10. Thou 
wilt make his soul an offering for sin. — Ver. 
12. He bare the sin of many. 

Zech. xiii. 1. There shall be a fountain 
opened to the house of David, and to the in- 
habitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for un- 
cleanness. 

Matt. i. 21. He shall save his people from 
their sins. 

ix. 6. The Son of man hath power on 
earth to forgive sins. Ver. 2. 

xxvi. 28. My blood is shed for the remis- 
sion of sins. 

Luke xxiv. 46, 47. Thus it behoved Christ 
to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third 
day : That repentance and remission of sins 
should be preached in his name. Ch. i. 77. 

John i. 29. The Lamb of God, that taketh 
away the sin of the world. 

Acts ii. 38. Repent, and be baptized in the 
name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins. 

v. 31. Him hath God exalted with his right 
hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give 
repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. 

x. 43. Whosoever believeth in him shall 
receive remission of sins. 

xiii. 38. Through this man is preached unto 
you the forgiveness of sins. 

iii. 26. God sent him to bless you, in turn- 
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Rom. iii. 25. To declare his righteousness 
for the remission of sins. 

v. 9. Being justified by his blood, we shall 
be saved from wrath through him. 

vi. 10. He died unto sin once. 

viii. 3. He condemned sin in the flesh. 

1 Cor. xv. 3. Christ died for our sins. 
Ver. 57. God giveth us the victory through 

our Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 Cor. v. 21. He made him to be sin for us. 
Gal. i. 4. He gave himself for our sins. 
Eph. i. 7. In whom we have redemption 

through his blood, the forgiveness of sins. 
Col. i. 14. 

iv. 32. As God for Christ's sake hath for- 
given you. 

Col. iii. 13. As Christ forgave you, so do ye. 

I Tim. i. 15. Jesus Christ came to save 
sinners. 

Heb. i. 3. He purged our sins by his own 
blood. Heb. ix. 22. 

ii. 14. He took part of flesh and blood, that 
through death he might destroy him that had 
the power of death. 

ix. 26. He appeared to put away sin by the 
sacrifice of himself. — Ver. 28. Christ was once 
offered to bear the sins of many. 

x. 14. By one offering he hath perfected for 
ever them that are sanctified. 

1 Pet. ii. 24. Who bare our sins in his own 
body on the tree. 

iii. 18. Christ suffered for sins. 

1 John i. 7. The blood of Christ cleanseth 
from all sin. Ver. 9. 

ii. 1, 2. If any man sin, we have an advo- 
cate with the Father, Jesus Christ the right- 
eous. He is the propitiation for our sins — for 
the sins of the whole world. — Ver. 1 2. Your 
sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. 

iii. 5. He was manifested to take away our 
sins.— Ver. 8. That he might destroy the 
works of the devil. 

Rev. i. 5, 6. Unto him that loved us, and 
washed us from our sins in his own blood, and 
hath made us kings and priests unto God and 
his Father, to him be glory and dominion, for 
ever and ever. Amen. 

XVIII. Christ's love to his peopk. John 
xiii. 1. Having loved his own which were in 
the world, he loved them unto the end. — Ver. 
34. A new commandment I give unto you, 
That ye love one another, as I loved you. 

xv. 9. As the Father hath loved me, so have 
I loved you. 

Rom. viii. 37. We are more than conquer- 
ors, through him that loved us. 

Eph. v. 2. Christ hath loved us, and hath 
given himself for us. — Ver. 25. Christ loved 
the church, and gave himself for it 

Rev. i. 5, 6. Unto him that loved us, and 



washed us from our sins in his own blood, and 
hath made us kings and priests unto God and 
his Father, be glory and dominion for ever. 

iii. 9. I will make them to know that I have 
loved thee. See Ps. xlv. 11. Prov. viii. 31. 
Song ii. 4. 6. — iv. 9. — vii. 10. 

XIX. Christ's care of his people. Isa. xl. 
11. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd, he 
shall gather the lambs with his arm, and gently 
lead those that are with young. See ch. xlix, 
10. Ezek. xxxiv. 23. 

Matt, xxiii. 37. How often would I have 
gathered thy children as a hen gathereth her 
chickens under her wings. Isa. xlii. 3. Eph. 
v. 29. 

His presence with his people. Matt, xviii. 
20. Where two or three are gathered to- 
gether in my name, there am I in the midst of 
them. 

xxviii. 20. I am with you always unto the 
end of the world. 

John xiv. 18. I will not leave you comfort- 
less, I will come to you. 

Ver. 21. He that loveth me shall be loved 
of my Father, and I will love him, and mani- 
fest myself to him. — Ver. 23. My Father will 
love him, and we will come to him. 

Acts xviii. 10. I am with thee, and no man 
shall set on thee to hurt thee. Ch. xxiii. 11. 
2 Tim. iv. 17. 

1 John i. 3. Our fellowship is with the Fa- 
ther, and with his Son. 

Rev. ii. 1. He walketh in the midst of the 
golden candlesticks. 

iii. 20. Behold, I stand at the door and 
knock ; if any man hear my voice, and open 
the door, I will come in to him, and sup with 
him, and he with me. 

XX. Christ's excellencies and benefits 
briefly expressed. Eph. i. 3. God the Father 
hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in 
Christ.— Ver. 23. The fulness of him that 
filleth all in all. 

iii. 8. The unsearchable riches of Christ. 

Ver. 19. Filled with all the fulness of God. 

iv. 13. A perfect man, the measure of the 
stature of the fulness of Christ. — Ver. 7. The 
measure of the gift of Christ. 

Col. i. 19, 20. It pleased the Father, that in 
him should all fulness dwell; and by him to 
reconcile all things to himself. 

ii. 10. Ye are complete in him. 

iii. 11. Christ is all and in all. 

XXI. Titles given to Christ, taken from 
the highest, most honourable and useful offices 
among men : As, Prophet, Priest, King, de- 
noting his benefits to mankind against sin, and 
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XXII. Christ's prophetic office was carried 
on hy his Spirit, speaking in the prophets of 
old. 1 Pet. i. 10—12. Of which salvation 
[by Christ] the prophets have inquired, and 
searched diligently, who prophesied of the 
grace that should come unto you : Searching 
what, or what manner of time the Spirit of 
Christ which was in them did signify, when it 
testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, 
and the glory that should follow. Unto whom 
it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but 
unto us, they did minister the things which 
are now reported unto you by them that have 
preached the gospel unto you, with the Holy 
Ghost sent down from heaven ; which things 
the angels desire to look into. 

iii. 19, 20. By which [Spirit] Christ preached 
unto the spirits in prison ; in the days of Noah, 
while the ark was preparing. 

2 Pet. i. 21. Prophecy came not in old time 
by the will of man ; but holy men of God spake 
as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 
2 Tim. iii. 16. 

XXIII. Christ's prophetic office thus fore- 
told by the prophets. Deut. xviii. 18. The 
Lord said, I will raise them up a prophet from 
among their brethren, like unto thee, and will 
put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak 
unto them all that I shall command him. 

Ps. xl. 9. I have preached righteousness; I 
have not refrained my lips. Ver. 10. 

Isa. ix. 2. The people that walked in dark- 
ness have seen a great light. 

Ver. 6. Unto us a child is born ; his name 
shall be called Counsellor. 

xlii. 1. I have put my Spirit upon him; he 
shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. — 
Ver. 3. He shall bring forth judgment unto 
truth. — Ver. 6, 7. I will give thee for a light 
of the Gentiles ; to open the blind eyes, to 
bring out the prisoners from the prison, and 
them that sit in darkness out of the prison- 
house. Ch. xlix. 9, 10. 

xlix. 5. The Lord formed me from the womb 
to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him. 
Ver. 1, 2, 3. 6. 

li. 4, 5. I will make my judgment to rest 
for a light of the people. The isles shall wait 
upon me. — Ver. 16. I have put my words in 
thy mouth. 

Iii. 7. How beautiful are the feet of him 
that publisheth peace, that bringeth good 
tidings, that publisheth salvation! Ver. 10. 
Luke iv. 18. 

liv. 13. All thy children shall be taught of 
the Lord. 

Iv. 4. I have given him for a witness to the 
people. 

lix. 21. My Spirit that is upon thee, and my 
words which I have put in thy mouth, shall 



not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the 
mouth of thy seed. 

Ix. 2, 3. The Lord shall arise upon thee, 
and his glory shall be seen upon thee. The 
Gentiles shall come to thy light. — Ver. 19. 
The Lord shall be thine everlasting light. 

lxi. 1. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon 
me ; because he hath anointed me to preach 
good tidings to the meek. 

Mai. iii. 1. The Lord whom ye seek shall 
come to his temple, even the messenger of the 
covenant. 

iv. 2. Unto you that fear my name, shall 
the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in 
his wings. Rev. xxii. 16. The bright and 
morning star. 

XXIV. Christ gave the following account 
of his prophetic office. Matt. xi. 27. Neither 
knoweth any man the Father save the Son, 
and he to whom the Son will reveal him. 

Luke iv. 43. I must preach, for therefore am 
I sent. See Christ's sermon, Matt. 5th, 6th, 
and 7th chapters ; and many other places, as 
Luke vi. 20. 

John i. 1. In the beginning was the 
Word. 

iii. 34. He whom God sent speaketh the 
words of God. 

vii. 16. My doctrine is not mine, but his 
that sent me. 

viii. 26. He that sent me is true; and I 
speak to the world those things which I have 
heard of him. — Ver. 28. As my Father hath 
taught me I speak. — Ver. 38. I speak that 
which I have seen with my Father. 

xii. 50. Even as the Father said unto me, 
so I speak. 

xiv. 24. The word which ye hear is not 
mine, but the Father's who sent me. 

xv. 15. All things that I have heard of my 
Father I have made known unto you. 

xvii. 6. Father, I have manifested thy name 
unto them. — Ver. 8. I have given unto them 
the words which thou gavest me. — Ver. 26. I 
have declared thy name, and will declare. 

Heb. ii. 3. Salvation began to be spoken by 
the Lord. 

Rev. i. 1. The revelation of Jesus Christ, 
which God gave unto him. 

XXV. Hence Christ is called the light of 
the world. John i. 5. The light shineth in 
darkness. — Ver. 9. The true light, that light- 
eth every man. 

iii. 19. Light is come into the world, 
viii. 12. Jesus said, I am the light of the 
world. Ch. ix. 5.— xii. 35. 46. 

XXVI. Christ a priest. Ps. ex. 4. The 
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art a priest for ever after the order of Melchi- 
zedek. See Heb. vi. 20.— vii. 15. 17. 

xl. 0, 7. Sacrifice and offering thou didst 
not desire. — Lo, I come : in the volume of the 
book it is written of me. 

Zech. vi. 13. He shall be a priest upon his 
throne. 

Heb. vii. 3. Made like the Son of God, 
abideth a priest continually. Ver. 24. 

Ver. 16. 28. After the power of an endless 
life, consecrated for evermore. 

viii. I. We have a high priest, who is set 
on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty 
in the heavens. 

ix. 11. Christ being come, a high priest of 
good things to come. 

Ver. 24. He entered into heaven itself, to 
appear in the presence of God for us. 1 John 



XXVII. His offering himself a sacrifice. 
1 Cor. v. 7. Christ our passover is sacrificed 
for us. 

Eph. v. 2. Christ hath loved us, and hath 
given himself for us, an offering and a sacri- 
fice to God for a sweet-smelling savour. 

Heb. viii. 3. It is of necessity that this man 
have somewhat to offer. 

ix. 14. He offered himself without spot to 
God. 

Ver. 26. Once in the end of the world hath 
he appeared, to put away sin by the sacrifice 
of himself. 

x. 5. Sacrifice and offering thou wouldst 
not, but a body hast thou prepared me. 
Ver. 8. 

Ver. 12. But this man, after he had offered 
One sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the 
right hand of God. 

Ver. 14. By one offering he hath perfected 
for ever them that are sanctified. 

XXVIII. Christ was given and delivered: 
the design thereof. John iii. 16. God so loved 
the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, 
that whosoever believeth in him should not 
perish, but have everlasting life. 

1 John iv. 9. God sent his only begotten 
Son into the world, that we might live through 
him. Acts ii. 23. Rom. iv. 25. — viii. 32. 

XXIX. Christ gave himself, and for what 
end. Gal. i. 3, 4. The Lord Jesus Christ gave 
himself for our sins, that he might deliver us 
from the present evil world. 

Tit. ii. 14. He gave himself, that he might 
redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto 
himself a peculiar people, zealous of good 
works. 

Gal. ii. 20. The Son of God, who loved me, 
and gave himself for me. 



Eph. v. 2. Christ hath loved us, and given 
himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to 
God, &c— Ver. 25, 26. The Son of God loved 
the church, and gave himself for it, that he 
might sanctify and cleanse it. 

1 Tim. ii. 6. Who gave himself a ransom 
for all. 

John x. 15. I lay down my life for the 
sheep. Ver. 17. See Matt. xx. 28. John x. 
11.15. 1 John iii. 16. 

XXX. Christ suffered: the end thereof. 
Heb. xiii. 12. Jesus, that he might sanctify 
the people with his own blood, suffered with- 
out the gate. 

1 Pet. iii. 18. Christ hath once suffered for 
sins, that he might bring us to God. Ch. ii. 
21. Suffered for us. See Isa. liii. 4, 5, 6. 

XXXI. Christ suffered: the efficacy thereof. 
Rom. v. 6. When we were without strength, 
Christ died for the ungodly. — Ver. 8. While 
we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. — Ver. 
10. We were reconciled to God by the death 
of his Son. 

vi. 10. He died unto sin. John x. 11. He 
gave his life for the sheep. 

viii. 34. Who is he that condemneth 1 It is 
Christ that died. 

1 Cor. xv. 3. I delivered unto you first of 
all that which I also received, how that Christ 
died for our sins, according to the Scriptures. 

2 Cor. v. 14, 15. If one died for all, then 
were all dead. He died for all, that they 
which live, should live unto him who died for 
them. 

Heb. ii. 9. That he, by the grace of God, 
should taste death for every man. 1 Thess. 
v. 10. He died for us. 

Ver. 14. That through death he might de- 
stroy him that had the power of death, that is, 
the devil. Rom. xiv. 15. Heb. ix. 15, 16. 

XXXn. Chrisfs blood: the efficacy thereof 
Zech. ix. 11. As for thee also, by the blood of 
thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners 
out of the pit wherein is no water. 

xiii. 1. In that day there shall be a fountain 
opened to the house of David and to the inha- 
bitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for unclean- 
ness. See Joel iii. 18. 

Matt. xxvi. 28. My blood, which is shed for 
the remission of sins. 

Acts xx. 28. Feed the church of God, which 
he hath purchased with his blood. 

Rom. v. 9. Being justified by his blood, we 
shall be saved from wrath through him. Rom. 
iii. 25. 

Eph. i. 7. In whom we have redemption 
through his blood, the forgiveness of sins. Col. 
i. 14. 

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ii. 13. Ye are made nigh by the blood of 
Christ. 

Col. i. 20. Having made peace through the 
blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all 
things to himself. 

Heb. i. 3. He by himself purged our sins. 

ix. 12. By his own blood, he entered into 
the holy place, having obtained eternal re- 
demption for us. — Ver. 14. How much more 
shall the blood of Christ purge your conscience 
from dead works, to serve the living God. — 
Ver. 22. Without shedding of blood is no re- 
mission. 

x. 1 9, 20. Having boldness to enter into the 
holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and 
living way, which he hath consecrated through 
the veil, that is to say, his flesh. 

Ver. 29. The blood of the covenant where- 
with he was sanctified. Ch. xiii. 20. The 
blood of the everlasting covenant. 

xii. 24. Ye are come to the blood of sprin- 
kling, which speaketh better things than that 
of Abel. 

xiii. 12. Jesus, that he might sanctify the 
people with his own blood, suffered without 
the gate. 

1 Pet. i. 2. Elect, according to the fore- 
knowledge of God the Father, through sanc- 
tification of the Spirit, unto obedience and 
sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. — Ver. 
19. Precious blood of Christ. 

1 John i. 7. The blood of Christ cleanseth 
us from all sin. Ver. 9. 

v. 6. This is he that came by water and 
blood. 

Rev. i. 5. Unto him that loved us, and 
washed us from our sins in his own blood, &c. 

v. 9. Thou hast redeemed us by thy blood. 

vii. 14. These have washed their robes, and 
made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 

xii. 11. They overcame by the blood of the 
Lamb. Hence the title of Lamb given to 
Christ in Isa. liii. 7. John i. 29. 36. Rev. 
v. 6.8. 12, 13.— vi. 1. 16.— vii. 9, 10. 17.— 
xiii. 8. — xiv. 4. 10. — xv. 3. — xvii. 14. — xix. 
7. 9.— xxi. 9. 14. 22, 23. 27.— xxii. 1. 3. 

XXXIII. Christ a propitiation. Rom. iii. 
25. Jesus Christ, whom God hath set forth to 
be a propitiation through faith in his blood, 
for the remission of sins. 

1 John ii. 2. He is the propitiation for our 
sins — for the sins of the whole world. 1 John 
iv. 10. God sent his Son to be the propitiation 
for our sins. 

XXXIV. Atonement. Rom. v. 11. We 
joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by 
whom we have received the atonement. 

XXXV. Christ styled a king having do- 
Gen. xlix. 10. The sceptre shall 



not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from 
between his feet, till Shiloh come ; and unto 
him shall the gathering of the people be. 
Numb. xxiv. 17. There shall come a Star out 
of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel. 

Ps. ii. 6. Yet have I set my King upon my 
holy hill of Zion. 

xiv. 6. The sceptre of thy kingdom is a 
right sceptre. 

Ixxxix. 27. I will make him my first-born, 
higher than the kings of the earth. 

Song i. 4. The King has brought me into 
his chambers. 

Isa. xxxii. 1, 2. Behold a King shall reign 
in righteousness : A man shall be as a hiding- 
place from the wind, and a covert from the 
tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place ; as 
a shadow of a great rock in a weary land. 

Dan. vii. 14. There Was given him domi- 
nion and glory, and a kingdom, that all peo- 
ple, nations and languages should serve him : 
his dominion is an everlasting dominion 
which shall not pass away, his kingdom shall 
not be destroyed. Ver. 27. 

Zech. ix. 9. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of 
Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: Be- 
hold, thy King cometh unto thee ; he is just 
and having salvation. Isa. lxii. 11. Matt 
xxi. 5. 

xiv. 9. The Lord shall be King over all the 
earth. Ps. lxxii. 8. 

Matt. ii. 2. Where is he that is born King 
of the Jews ] 

John i. 49. Thou art the Son of God, thou 
art the King of Israel. 

xii. 13. Blessed is the King that cometh in 
the name of the Lord. 

xviii. 36. My kingdom is not of this world. 
Ver. 37. 

Matt. xxv. 34. Then shall the King say to 
them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of 
my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for 
you. 

1 Cor. xv. 24. Then cometh the end, when 
he shall have delivered up the kingdom to 
God, even the Father. Ver. 27, 28. 

Heb. ii. 9. Jesus crowned with glory, and 
honour, and all things put under him. Ver. 8. 

Rev. xi. 15. The kingdoms of this world 
are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of 
his Christ. 

XXXVI. Prince. Dan. ix. 25. From the 
going forth of the commandment, to Messiah 
the Prince. Isa. ix. 6. The Prince of peace. 
Acts iii. 15. The Prince of life. Acts v. 31. 
A Prince and Saviour, to give repentance and 
forgiveness of sins. 

XXXVII. Governor. Ps. xxii. 28. He is 
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Isa. ix. 6. The government shall be upon 
his shoulder. 

liii. 12. He shall divide the spoil with the 
strong. 

Mic. v. 2. The Ruler in Israel. Matt. 
ii.6. 

Isa. xl. 10. His arm shall rule for him. Ch. 
lxii. 11. 

lv. 4. I have given him for a leader and 
commander to the people. 

Ps. lxxii. 2. He shall judge thy people 
with righteousness. 

ex. 6. He shall judge among the heathen. 
Joel iii. 12. 

Isa. ii. 4. He shall judge among the nations. 
Mic. iv. 3. 

Mai. iii. 2. He is like a refiner's fire, and 
fuller's soap. 

XXXVIII. Christ is styled David. Jer. 
xxx. 9. They shall serve the Lord their God, 
and David their king, whom I will raise up 
unto them. Ezek. xxxiv. 23. — xxxvii. 24. 

Hos. iii. 5. The children of Israel shall seek 
the Lord their God, and David their king. 

Amos ix. 11. I will raise up the tabernacle 
of David that is fallen, and close up the 
breaches thereof, and will raise up his ruins, 
and will build it as in the days of old. 

XXXIX. The offspring of David. Isa. 
xi. 1 . There shall come forth a rod out of the 
stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out 



of his roots. — Ver. 4. With righteousness 
shall he judge. Rom. xv. 12. 

xxii. 22. The key of the house of David 
will I lay upon his shoulder. 

Jer. xxiii. 5, 6. I will raise unto David a 
righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and 
prosper, and shall execute judgment and jus- 
tice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be 
saved, and Israel shall dwell safely. 

xxxiii. 15. He shall execute judgment and 
righteousness in the land. Ver. 17. 

Zech. iii. 8. I will bring forth my servant, 
the Branch. — Ver. 9. I will remove the ini- 
quity of the land in one day. 

vi. 12, 13. The man whose name is The 
Branch ; he shall grow up out of his place, 
and he shall build the temple of the Lord : he 
shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule 
upon his throne. 

Rev. v. 5. The Lion of the tribe of Judah 
hath prevailed. * 

xxii. 16. The root and offspring of David, 
the bright and morning star. 

XL. The Son of David. Luke i. 32, 33. 
The Lord shall give unto him the throne of 
his father David. He shall reign over the 
house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom 
there shall be no end. 

Rev. iii. 7. These things saith he that hath 
the key of David, that openeth and no man 
shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth. 
Ch. i. 18. That hath the keys of hell and 
death. 



CHAPTER XI. 

BAPTISM AND THE LORD'S SUPPER. 



For admission into the Jewish Chohch 
— See Circumcision appointed. Gen. 17th 
chap, from ver. 9 to 25. 

I. BAPTISM before Christ's death. Luke 
iii. 16. John said, I indeed baptize you with 
water; but one mightier than I cometh, he 
shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. John 
i. 26. 31. 33. Acts i. 5. 

Acts xix. 4. John baptized with the baptism 
of repentance, saying unto the people, that 
they should believe on him which should 
come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 

John iv. 2. Jesus baptized not ; but his dis- 
ciples baptized. 

1 Cor. x. 2. Our fathers were all baptized 
in the cloud, and in the sea. 



n. Baptism after Christ's resurrection. 
Matt, xxviii. 18 — 20. All power is given unto 
me in heaven and in earth. Go ye, therefore, 
and teach all nations, baptizing them in the 
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe 
all things whatsoever I have commanded you ; 
and, lo, I am with you always even unto the 
end of the world. 

Mark xvi. 1 6. He that believeth, and is bap- 
tized, shall be saved. 

John iii. 5. Jesus said, Except a irjn be 
born of water and of the spirit, he cannot 
enter into the kingdom of God. 

Acts ii. 38. Peter said, Repent, and be bap- 
tized every one of you, in the name of Jesus 
Christ, for the remission of sins. — Ver. 41 



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They that gladly received his word were bap- 
tized. 

•viii. 12. When those who had been de- 
ceived by Simon Magus believed Philip, 
preaching the things concerning the kingdom 
of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they 
were baptized, both men and women. — Ver. 
13. Simon believed also, and was baptized. 

viii. 36 — 38. The eunuch said to Philip, 
Here is water, what doth hinder me to be bap- 
tized] Philip said, If thou believest with all 
thy heart, thou mayest. And he answered 
and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son 
of God. And they both went down into the 
water, and Philip baptized him. 

x. 47, 48. Peter said, Can any man forbid 
water, that these should not be baptized which 
have received the Holy Ghost ] And he com- 
manded them to be baptized in the name of 
the Lord. 

xvi. 15. Lydia, whose heart the Lord touch- 
ed, and her household, were baptized. — Ver. 
33. Also the jailer, and all his house. 

xix. 5. Some that had been baptized with 
John's baptism, were again baptized in the 
name of the Lord Jesus. 

xxii. 16. Ananias said unto Saul, Why tar- 
riest thou 1 Arise, and be baptized, and wash 
away thy sins, calling on the name of the 
Lord. Ch. ix. 18. And he arose and was 
baptized. 

Rom. vi. 3, 4. As many of us as were bap- 
tized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his 
death. Therefore we are buried with him by 
baptism into death, that like as Christ was 
raised up from the dead, by the glory of the 
Father, even so we also should walk in new- 
ness of life. 

1 Cor. i. 14. Paul baptized Crispus and 
Gaius. — Ver. 16. He baptized also the house 
of Stephanas. 

xii. 13. By one Spirit we are all baptized 
into one body, whether we be Jews or Gen- 
tiles, bond or free. 

Gal. iii. 27, 28. As many of you as have 
been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ. 
Ye are>all one in Christ Jesus. 

Col. ii. 12. Ye are buried with Christ in 
baptism; wherein also ye are risen with him 
through the faith of the operation of God, who 
hath raised him from the dead. 

Tit. iii. 5. He saved us by the washing of 
regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. 

Heb. vi. 1, 2. Baptism is one of the prin- 
ciples of the doctrine of Christ along with 
the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judg- 
ment. 

1 Pet. iii. 20, 21. In the ark eight persons 
were saved. The like figure whereunto, bap- 
tism, doth now save us (not the putting away 
the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good 



conscience toward God,) by the resurrection 
of Jesus Christ. 



THE LORD'S SUPPER. 

See The passover instituted to the Jews. 
Exod. ch. xii; To be eaten by all of them, even 
by some that were unclean. Numb. ix. 6 to 
11. And was eaten by some such. 2 Chron. 
xxx. 18, 19. 

1 Cor. v. 7, 8. Christ our passover is sacri- 
ficed for us : therefore let us keep the feast. 

III. The institution of the Lord's supper. 
Matt. xxvi. 26. As Jesus and his disciples 
were eating the passover, Jesus took bread, 
and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the 
disciples, and said, Take, eat ; this is my body. 
Luke xxii. 19. My body given for you: this 
do in remembrance of me. 

Ver. 27, 28. And he took the cup, and gave 
thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye 
all of it. For this is my blood of the new 
testament, which is shed for the remission of 
sins. 

Ver. 29. But I say unto you, I will not 
drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until 
that day when I drink it new with you in my 
Father's kingdom. See the parallel places, 
Mark xiv. 22 to 25. Luke xxii. 14 to 21. 

See St. Paul's account of the Lord's sup- 
per. 1 Cor. xi. 23 — 26. I have received of 
the Lord, that which also I delivered unto you, 
That the Lord Jesus, the same night in which 
he was betrayed, took bread; and when he 
had given thanks, he brake it ; and said, Take, 
eat; this is my body, which is broken for you: 
this do in remembrance of me. After the 
same manner also he took the cup, when he 
had supped, saying, This cup is the new tes- 
tament in my blood ; this do ye, as oft as ye 
drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often 
as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do 
shew the Lord's death till he come. 

IV. The Lord's supper to be received fre- 
quently. Acts ii. 42. The primitive Christians 
continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine, 
and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and 
in prayers. 

xx. 7. On the first day of the week, when 
the disciples came together to break bread, 
Paul preached unto them. Ver. 11. 

V. And with suitable preparation. 1 Cor. 
v. 7, 8. Purge out the old leaven, that ye may 
be a new lump, as ye are unleavened ; for 
even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us. 
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old 
leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and 



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wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of 
sincerity and truth. 

x. 3 — 5. Our fathers did all eat the same 
spiritual meat, and did all drink the same spi- 
ritual drink : (for they drank of that spiritual 
Rock that followed them, and that Rock was 
Christ :) But with many of them God was 
not well pleased : for they were overthrown in 
the wilderness. 

Ver. 6 — 10. These things were our exam- 
ples, to the intent we should not lust after evil 
things as they lusted — Neither be ye idolaters 
as some of them were — Neither let us commit 
fornication as some of them did — Neither let 
us tempt Christ as some of them tempted — 
Neither murmur as some of them murmured. 

Ver. 16, 17. The cup of blessing which we 
bless, is it not the communion of the blood of 
Christ 1 the bread which we break, is it not 
the communion of the body of Christ 1 For 
we, being many, are one bread, and one body ; 
for we are all partakers of that one bread. 

Ver. 20, 21. The things which the Gentiles 
sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to 
God ; and I would not that ye should have 
fellowship with devils. Ye cannot drink the 
cup of the Lord and the cup of devils; ye 
cannot be partakers of the Lord's table and of 
the table of devils. 

Ver. 31, 32. "Whether ye eat or drink, or 
whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 
Give none offence neither to Jews nor to Gen- 
tiles, nor to the church of God. 

xi. 27 — 29. Whosoever shall eat this bread, 



and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily, 
shall be guilty of the body and blood of the 
Lord. But let a man examine himself, and 
so let him eat of that bread and drink of that 
cup. For he that eateth and drinketh un- 
worthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to 
himself, not discerning the Lord's body. See 
abuses of this ordinance committed by the 
Corinthians, reproved and threatened in this 
Chap, from ver. 17 to 23, and from ver. 30 to 
32. See Mai. i. 7. The wicked say, The 
table of the Lord is contemptible. 

Portions of Scripture affording suitable 
matter of meditation, at, before, and after re- 
ceiving the Sacrament. Ps. cxvi. 7. 12, 13, 14. 
Song ii. 3, 4. — v. 1. Isa. xxv. 6 to 10. — Iv. 
1. Rev. xxi. 6. — xxii. 17. John iv. 14. — vi. 
35. 48. 51 to 63. 

N. B. The preparation required to the ac- 
ceptable receiving the Lord's supper, are those 
same qualifications that are required in accep- 
table prayer ; which see at large in the chap, 
upon Prayer. The sins for which men ought 
to be excluded from this ordinance, are the 
same sins, persisted in, for which the sacred 
Scriptures allow that they should be excluded 
from Christian society, and declare that such 
shall be excluded out of the kingdom of hea- 
ven ; which see in the various characters of 
sinners, and threats against them. Also see, 
Persons that cannot enter into the kingdom 
of God ; and, Persons that shall be cast into 
the lake of fire. 



CHAPTER XII. 



OF THE HOLY GHOST. 



I. THE Spirit's influences upon the ma- 
terial and animal world. Gen. i. 2. The 
Spirit of God moved upon the face of the 
waters. 

Job xxvi. 13. By his Spirit he hath gar- 
nished the heavens. 

xxxii. 8. There is a spirit in man, and the 
inspiration of the Almighty giveth under- 
standing. 

xxxiii. 4. The Spirit of God hath made me. 

xxxiv. 14, 15. If he gather unto himself 
his spirit and his breath, all flesh shall perish 
together. 

Ps. civ. 30. Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, 
they are created. 

Isa. xxxiv. 16. His Spirit hath gathered 
them, (viz. the vultures to destroy.) 
17 



II. The Spirit's influences upon the minds 
of mankind. Upon the prophets. Numb, 
xi. 25. The Spirit rested upon the seventy el- 
ders, and they prophesied. 

Ver. 26. The Spirit of the Lord rested upon 
Eldad and Medad, and they prophesied. 

Ver. 29. Moses said, would to God that all 
the Lord's people were prophets, and that the 
Lord would put his Spirit upon them. 

xxiv. 2, 3. The Spirit of the Lord came 
upon Balaam, and he took up his parable, and 
said, &c. 

1 Sam. x. 10. The Spirit of God came upon 
Saul, and he prophesied. Ch. xix. 23. 

xix. 20. The Spirit of God was upon the 
messengers of Saul, and they prophesied. 

2 Sam. xxiii. 2. David said, the Spirit of 



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the Lord spake by me, and his word was in 
my tongue. 

2 Chron. xx. 14. Upon Jahaziel came the 
Spirit of the Lord, in the midst of the congre- 
gation. 

Neh. ix. 30. Thou testifiedst against them 
by thy Spirit, in thy prophets. 

Isa. xlviii. 1 6. The Lord God and his Spjrit 
hath sent me. 

1. 4. The Lord God hath given me the 
tongue of the learned. 

Ezek. ii. 2. The Spirit entered into me, 
when he spake unto me. Ch. iii. 24. 

iii. 12. The Spirit took me up, and I heard 
a voice, saying, Blessed be the glory of the 
Lord. Ch. xi. 24. 

Ver. 14. The Spirit lifted me up, and the 
hand of the Lord was strong upon me. Ch. 
viii. 3. — xi. 1. 

xi. 5. The Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, 
and said unto me, Speak, &c. 

Joel ii. 28. I will pour out my Spirit upon 
all flesh. Acts ii. 17, 18. 

Mic. iii. 8. I am full of power by the Spirit 
of the Lord, and of judgment, and of might, 
to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and 
to Israel his sin. 

Zech. vii. 12. The words which the Lord 
of hosts hath sent in his Spirit, by the former 
prophets. 

Matt. xxii. 43. How doth David in spirit 
call him Lord ? 

Luke i. 15. John shall be filled with the 
Holy Ghost.— Ver. 76. Shall be called the 
prophet of the Highest. (Ch. vii. 28. There 
nath not arisen a greater prophet than John 
the Baptist.) 

Ver. 41. Elisabeth was filled with the Holy 
Ghost, &c. — Ver. 67. Zacharias was filled 
with the Holy Ghost, and he prophesied. 

ii. 25, 26. The Holy Ghost was upon Si- 
meon. It was revealed to him, that he should 
not see death, before he had seen the Lord's 
Christ. 2 Kings ii. 9. 

Ver. 27—30. He (Simeon) came by the 
Spirit into the temple. He took up the child 
[Jesus] in his arms, and blessed God, and said, 
Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, 
according to thy word, for mine eyes have 
seen thy salvation. 

Acts i. 16. This Scripture must needs have 
been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost, by the 
mouth of David, spake concerning Judas. 

xi. 28. Agabus signified by the Spirit, that 
there should be a great dearth, which came to 
pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. 

xxi. 1 1 . Agabus said, Thus saith the Spirit, 
So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man 
that owneth this girdle. 

xxviii. 25. Well spake the Holy Ghost by 
Esaias the prophet. 



1 Tim. iv. 1. The Spirit speaketh expressly, 
that in the latter times some shall depart from 
the faith. 

Heb. ix. 8. The Holy Ghost thus signify- 
ing, that the way into the holiest was not yet 
made manifest. 

1 Pet. i. 10, 11. Of which salvation the 
prophets inquired and searched diligently, who 
prophesied of the grace that should come unto 
you. Searching what, or what manner of 
time the Spirit of Christ which was in them 
did signify, when it testified beforehand the 
sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should 
follow. — Ver. 12. They ministered to those 
who have preached the gospel, with the Holy 
Ghost sent down from heaven. 

2 Pet. i. 21. Prophecy came not in old time 
by the will of man, but holy men of God 
spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 

III. The Spirifs influences upon Jesus 
Christ. The formation of his body. Matt, 
i. 18. Mary was found with child of the Holy 
Ghost. — Ver. 20. That which is conceived in 
her is of the Holy Ghost. 

Luke i. 35. The Holy Ghost shall come 
upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall 
overshadow thee; therefore also that holy 
thing which shall be born of thee, shall be 
called the Son of God. 

IV. Endowments of his mind. Isa. xi. 2, 
3. The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, 
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the 
Spirit of knowledge, and of the fear of the 
Lord ; and shall make him of quick under- 
standing in the fear of the Lord. Ver. 3. 

. xlii. 1. Behold my servant, whom I uphold ; 
mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth: I 
have put my Spirit upon him ; he shall bring 
forth judgment to the Gentiles. Matt. xii. 18. 

lxi. 1. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon 
me, because he hath anointed me to preach 
good tidings to the meek. Luke iv. 18. 

Matt. iii. 16. Jesus saw the Spirit of God 
descending like a dove, and lighting upon 
him. Mark i. 10. Luke iii. 22. 

Luke ii. 40. Jesus waxed strong in spirit, 
and the grace of God was upon him. 

John i. 32. John bare record, saying, I saw 
the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, 
and it abode upon him. 

iii. 34. God giveth not the Spirit by mea- 
sure unto him. 

Acts i. 2. Jesus, through the Holy Ghost, 
gave commandments unto the apostles. 

x. 38. God anointed Jesus of Nazareth 
with the Holy Ghost, and with power. 

V. Upon the actions of his life. Matt. iv. 
1. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into 
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Luke iv. 14. Jesus returned in the power 
of the Spirit into Galilee. 

VI. Upon his miracles. Matt. xii. 28. Je- 
sus said, If I cast out devils by the Spirit of 
God, then the kingdom of God is come unto 
you. Luke xi. 20. 

VII. Upon his oblation. Heb. ix. 14. 
Christ, through the eternal Spirit, offered him- 
self without spot unto God. 

VIII. Upon his resurrection. 1 Pet. iii. 18. 
Christ, being put to death in the flesh, but 
quickened by the Spirit. 

IX. The Spirit's influences upon the apos- 
tles, is a ivitness to Christ. John xv. 26. 
The Comforter, the Spirit of truth, he shall 
testify of me. Ver. 27. 

Acts v. 32. We are his witnesses ; so also 
is the Holy Ghost. 

Rom. i. 4. Jesus Christ, declared to be the 
Son of God with power, according to the 
Spirit of holiness. 

1 Tim. iii. 1 6. God was manifest in the 
flesh ; justified in the Spirit. 

Heb. x. 15. The Holy Ghost is a witness 
to us. 

1 John v. 6. It is the Spirit that beareth 
witness, because the Spirit is truth. — Ver. 7. 
There are three that bear record in heaven, 
the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost — 
Ver. 8. There are three that bear witness in 
earth, the Spirit, the water, and the blood. 

Rev. xix. 10. The testimony of Jesus is 
the Spirit of prophecy. 

X. The Spirit's influence upon the apostles 
of Christ, furnishing them with the know- 
ledge of divine truths, and utterance to ex- 
press them. Luke xii. 12. The Holy Ghost 
shall teach you in the same hour what ye 
ought to say. Mark xiii. II. 

xxi. 15. I will give you a month and wis- 
dom which all your adversaries shall not be 
able to gainsay nor resist. Matt. x. 19, 20. 

xxiv. 49. Behold, I send the promise of the 
Father upon you : But tarry ye in Jerusalem 
till ye be endued with power from on high. 
Acts i. 4, 5. 8. 

John xiv. 16, 17. I will pray the Father, 
and he will give you another Comforter, even 
the Spirit of truth, that he may abide with 
you.— Ver. 26. He shall teach you all things, 
and bring all things to your remembrance, 
whatsoever I have said unto you. Luke 
xxiv. 49. 

xvi. 7. I will send the Comforter unto you. 
—Ver. 13. The Spirit of truth, he will guide 
you into all truth ; and will show you things 
to come. Ver. 14, 15. 



xv. 26. He shall testify of me ; and ye 
shall also bear witness. Ver. 27. 

Acts ii. 4. They were all filled with the 
Holy Ghost. — Ver. 16. Peter said, This is 
that which was spoken of by the prophet Joel. 
Joel ii. 28. 

Ver. 33. Jesus, being by the right hand of 
God exalted, hath shed forth this which ye 
now see and hear. 

iv. 8. Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, 
said. — Ver. 31. They were all filled with the 
Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God 
with boldness. 

vi. 10. They were not able to resist the 
wisdom and the Spirit, by which Stephea 
spake. 

vii. 55. Stephen, full of the Holy Ghost, 
looked up into heaven, and saw the glory of 
God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of 
God. 

viii. 29. The Spirit said to Philip, Go near 
and join this chariot. 

x. 19, 20. The Spirit said to Peter, Behold, 
three men seek thee. Go with them, for I 
have sent them. Ch. xi. 12. 

xiii. 2. As they ministered to the Lord, and 
fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Bar- 
nabas and Saul for the work of the ministry, 
whereunto I have called them. — Ver. 4. They, 
being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed 
unto Seleucia. 

Ver. 9—11. Saul, filled with the Holy 
Ghost, said, O full of all subtilty, the hand of 
the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind. 

Ver. 52. The disciples were filled with joy 
and with the Holy Ghost. 

xv. 28. It seemed good to the Holy Ghost, 
and to us, to lay upon you no greater burthen 
than these necessary things. 

xvi. 6. They were forbidden of the Holy 
Ghost to preach the word in Asia. — Ver. 7. 
They assayed to go into Bithynia: but the 
Spirit suffered them not. 

xix. 6. The Holy Ghost came on them, and 
they spake with tongues and prophesied. 

xx. 22. Paul said, I go bound in the spirit 
to Jerusalem.— Ver. 23. The Holy Ghost 
witnesseth, saying, That bonds and afflictions 
abide me. 

Ver. 28. Take heed to yourselves, and to 
all the flock over which the Holy Ghost hath 
made you overseers. 

xxi. 4. Certain disciples said to Paul, 
through the Spirit, that he should not go up 
to Jerusalem. 

1 Cor. ii. 4, 5. Paul said, my speech and 
my preaching was not with enticing words of 
man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the 
Spirit and of power : That your faith should 
not stand in the wisdom of men. but in the 
power of God. 



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Ver. 9, 10. Eye hath not seen, nor ear 
heard, neither have entered into the heart of 
man, the things that God hath prepared for 
them that love him. But God hath revealed 
them to us by his Spirit. Isa. Ixiv. 4. 

Ver. 12, 13. We have received the Spirit 
which is of God, that we might know the things 
that are freely given to us of God. Which 
things we speak, not in words which man's 
wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost 
teacheth. 

vii. 40. I think also that I have the Spirit 
of God. 

2 Cor. iii. 6. God hath made us able minis- 
ters of the new testament : not of the letter, 
but of the spirit : for the letter killeth, but the 
spirit giveth life. — Ver. 8. Ministration of the 
Spirit is glorious. 

vi. 4. Approving ourselves as the ministers 
of God, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned. 
Ver. 6. 

Gal. i. 1 1, 12. The gospel which was preach- 
ed of me, is not after man : For I neither re- 
ceived it of man, neither was I taught it, but 
by the revelation of Jesus Christ. — Ver. 16. It 
pleased God to reveal his Son in me, that I 
might preach him among the heathen. 

Eph. ii. 20. Ye are built upon the foundation 
of the apostles and prophets, an habitation of 
God through the Spirit. Ver. 22. 

iii. 4. 5. The mystery of the knowledge of 
Christ, is now revealed unto his holy apostles 
and prophets by the Spirit. — Ver. 8. Unto me 
is this grace given, that I should preach among 
the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. 
Ver. 7. 

1 Thess. i. 5. Our word came in power, and 
in the Holy Ghost. 

1 Pet. i. 12. Those who have preached the 
gospel unto you, with the Holy Ghost sent 
down from heaven. Ch. iv. 11. 

Rev. i. 10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's 
day. 

ii. 7. Hear what the Spirit saith unto the 
churches. Ver. 11. 17. 29. Ch. iii. 6. 13. 
22. 

xiv. 13. Blessed are the dead which die in 
the Lord ; yea, saith the Spirit, &c. 

xvii. 3. He carried me away in the Spirit. 

xxii. 17. The Spirit and the bride say, 
Come. 

XI. Hence the following character is given 
of the Holy Scriptures, as written by the pro- 
phets and apostles. 2 Tim. iii. 15. The holy 
scriptures are able to make thee wise unto sal- 
vation, through faith in Christ Jesus. 

Ver. 16, 17. All scripture is given by in- 
spiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, 
for reproof, for correction, for instruction in 
righteousness : That the man of God may be 



perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good 
works. Rom. xv. 4. The scriptures were 
written for our learning. 

2 Pet. i. 21. Holy men spake as they were 
moved by the Holy Ghost. 

Heb. i. 1, 2. God, who at sundry times, 
and in divers manners, spake unto the fathers 
by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken 
unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed 
heir of all things. 

XII. Miraculous gifts of the Spirit upon 
the apostles, and some primitive Christians. 
Acts ii. 4. They were all filled with the Holy 
Ghost, and began to speak with tongues, as 
the Spirit gave them utterance. Ver. 8. 11. 17. 

x. 44. While Peter spake, the Holy Ghost 
fell on all that heard the word. — Ver. 45. On 
the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of 
the Holy Ghost. — Ver. 47. Peter said, Can 
any man forbid water, that these should not 
be baptized, who have received the Holy 
Ghost ? 

xi. 15, 16. The Holy Ghost fell on them, 
(the Gentiles,) as on us. Then remembered 
I the word of the Lord, Ye shall be baptized 
with the Holy Ghost. — Ver. 17. God gave 
them, (the Gentiles,) the like gift as he did 
unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

Ver. 24. Barnabas was a good man, and 
full of the Holy Ghost, and of faith. 

xv. 8. God, which knoweth the hearts, bare 
them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, 
even as unto us. 

xix. 6. They spake with tongues, and 
prophesied. 

Rom. xv. 18, 19. I will not dare to speak 
of those things which Christ hath not wrought 
by me, to make the Gentiles obedient by word 
and deed; through mighty signs and wonders, 
by the power of the Spirit of God. 

1 Cor. xii. 4. There are diversities of gifts, 
but the same Spirit. 

Ver. 7 — 11. The manifestation of the 
Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. 
To one is given by the Spirit the word of 
wisdom ; to another the word of knowledge ; 
to another faith ; to another the gifts of heal- 
ing ; to another the working of miracles ; to 
another prophecy ; to another discerning of 
spirits ; to another divers kinds of tongues ; to 
another the interpretation of tongues. But 
all these worketh that one and the self-same 
Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he 
will. Ver. 30. 

xiv. 2. In the Spirit he speaketh myste- 
ries. 

Heb. ii. 4. God also bearing them witness, 
both with signs and wonders, and with divers 
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Concerning the gifts of tongues, see 1 Cor. 
xiii. 8.— xiv. 2. 5, 6. 18. 22, 23. 39. 

XIII. The influences of the Spirit upon 
the minds of Christians in general, in their 
sanctijication. Gen. vi. 3. God said, My 
Spirit shall not always strive with man. 

Neh. ix. 20. Thou gavest thy good Spirit 
to instruct them. 

Ps. li. 11. Take not thy holy Spirit from me. 
— Ver. 12. Uphold me with thy free Spirit. 

cxliii. 10. Thy Spirit is good, lead me. 

Prov. i. 23. I will pour out my Spirit unto 
you, and make known my words unto you. 

Isa. xxxii. 15, Until trhe Spirit be poured 
upon us from on high, and the wilderness be 
a fruitful field. — Ver. 16. Then judgment 
shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteous- 
ness remain in the fruitful field. 

xliv. 3. I will pour water upon him that is 
thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I 
will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my 
blessing upon thine offspring. 

lix. 21. This is my covenant with them, 
saith the Lord, My Spirit that is upon thee, 
and my words which I have put in thy mouth, 
shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of 
the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth 
of thy seed's seed. 

lxiii. 11. Where is he that put his holy 
Spirit within him ] 

Ezek. xi. 19. I will put a new Spirit within 
you. Ch. xxxvi. 26. 

xxxvi. 27. I will put my Spirit within you, 
and cause you to walk in my statutes. Ch. 
xxxvii. 14. 

xxxix. 29. I have poured out my Spirit on 
the house of Israel, saith the Lord. 

Mic. ii. 7. Is the Spirit of the Lord straitened 1 ? 

Hag. ii. 5. My Spirit remaineth among you, 
fear not. 

Zech. iv. 6. Thus saith the word of the 
Lord, Not by might nor by power, but by my 
Spirit, saith the Lord, shall ye prevail. 

xii. 10. I will pour upon the house of David, 
and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the 
Spirit of grace and of supplications. 

Matt. iii. 11. He shall baptize you with the 
Holy Ghost. 

John iii. 5, 6. Except a man be born of wa- 
ter and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the 
kingdom of heaven. That which is born of 
the flesh, is flesh ; and that which is born of 
the Spirit, is spirit. — Ver. 8. The wind blow- 
eth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound 
thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, 
and whither it goeth : so is every one that is 
born of the Spirit. 

vi. 63. It is the Spirit that quickeneth. 

vii. 39. This spake he of the Spirit, which 
they that believe on him should receive. 



xvi. 8. He will reprove the world of sin, 
and of judgment. 

Acts v. 32. Also the Holy Ghost, whom God 
hath given to them that obey him. 

vi. 3. Look ye out men of honest report, 
full of the Holy Ghost, and wisdom. — Ver. 5. 
They chose Stephen, a man full of the Holy 
Ghost. 

ix. 31. The churches walking in the fear of 
the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy 
Ghost, were multiplied. 

Rom. v. 5. The love of God is shed abroad 
in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is gi- 
ven unto us. 

viii. 1,2. There is no condemnation to them 
who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after 
the flesh, but after the Spirit. The law of 
the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, hath made 
me free from the law of sin and death. 

Ver. 5. They that are after the Spirit do 
mind the things of the Spirit. — Ver. 9. Ye 
are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit ; if so be 
that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now, 
if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is 
none of his. 

Ver. 11. If the Spirit of him that raised up 
Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that 
raised up Christ from the dead, shall also quick- 
en your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwell- 
eth in you. 

Ver. 13. If ye through the Spirit do mor- 
tify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 

Ver. 14 — 16. As many as are led by the 
Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Ye 
have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby 
we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit bearetb. 
witness with our spirit, that we are the child- 
ren of God. 

Ver. 23. We who have the first-fruits of 
the Spirit, do groan within ourselves, waiting 
for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our 
body. 

Ver. 26. We know not what to pray for as 
we ought, but the Spirit helpeth our infirmities. 

xiv. 1 7. The kingdom of God is not meat 
and drink ; but righteousness, and peace, and 
joy in the Holy Ghost. 

xv. 13. Abound in hope, through the power 
of the Holy Ghost. 

Ver. 16. That the offering up of the Gen- 
tiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by 
the Holy Ghost. 

1 Cor. iii. 1 6. Know ye not that ye are the 
temple of God, and that the Spirit of God 
dwelleth in you 1 

vi. 11. Ye are washed, ye are sanctified, ye 
are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, 
and by the Spirit of our God. 

Ver. 19. Know ye not that your body is 
the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, 
which ye have of God 1 
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xii. 3. No man, speaking by the Spirit of 
God, calleth Jesus accursed ; and no man can 
say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy 
Ghost. 

xiv. 15. I will pray with the spirit: I will 
sing with the spirit. 

2 Cor. i. 22. God hath sealed us, and given 
*Jie earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. 

iii. 3. Ye are the epistle of Christ, written 
with the Spirit of the living God, in fleshly 
tables of the heart. 

Ver. 17. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, 
there is liberty. 

Ver. 18. We are changed from glory to 
glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord. 

iv. 13. We, having the Spirit of faith, be- 
lieve. 

v. 5. God hath given unto us the earnest of 
the Spirit. 

xii. 18. Walked we not in the same Spirit] 
xiii. 14. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, 
and the love of God, and the communion of 
the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. 

Gal. iii. 2. Received ye the Spirit by the 
works of the law, or by the hearing of faith 1 

iii. 3. Having begun in the Spirit, are ye 
now made perfect by the flesh 1 

Ver. 14. That we might receive the pro- 
mise of the Spirit through faith. 

iv. 6. God hath sent forth the Spirit of his 
Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 

Ver. 29. He that was born after the flesh, 
persecuted him that was born after the Spirit. 
v. 5. We through the Spirit wait for the 
hope of righteousness by faith. 

Ver. 16, 17. Walk in the Spirit, and ye 
shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the 
flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit 
against the flesh : and these are contrary. 

Ver. 18. If ye be led by the Spirit, ye are 
not under the law. 

Ver. 22. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, 
peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, 
faith, meekness, temperance. Ver. 23. 

Ver. 25. If we live in the Spirit, let us also 
walk in the Spirit. 

vi. 8. He that soweth to the Spirit, shall of 
the Spirit reap life everlasting. 

Eph. i. 13. Ye were sealed with the holy 
Spirit of promise. 

Ver. 16, 17. Making mention of you in my 
prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
the Father of glory, may give unto you the 
Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the know- 
ledge of him. 

ii. 18. We have access by one Spirit unto 
the Father. 

Ver. 22. Ye are built for a habitation of God 
through the Spirit. 

iii. 16. God grant you to be strengthened 
with might, by his Spirit, in the inner man. 



iv. 3, 4. Keep the unity of the Spirit in the 
bond of peace. There is one body and one 
Spirit. 

Ver. 30. The holy Spirit, wherewith ye are 



v. 9. The fruit of the Spirit is in all good- 
ness, righteousness, and truth. — Ver. 18. Be 
filled with the Spirit. 

vi. 17, 18. Take the sword of the Spirit, 
which is the word of God. Praying with all 
prayer and supplication in the Spirit. 

Phil. i. 19. I know that this shall turn to 
my salvation, through your prayer, and the 
supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. 

ii. 1. If there be any fellowship of the Spirit, 
be ye like minded. Ver. 2. 

iii. 3. We are the circumcision, which wor- 
ship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ 
Jesus, &c. 

Col. i. 8. Epaphras declared to us your love 
in the Spirit. 

1 Thess. i. 6. Ye received the word — with 
joy of the Holy Ghost. 

iv. 8. God hath given unto us his holy 
Spirit. 

v. 19. Quench not the Spirit. 

2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath chosen you to 
salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, 
and belief of the truth. 

1 Tim. iv. 12. Be thou an example of the 
believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, 
in spirit, in faith, in purity. 

2 Tim. i. 7. God hath not given us the 
spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and 
of a sound mind. — Ver. 14. That good thing 
committed to thee, keep by the Holy 
Ghost. 

Tit. iii. 5. God, according to his mercy 
saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and 
renewing of the Holy Ghost. 

Heb. iii. 7, 8. The Holy Ghost saith, To- 
day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your 
hearts. 

1 Pet. i. 2. Elect according to the foreknow- 
ledge of God the Father, through sanctification 
of the Spirit, unto obedience, and sprinkling 
of the blood of Jesus. 

Ver. 22. Seeing ye have purified your souls 
in obeying the truth, through the Spirit, unto 
unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love 
one another with a pure heart fervently. 

iv. 6. For this cause was the gospel preached 
unto them that are dead, that they might live 
according to God in the Spirit. 

Ver. 14. The Spirit of glory and of God 
resteth upon you. 

1 John ii. 20. Ye have an unction from the 
Holy One, and ye know all things. 

iii. 24. We know that he abideth in us, by 
the Spirit which he hath given us. 

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Christ is come in the flesh, is of God. — Ver. 6. 
Hereby know we the Spirit of truth, and the 
spirit of error. 

Ver. 13. Hereby know we that we dwell in 
him, and he in us, because he hath given us 
of his Spirit. 

Jude 20. Ye, beloved, building up your- 
selves in your most holy faith, praying in the 
Holy Ghost. 

Rev. xxii. 17. The Spirit and the bride say, 
Come. 

XIV. The Spirit's influence upon go- 
vernors, magistrates, and warriors. Gen. 
xii. 38. Pharaoh said, Can we find such a 
man as this, in whom the Spirit of God is ] 

Numb. xi. 17. The Lord said unto Moses, 
I will take of the Spirit which is upon thee, 
and will put it upon the elders, and they shall 
bear the burthen of the people with thee. 

xxvii. 1 8. The Lord said unto Moses, Take 
thee Joshua, a man in whom is the Spirit, and 
lay thy hand upon him. — Ver. 21. At his 
word shall they go out, and at his word shall 
they come in, even all the congregation. 

Deut. xxxiv. 9. Joshua was full of the Spirit 
of wisdom, and the children of Israel hearkened 
unto him. 

Judges iii. 10. The Spirit of the Lord came 
upon Othniel, and he judged and went out 
to war. 

Ch. vi. 34. Upon Gideon.— Ch. xi. 29. 
Upon Jephthah. — Ch. xiii. 25. — xiv. 6. 19. — 
xv. 14. Upon Samson. — 1 Sam. x. 6. — xi. 6. 
Upon Saul. — Ch. xvi. 13. Upon David — 
1 Chron. xii. 18. Upon Amasai. 

That the Spirit directed in making the high 
priest's vestments ; see Exod. xxviii. 3. — xxxi. 
10. In making the altar, and other things per- 
taining to God's external worship among the 
Jews; see Exod. xxxi. from ver. 1 to ver. 12. 

XV. The Spirit proceedeth from the Fa- 
ther and the Son ,- or is given and sent by 
them. Matt. iii. 11. He [Christ] shall baptize 
you with the Holy Ghost. Mark i. 8. Luke 
iii. 16. John i. 33. Acts i. 5. 

Luke xi. 13. How much more shall your 
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit. 

xxiv. 49. I send the promise of my Father 
upon you. 

John xiv. 26. The Comforter, which is the 
Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in 
my name, he shall teach you all things, and 
bring all things to your remembrance, whatso- 
ever I have said unto you. 

xv. 26. When the Comforter is come, whom 
I will send unto you from the Father, even 
the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the 
Father. 

xvi. 7. I will send him unto you. 



Ver. 8. He shall reprove the world of sin, 
and of righteousness, and of judgment. — Ver. 
13. He will guide you into all truth and shew 
you things to come. 

Actsi.4. The promise of the Father. Ch.ii.33. 

v. 32. The Holy Ghost, whom God hath 
given to them that obey him. 

Gal. iii. 14. The promise of the Spirit. Eph. 
i. 13. The Spirit of promise. 

iv. 6. Because ye are sons, God hath sent 
forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, 
crying, Abba, Father. 

See also all those places in the foregoing 
chapter, where God is represented as pro~ 
mising, sending, and giving the Holy Spirit. 

XVI. Sins against the Spirit reproved and 
punished, from which the contrary duties are 
easily known. Isa. xxx. 1. Wo to the rebel- 
lious children, saith the Lord, that take coun- 
sel but not of me; and that cover with a 
covering, but not of my Spirit. 

Ixiii. 10. They rebelled and vexed his holy 
Spirit, therefore he was turned to be their 
enemy. 

Zech. vii. 12. They made their hearts as an 
adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, 
and the words which the Lord of hosts sent 
in his Spirit by the former prophets ; therefore 
came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts. 

Matt. xii. 31, 32. Blasphemy against the 
Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 
(1 John v. 16, 17.) Whosoever speaketh 
against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven 
him. 

Acts v. 3, 4. Peter said, Why hath Satan 
filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Ghost 1 thou 
hast not lied unto men but unto God. — Ver. 9. 
How is it that ye have agreed together to 
tempt the Spirit of the Lord '? 

vii. 51. Ye uncircumcised in heart and ears, 
ye do always resist the Holy Ghost ; as your 
fathers did, so do ye. 

Eph.iv.30. Grieve not the holy Spirit o.f God. 

1 Thess. v. 19. Quench not the Spirit. 

Heb. vi. 4, 5, 6. It is impossible for those 
who were once enlightened, and have tasted 
of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers 
of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good 
word of God, and the powers of the world to 
come, if they fall away, to renew them again 
to repentance. \ 

x. 28, 29. He that despised Moses's law, 
died without mercy. Of how much sorer 
punishment shall he be thought worthy, who 
hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and 
hath counted the blood of the covenant where- 
with he was sanctified an unholy thing, and 
hath done despite to the Spirit of grace. 

Jude 19. Sensual, having not the Spirit. 
See Simon Magus's sin, Acts viii. 19, 20. 



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CHAPTER XIII. 

OF THE TRINITY. 

THE SAME THINGS ATTRIBUTED TO THE FATHER, TO THE SON AND TO THE 
HOLY GHOST. 



L THE Father is, Deut. xxxiii. 27. The 
eternal God. 

Isa. xl. 28. The everlasting God. 

The Son is, Col. i. 17. Before all things, 

Heb. xiii. 8. The same yesterday, to-day, 
and for ever. 

Rev. i. 8. The beginning and the ending. — 
Ver. 17. The first and the last. 

The Spirit is, Heb. ix. 14. The eternal 
Spirit. 

n. The Father is omnipresent, Jer. xxiii. 
24. Do not I fill heaven and earth 1 saith the 
Lord. 

Ps. cxxxix. 7. Whither shall I flee from 
thy presence ? 

The Son. John iii. 13. The Son of man, 
which is in heaven. 

Eph. i. 23. He filleth all in all. 

The Spirit. Ps. cxxxix. 7. Whither shall 
I go from thy Spirit 1 

III. God's knowledge. 1 Sam. ii. 3. The 
Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him ac- 
tions are weighed. 

Acts xv. 18. Known unto God are all his 
works. 

1 Kings viii. 39. Thou only knowest the 
hearts of all the children of men. 

Jer. xi. 20. O Lord of hosts, that triest the 
reins. 

Matt. xi. 27. No man knoweth the Son but 
the Father. 

The Son's knowledge. Matt. xi. 27. 
Neither knoweth any man the Father, save 
the Son. 

John ii. 24. He knew all men — he knew 
what was in man. Ver. 25. 

Acts i. 24. They prayed and said, Thou 
Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men. 

Rev. ii. 23. I am he which searcheth the 
reins and hearts. Ch. v. 6. 

The Spirifs knowledge. 1 Cor. ii. 10. 
The Spirit searcheth all things ; yea the deep 
things of God. 

Ver. 11. The things of God knoweth no 
man, but the Spirit of God. 



IV. The wisdom of God. Job ix. 4. 
is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. 



He 



Dan. ii. 20. Wisdom and might are his„ 

Rev. vii. 12. Blessing, and glory, and wis- 
dom be unto our God. 

The Son's wisdom. Col. ii. 3. In him are 
hid all the treasures of wisdom and know- 
ledge. 

Rev. v. 12. Worthy is the Lamb to receive 
power, and riches, and wisdom, &c. 

The Spirifs wisdom. Isa. xi. 2. He is the 
Spirit of wisdom. 

Acts vi. 3. Full of the Holy Ghost and 
wisdom. 

Eph. i. 17. The Spirit of wisdom and re- 
velation. 

V. The power of God. Ps. Ixii. 11. Power 
belongeth unto God. 

Matt. vi. 13. Thine is the kingdom, the 
power, and the glory. 

Chrisfs power. Isa. ix. 6. His name is, 
The mighty God. 

Matt, xxviii. 18. All power is given unto 
me in heaven and in earth. 

1 Cor. i. 24. Christ, the power of God. See 
The power of Christ. 

The Spirifs power. Rom.xv. 13. Abound 
in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. 

Ver. 19. Through mighty signs and won- 
ders, by the power of the Spirit of God. 

VI. Goodness of God. 1 Chron. xvi. 34. 
The Lord is good. 

Christ. Acts x. 38. He went about doing 
good. 

Spirit. Ps. cxliii. 10. Thy Spirit is good. 

VII. Works of God — Creation. Isa. xl. 
28. The Creator of the ends of the earth. 

Gen. i. 27. God created man. 

Works of Christ. John i. 3. All things 
were made by him. 

Col. i. 16. By him were all things created 
that are in heaven and that are in earth. 

Works of the Spirit. Job xxxiii. 4. The 
Spirit of God hath made me. 

Ps. civ. 30. Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, 
they are created. 

VIII. God sendeth teachers to his church. 
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the prophets, Ch. xxv. 3, 4. — xxvi. 5. — xxix. 
19. — xxxv. 14, 15. — xliv. 4. 

Matt. ix. 38. Pray ye the Lord of the har- 
vest, that he will send forth labourers into his 
harvest. See Acts ix. 15. 17. Gal. i. 15. 
Eph. iv. 11, 12. Acts xxii. 14. 

Christ sendeth them. Matt. x. 5 — 8. These 
twelve Jesus sent forth, saying, Go, preach ; 
heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the 
dead, cast out devils, &c. 

Acts xxvi. 16, 17, 18. He said, I have ap- 
peared unto thee, to make thee a minister. I 
send thee to open their eyes, to turn them from 
darkness to light, &c. See Ch. xxii. 14. 21. 

1 Cor. i. 17. Paul said, Christ sent me to 
preach the gospel. 

2 Cor. v. 20. We are ambassadors for Christ. 
The Holy Ghost sendeth them. Isa. xlviii. 

16. The Lord God and his Spirit hath sent me. 

Acts xiii. 2. The Holy Ghost said, Separate 
me Barnabas and Saul for the work where- 
unto I have called them. — Ver. 4. They being 
sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto 
Seleucia. 

xx. 28. Paul said, Take heed unto your- 
selves, and to all the flock over which the 
Holy Ghost hath made you overseers — (or 
bishops, as in the original.) 

IX. Teachers receive their knowledge from 
God. John vi. 45. They shall be all taught 
of God. Isa. liv. 13. Jer. xxxi. 34. 

Phil. iii. 15. God shall reveal this unto you. 

From Christ. Gal. i. 12. Neither was I 
taught it but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. 

From the Spirit. Luke ii. 26. It was re- 
vealed unto him by the Holy Ghost. 

John xiv. 26. The Holy Spirit shall teach 
you all things. 

X. God spake by those who were sent. 
Heb. i. 1. God spake unto the fathers by the 
prophets. 

Christ spake by them. 2 Cor. xiii. 3. Ye 
seek a proof of Christ speaking in me. 

The Holy Ghost spake by them. Mark 
xiii. 11. It is not ye that speak, but the Holy 
Ghost. 

XI. God is in his people as his temple. 
Acts vii. 48. The most High dvvelleth not in 
temples made with hands. Ch. xvii. 24. 

1 Cor. iii. 16. Know ye not that ye are the 
temple of God '! Ver. 17. 

2 Cor. vi. 16. Ye are the temple of the 
living God : God hath said, I will dwell in 
them, and walk in them. 

Christ is in them. 2 Cor. xiii. 5. Christ 
is in you. 

Eph. iti* 17. That Christ may dwell in your 
hearts. 

18 



The Holy Ghost is in them. John xiv. 17. 
The spirit of truth that dwelleth with you, and 
shall be in you. 

Rom. viii. 11. His spirit that dwelleth in you. 

1 Cor. vi. 19. Your body is the temple of 
the Holy Ghost. 

iii. 16. Know ye not that ye are the temple 
of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in 
you ] 

XII. God sanctijieih his people. Jude 1. 
To them that are sanctified by God the Father. 

Christ sanctijieih. Heb. ii. 11. He that 
sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of 
one ; wherefore he is not ashamed to call them 
brethren. 

The Spirit sanctifieth. Rom. xv. 1 6. Being 
sanctified by the Holy Ghost. 

XIII. God leadeth his people. Isa. xlviii. 
17. I am the Lord thy God, which leadeth 
thee by the way thou shouldest go. 

Christ leadeth. John x. 3. He calleth his 
own sheep by name, and leadeth them. 

The Spirit leadeth. Rom. viii. 14. As 
many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are 
the sons of God. 

XIV. God is life, and giveth life. Deut. 
xxx. 20. The Lord thy God, he is thy life. 

Christ is life. Col. iii. 4. When Christ, 
who is our life, shall appear. 

1 John v. 12 He that hath the Son hath life. 
Gal. ii. 20. Christ liveth in me. 

The Spirit is life. Rom. viii. 10. 

XV. God raise th the dead. John v. 21. 
The Father raiseth up the dead and quickeneth 
them. 

Rom. iv. 17. God quickeneth the dead. 
2 Cor. i. 9. 

Christ raiseth the dead. John v. 21. The 
Son quickeneth whom he will. 

x. 18. I have power to lay down my life, 
and power to take it again. 

ii. 19. Destroy this temple, (viz. his body, 
ver. 21,) and in three days I will raise it up. 

Matt. xi. 5. The dead are raised up. — Per- 
sons raised by Christ, were, Lazarus, John xi. 
43. — xii. 1. A daughter. Matt. ix. 25. A 
widow's son. Luke vii. 11. 

The Spirit raiseth the dead. 1 Pet. iii. 18. 
Jesus Christ quickened by the Spirit. 

John vi. 63. It is the Spirit that quickeneth. 

XVI. The Son and Spirit joined with the 
Father in worship. Matt, xxviii. 19. Go ye 
therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them 
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost. 

2 Cor. xiii. 14. The grace of the Lord Jesus 
Christ, and the love of God, and the commu- 
nion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amerii 

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Chap. XIV, 



CHAPTER XIV. 



DUTIES TOWARDS GOD, ENFORCED BY THREATS AND PROMISES. 



KNOWLEDGE. 

I. TO know God and Christ commanded, 
with its fruits. Deut. iv. 39. Know and con- 
sider in thine heart, that the Lord he is God, 
in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath : 
there is none else. 

1 Chron. xxviii. 9. Know thou the God of 
thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, 
and with a willing mind. 

Ps. xlvi. 10. Be still, and know that I am 
God. Ps. c. 3. 

Jer. ix. 24. Let him that glorieth, glory in 
this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, 
that I am the Lord, which exercise loving- 
kindness and judgment, and righteousness in 
the earth. 

Hos. vi. 6. I desired the knowledge of God 
more than burnt offerings. 

2 Pet. i. 8. Neither be barren nor unfruitful 
in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour 
Jesus Christ. 

II. Denying God. Tit. i. 16. Some pro- 
fess to know God, but in works deny him. See 
2 Pet. ii. 1. 

III. Prayers for them that know God, and 
promises to them. Ps. xxxvi. 10. Continue 
thy loving-kindness to them that know thee. 

xci. 14. I will set him on high, because he 
hath known my name. 

Dan. xi. 32. The people that know God 
shall be strong and do exploits. 

John xvii. 3. This is life eternal, to know 
thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ 
whom thou hast sent. 1 John ii. 13. 

IV. God will be known by his people. Ps. 
xlviii. 3. God is known in the palaces of Zion 
for a refuge, 

lxxvi. 1. In Judah God is known ; his name 
is great in Israel. 

Isa. xix. 21. The Lord shall be known to 
Egypt ; the Egyptians shall know the Lord, 
and do sacrifice to him. 

liv. 13. All thy children shall be taught of 
the Lord. 

Ix. 2, 3. Darkness shall cover the earth, 
and gross darkness the people ; but the Lord 
shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be 
seen upon thee. The Gentiles shail come to 



thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy 
rising. Ch. xlii. 7. 16. 

Jer. xxiv. 7. I will give them a heart to 
know me, that I am the Lord ; and they shall 
be my people, and I will be their God. 

xxxi. 33, 34. I will put my law in their 
inward parts, and write it in their hearts. And 
they shall all know me, from the least unto 
the greatest. 

Hos. ii. 19, 20. I will betroth thee to me in 
righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving 
kindness, and in mercies, and in faithfulness ; 
and thou shalt know the Lord. 

vi. 3. Then shall we know, if we follow on 
to know the Lord. 

Hab. ii. 14. The earth shall be full of the 
knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover 
the sea. Isa. xi. 9. 

Mai. i. 11. From the rising of the sun to 
the going down of the same, my name shail 
be great among the Gentiles; and in every 
place incense shall be offered unto my name, 
and a pure offering. 

God is made known by his works. Ps. ix. 
16. The Lord is known by the judgment he 
executeth. 

xix. 1, 2. The heavens declare the glory of 
God ; the firmament sheweth his handy-work. 
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto 
night sheweth knowledge. Rom. i. 20. The 
invisible things of God from the creation of 
the world are clearly seen, being understood 
by the things that are made, even his eternal 
power and Godhead. 

lviii. 11. Verily he is a God that judgeth 
in the earth. 

c. 3. The Lord he is God ; he made us. 

2 Cor. i. 21. He which establisheth us with 
you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God. 

Heb. iii. 4. He that built all things is God. 

V. Christ called light, as a teacher sent to 
give the true knowledge of God. Luke ii. 32. 
A light to lighten the Gentiles. 

John i. 4. In him was life, and the life 
was the light of men. Ver. 7, 8. Matt, 
iv. 16. 

Ver. 9. The true light, that light eth every 
man that cometh into the world. 

viii. 12. Jesus said, I am the light of the 
world : he that followeth me shall not walk in 
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ix. 5. As long as I am in th world, I am 
the light of the world. 

x. 14. I know my sheep, and am known of 
mine. 

xii. 46. I am come a light into the world, 
that whosoever believeth on me should not 
abide in darkness. Ver. 35, 36. 

Acts xiii. 47. I have set thee to be a light 
of the Gentiles, that thou shouldst be for sal- 
tation to the ends of the earth. 

VI. Duties of the enlightened, who know 
God. Acts xvii. 30. The times of ignorance 
God winked at, but now commandeth all men 
everywhere to repent. 

Rom. xiii. 12. Let us put on the armouT of 
light. — Ver. 13. Let us walk honestly as in 
the day, not in rioting and drunkenness, not in 
chambering and wantonness. 

1 Thess. v. 5, 6. Ye are all the children of 
light and of the day : we are not of the night 
nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep 
as do others, but let us watch and be sober. — 
Ver. 8. Let us who are of the day be sober, 
putting on the breastplate of faith and love, 
and for a helmet the hope of salvation. 

1 Pet. ii. 9. Ye should show forth the praises 
of him who hath called you out of darkness 
into his marvellous light. 

VII. The wicked know not God. Exod. 
v. 2. Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord that I 
should obey his voice 1 I know not the Lord, 
neither will I let Israel go. Job xxi. 15. 

Ps. xiv. 4. Have all the workers of iniquity 
no knowledge! 

lxxix. 6. Pour out thy wrath upon the 
heathen that have not known thee. 

lxxxii. 5. They know not, neither will they 
understand : they walk on in darkness. 

Isa. i. 3. Israel doth not know, my people 
doth not consider. — Ver. 7. Your country is 
desolate, your cities are burned with fire. 

Jer. iv. 22. My people is foolish, they have 
not known me ; they are wise to do evil, but 
to do good they have no knowledge. — Ver. 27. 
The whole land shall be desolate. 

v. 4. They are foolish, they know not the 
way of the Lord, nor the judgments of their 
God. Ver. 5. 

ix. 3. They proceed from evil to evil, and 
know not me, saith the Lord. — Ver. 11. I 
will make Jerusalem heaps. 

Hos. iv. I. The Lord hath a controversy 
with the inhabitants of the land, because there 
is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God 
in the land. 

v. 4. The spirit of whoredoms is in them ; 
they have not known the Lord. 

John viii. 19. Jesus said to the Pharisees, 
Ye neither know me, nor my Father. Ver. 55. 



xvi. 3. Jesus said unto his disciples, These 
things will they do unto you, because they 
have not known the Father nor me. 

xvii. 25. O righteous Father, the world hath 
not known thee. 

Rom. i. 28. They did not like to retain God 
in their knowledge, wherefore God gave them 
up to a reprobate mind. Ps. x. 4. 

1 Cor. xv. 34. Some [Professed Christians] 
have not the knowledge of God. 

1 John iv. 8. He that loveth not, knoweth 
not God, 



FAITH. 

VIII. Faith in God. 2 Chron. xx. 20. 
Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be 
established. 

Isa. xliii. 10. Ye are my witnesses, saith the 
Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen, 
that ye may know and believe me, that I am 
the Lord. 

Mark xi. 22. Jesus said, Have faith in God. 
John xii. 44. 

Heb. vi. 1. Let us go on unto perfection ; not 
laying again the foundation of repentance, and 
of faith toward God. 

xi. 6. Without faith it is impossible to please 
God : for he that cometh to God must believe 
that he is, and that he is a re warder of them 
that diligently seek him. 

James ii. 19. Thou believest there is one 
God ; thou dost well. 

1 Pet. i. 21. That your faith and hope 
might be in God. 

Ps. cxix. 66. I have believed thy command- 
ments. 

IX. Faith in Christ. John vi. 29. Jesus 
said, This is the work of God, that ye believe 
on him whom he hath sent. 

1 John hi. 23. This is God's command- 
ment, That we should believe on the name of 
his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another. 

John xii. 36. Believe in the light, that ye 
may be the children of light. 

xiv. 1. Jesus said, Ye believe in God, be- 
lieve also in me. 

xx. 27. Jesus said to Thomas, Be not faith- 
less but believing. 

X. Faith in Christ: brief summaries 
thereof. John ix. 35. Dost thou believe in 
the Son of God 1 Ver. 38. 

xi. 27. I believe that thou art Christ the 
Son of God, that should come into the world. 

xvi. 30. We believe that thou earnest forth 
from God. 

xvii. 6. Jesus said, I have manifested thy 
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out of the world. — Ver. 8. And they have be 
lieved that thou didst send me. Ver. 21. 

Acts viii. 37. Philip said to the eunuch, If 
thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest 
tie baptized : and he answered and said, I be- 
lieve that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. — 
Ver. .38. And Philip baptized him. 

Rom. vi. 8. If we be dead with Christ, we 
believe that we shall also live with him. 

x. 9. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth 
the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart 
that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt 
be saved. 

1 Thess. iv. 14. If we believe that Jesus 
died and rose again, even so them also that 
sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 

XI. Confessing Christ; promises. Matt. 
x. 32. Whosoever shall confess me before 
men, him will I confess before my Father 
which is in heaven. 

Rom. x. 9, 10. If thou shalt confess with 
thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in 
thy heart that God raised him from the dead, 
thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man 
believeth unto righteousness, and with the 
mouth confession is made unto salvation. 

1 John iv. 15. Whosoever shall confess 
that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in 
him, and he in him. 

Rev. ii. 13. Thou holdest fast my name. 
Ch. iii. 8. 

XII. Denying Christ; threats. Matt. x. 
33. Whosoever shall deny me before men, 
him will I also deny before my Father which 
is in heaven. 

Luke xii. 9. He that denieth me before 
men, shall be denied before the angels of God. 

2 Tim. ii. 12. If we deny him, he also will 
deny us. 

2 Pet. ii. 1. False teachers shall bring in 
damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that 
bought them. 

1 John ii. 22, 23. Who is a liar, but he that 
denieth that Jesus is the Christ 1 He is Anti- 
christ that denieth the Father and the Son. 
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath 
not the Father. 

Jude 4. Ungodly men turn the grace of 
God into lasciviousness, denying the only 
Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. See 
Acts iii. 14. Matt. xxvi. 70. 

XIII. The certainty and assurance of faith. 
Luke i. 1. Many have taken in hand to set 
forth a declaration of those things which are 
most surely believed among us. — Ver. 3, 4. 
It seemed good to me also, that thou mightest 
know the certainty of those things wherein 
thou hast been instructed. 



John iv. 42. We have heard ourselves, and 
know that this is indeed the Christ, the Sa- 
viour of the world. 

vi. 69. We believe and are sure, that thou 
art Christ the Son of the living God. 

xvi. 30. Now are we sure that thou knowest 
all things : by this we believe that thou earnest 
forth from God. Ver. 31. 

xvii. 8. Jesus said, They have known 
surely that I came out from thee, and they 
have believed that thou didst send me. Ch 
xvi. 27. 

Acts i. 36. Let all the house of Israel know 
assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus 
both Lord and Christ. 

xvii. 31. God hath appointed a day in the 
which he will judge the world in righteous- 
ness, by that man whom he hath ordained ; 
whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, 
in that he hath raised him from the dead. 

Heb. x. 22. Let us draw near with a true 
heart, in full assurance of faith. 

xi. 1. Faith is the substance of things hoped 
for, the evidence of things not seen. See Col. 
ii. 2. 1 Thess. i. 5. 2 Tim. iii. 14. 1 John 
iii. 19. 

Of being strong, steadfast, and persevering 
in faith. Rom. iv. 19. Abraham, being not 
weak in faith. 

Ver. 20 — 22. He staggered not at the pro- 
mise of God, through unbelief; but was strong 
in faith, giving glory to God : Being fully per- 
suaded, that what God had promised he was able 
to perform. And therefore it was imputed 
to him for righteousness. 

1 Cor. xvi. 13. Watch ye, stand fast in the 
faith, quit you like men, be strong. 

2 Cor. v. 7. We walk by faith, not by 
sight. 

iv. 18. We look not at the things which 
are seen and are temporal, but at the things 
which are not seen, and are. eternal. Heb. xi. 
27. Moses endured as seeing him who is in- 
visible. 

xiii. 5. Examine yourselves whether ye be 
in the faith ; prove your own selves. 

Gal. ii. 20. The life which I now live in 
the flesh, I live by faith of the Son of God. 

Eph. iii. 17. I pray that Christ may dwell 
in your hearts by faith. 

vi. 16. Take the shield of faith, whereby 
ye may be able to quench all the fiery darts 
of the wicked one. 

Phil. i. 27. Stand fast in one Spirit, with 
one mind, striving together for the faith of the 



Col. i. 23. Continue in the faith, grounded 
and settled, and be not moved away from the 
hope of the gospel, which ye have heard. 

ii. 5, 6, 7. I am with you in the spirit, joy- 
ing and beholding the steadfastness of your 



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faith in Christ. As ye have received Christ 
Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him ; rooted 
and built up in him, and established in the 
faith, as ye have been taught, abounding 
therein with thanksgiving. 

1 Tim. vi. 12. Fight the good fight of faith, 
lay hold on eternal life. 

2 Tim. i. 13. Hold fast the form of sound 
words, which thou hast heard, in faith and 
love which is in Christ Jesus. 

iv. 7, 8. I have fought a good fight, I have 
finished my course, I have kept the faith. 
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of 
righteousness. 

Tit. i. 13. Rebuke them sharply, that they 
may be sound in the faith. 

Heb. x. 23. Hold fast the profession of your 
faith without wavering. 

James i. 3. The trying of your faith 
worketh patience. 1 Pet. i. 7. 

1 Pet. v. 8, 9. Your adversary the devil, 
walketh about seeking whom he may devour : 
whom resist, steadfast in the faith. 

2 Pet. iii. 17. Beware lest ye fall from your 
steadfastness. 

1 John v. 4. This is the victory that over- 
cometh the world, even our faith. See John 
viii. 31. Compare with Rom. x. 8. See 
also, Acts xiv. 22. Eph. vi. 10. 2 Tim. ii. 
1. 1 John ii. 14. Rev.ii. 13.— xiii. 10. See 
Heb. chap. xi. throughout. 

XIV. Graces and duties accompanying 
true faith ,- or marks and evidences of true 
faith. Exod. iv. 31. The people believed, 
and worshipped. 

xiv. 31. The people feared the Lord, and 
believed the Lord. 

Ps. cvi. 11, 12. The waters covered their 
enemies : then believed they his words ; they 
sung his praise. 

cxvi. 10. I believed, therefore have I spoken. 
2 Cor. iv. 13. Ps. xxvii. 13. 

Jonah iii. 5. The people of Nineveh be- 
lieved God, and proclaimed a fast. 

Acts xv. 9. God purifying the hearts of the 
Gentiles by faith. 

xvi. 34. The keeper of the prison rejoiced, 
believing in God, with all his house. 

xx. 2 1 . Paul testified both to the Jews and 
also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, 
and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 

xxiv. 24, 25. Felix heard Paul concerning 
the faith. Paul reasoned of righteousness, 
temperance, and judgment to come. 

1 Cor. xiii. 2. Though I have all faith, so 
that I could remove mountains, and have not 
charity, I am nothing. — Ver. 13. Now abideth 
faith, hope, charity. 

2 Cor. viii. 7. As ye abound in faith, in ut- 
terance, in knowledge, and in all diligence, 



and in your love to us ; see that ye abound in 
this grace also [of liberality]. 

Gal. v. 6. Faith worketh by love. 

Ver. 22. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, 
peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, 
faith. 

Eph. i. 15, 16. After I heard of your faith 
in the Lord Jesus, and love to all the saints, I 
cease not to give thanks for you. Col. i. 4. 

iii. 17. I pray that Christ may dwell in 
your hearts by faith ; that ye being rooted and 
grounded in love, &c. 

1 Thess. i. 2, 3. We give thanks to God, 
remembering your work of faith, and labour 
of love, and patience of hope in our Lord 
Jesus Christ. — Ver. 7. Ye were examples to 
all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. 

v. 8. Let us who are of the day be sober, 
putting on the breast-plate of faith and love, 
and for a helmet the hope of salvation. 

2 Thess. i. 3. We are bound to thank God 
always for you, brethren, because that your 
faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity 
of every one of you toward each other 
aboundeth. 

ii. 13. God hath chosen you to salvation, 
through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief 
of the truth. 

1 Tim. i. 5. The end of the commandment 
is charity, out of a pure heart, and of a good 
conscience, and of faith unfeigned. 

Ver. 14. The grace of our Lord was ex- 
ceeding abundant, with faith and love which 
is in Christ Jesus. 

ii. 15. Continue in faith, and charity, and 
holiness, with sobriety. 

iii. 9. Holding the mystery of faith, in a 
pure conscience. 

iv. 12. Be thou an example of the believers, 
in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, 
in faith, in purity. 

2 Tim. i. 13. Hold fast the form of sound 
words, in faith and love, which is in Christ 
Jesus. 

ii. 22. Follow righteousness, faith, charity, 
peace, with them that call on the Lord out of 
a pure heart. 

iii. 1 0. Thou hast fully known my doctrine, 
manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, 
charity, patience. — Ver. 14. Continue in the 
things thou hast learned. — Ver. 17. Be per- 
fect, thoroughly furnished to all good works. 

Tit. i. 1. The faith of God's elect, and the 
acknowledgment of the truth which is after 
godliness. 

ii. 1, 2. Speak thou the things that become 
sound doctrine ; that the aged men be sober, 
grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, 
and in patience. 

iii. 8. This is a faithful saying, and these 
things I will that thou affirm constantly, Tha* 



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they which have believed in God, might be 
careful to maintain good works. Ver. 14. 

Heb. vi. 12. Be ye followers of them who 
through faith and patience inherit the pro- 
mises. 

James ii. 14. What doth it profit, my bre- 
thren, though a man say he have faith, and 
have not works'? Can faith save him? — Ver. 
17. Faith if it hath not works is dead, being 
alone. — Ver. 20. Know, O vain man, that 
faith without works is dead. — Ver. 26. As the 
body without the spirit is dead, so faith with- 
out works is dead also. See ver. 22, 24. 

2 Pet. i. 5 — 7. Add to your faith, virtue, 
knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, 
brotherly kindness, and charity. 

1 John iii. 23. This is God's commandment, 
That we should believe on the name of his 
Son Jesus Christ, and love one another. 

Jude 20, 21. Ye, beloved, building up your- 
selves on your most holy faith, praying in the 
Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of 
God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, to eternal life. 

Rev. ii. 19. I know thy works, and charity, 
and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy 
works ; and the last to be more than the first. 

xiii. 10. Here is the patience and faith of 
the saints. 

xiv. 12. Here are they that keep the com- 
mandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. 

XV. The author, or cause and means of 
faith. God the author and supreme cause 
of faith. Matt. xvi. 16, 17. Peter said to 
Jesus, Thou art Christ, the Son of the living 
God. Jesus answered and said unto him, 
Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh 
and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but 
my Father which is in heaven. 

John i. 13. They that believed on his name 
were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the 
flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 
1 John iv. 14, 15. — v. 1. 

Acts xiii. 48. As many as were ordained to 
eternal life, believed. 

xiv. 27. God opened the door of faith to 
the Gentiles. 

Rom. xii. 3. Think soberly, as God hath 
dealt to every man the measure of faith. 

1 Cor. ii. 5. Your faith should not stand 
but in the power of God. 

Eph. ii. 8. By grace ye are saved, through 
faith ; and that not of yourselves, it is the 
gift of God. 

Phil. i. 29. Unto you it is given on the 
behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, 
but also to suffer for his sake. 

2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath chosen you to 
salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, 
and belief of the truth. See 1 Tim. i. 14. 



XVI. God being the author of faith, he is 
prayed to and thanked for faith as his gift. 
Rom. xv. 13. The God of hope, fill you with 
all joy and peace in believing. 

Eph. i. 15. After I heard of your faith in 
the Lord Jesus, and love to all the saints, I 
cease not to give thanks for you, making men- 
tion of you in my prayers. Col. i. 3, 4. 
Philem. ver. 5. 

vi. 23. Peace be to the brethren, and love 
with faith, from God the Father, and the Lord 
Jesus Christ. 

1 Thess. i. 2, 3. We give thanks to God 
always for you, remembering your work of 
faith and labour of love. 2 Thess. ii. 13. 

2 Thess. i. 3. We are bound to thank God 
always for you, brethren, because your faith 
groweth exceedingly. — Ver. 11. We pray al- 
ways for you, that our God would count you 
worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good 
pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith 
with power. 

XVII. Christ the author of faith. Luke 
xvii. 5. The apostles said, Lord, increase our 
faith. 

I Tim. i. 14. The grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ was exceeding abundant, with faith 
and love, which is in Christ Jesus. 

Heb. xii. 1, 2. Let us run with patience the 
race set before us, looking to Jesus, the author 
and finisher of our faith. 

1 Pet. i. 21. Ye by him do believe in God 
who raised him from the dead. 

2 Pet. i. 1. To them that have obtained like 
precious faith with us, through the righteous- 
ness of God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ. 
See Eph. vi. 23. 2 Thess. i. 12. 

The Holy Ghost the author of faith. 1 Cor. 
xii. 8, 9. To one is given by the Spirit the 
word of wisdom, to another the word of 
knowledge : To another faith, by the same 
Spirit. 

2 Cor. iv. 13. We having the same Spirit 
of faith, also believe. 

Gal. v. 22. 23. The fruit of the Spirit is 
love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, 
goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. 

XVIII. Subordinate mean of faith is 
God's word. John xx. 31. These are writ- 
ten, that ye might believe that Jesus is the 
Christ the Son of God. Rom. i. 16. 1 John 
v. 13. Rev. i. 19. 

XIX. A gospel ministry the means of faith. 
John i. 7. John came for a witness, that all 
men might believe. Acts xix. 4. 

xvii. 20. Jesus said, I pray not for these 
alone which thou gavest me out of the world, 
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xix. 35. He that saw bare record, that ye 
might believe. 

Acts ii. 41. At hearing Peter's sermon, 
there were added to the church about three 
thousand souls. 

iv. 4. Many that heard the word believed. 

viii. 12. They believed Philip, preaching 
the things concerning the kingdom of God, 
and the name of Jesus Christ. Ver. 13. 

xi. 21. The hand of the Lord was with the 
apostles, and a great number believed. 

xiv. 1. Paul and Barnabas so spake that a 
great number believed. 

xv. 7. Peter said, God made choice among 
us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear 
the word of the gospel, and believe. 

xvii. 2. Paul reasoned out of the scriptures, 
&c. — Ver. 4. And some of the Jews believed, 
of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and 
of the chief women not a few. — Ver. 34. 
Certain men clave to Paul and believed. See 
Acts xviii. 4. 8. 27, 28.— xix. 9. 

xxvi. 17, 18. Jesus said to Paul, I send thee 
to the Gentiles, to open their eyes, and to turn 
them from darkness to light, and from the 
power of Satan unto God. That they may 
receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance 
among them which are sanctified by faith that 
is in me. 

Rom. i. 5. By whom we have received grace 
and apostleship, for obedience to the faith. 

x. 8. The word is nigh thee : that is, the 
word of faith which we preach. 

Ver. 14, 15. How shall they call on him in 
whom 4hey have not believed 1 and how shall 
they believe in him of whom they have not 
heard 1 and how shall they hear without a 
preacher] and how shall they preach except 
they be sent 1 Ver. 1 7. So faith cometh by 
hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 

xvi. 25, 26. The mystery which was kept 
secret, is now made known to all nations for 
the obedience of faith. 

1 Cor. i. 21. It pleased God by the foolish- 
ness of preaching to save them that believe. 

iii. 5, 6. Who is Paul or Apollos, but mi- 
nisters by whom ye believed, even as the Lord 
gave to every man 1 I have planted, Apollos 
watered, but God gave the increase. Ver. 7. 

xv. 2. I have delivered unto you the gospel 
by which ye are saved, if ye keep in memory 
what I preached unto you, unless ye have be- 
lieved in vain. — Ver. 11. So we preach, and 
so ye believed. 

2 Cor. i. 24. Not that we have dominion 
over your faith, but are helpers of your joy. 

Eph. ii. 20. Ye are built upon the founda- 
tion of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ 
himself being the chief corner-stone. 

iv. 11 — 13. Christ gave some apostles, and 
some prophets, and some evangelists, and 



some pastors and teachers ; for the perfecting 
of the saints, for the work of the ministry, 
for the edifying of the body of Christ. Till 
we all come in the unity of the faith, and of 
the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a per- 
fect man. 

Phil. i. 25. I shall continue with you, for 
your furtherance and joy of faith. 

ii. 17. If I be offered upon the sacrifice and 
service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with 
you all. 

1 Thess. iii. 2. We sent Timotheus, to esta- 
blish and comfort you concerning your faith. 
— Ver. 10. Praying that we might see your 
face, and perfect that which is lacking in yout 
faith. 

Heb. xiii. 7. Remember them which have 
the rule over you, who have spoken unto you 
the word of God, whose faith follow. 

1 John i. 3. That which we have seen and 
heard declare we unto you. 

The GosrEL called faith, and the law 
of faith. — Rom. iii. 27. Boasting is ex- 
cluded by the law of faith. 

x. 8. The word of faith which we preach. 

Gal. i. 23. Paul preached the faith which 
once he destroyed. 

iii. 2. Received ye the Spirit by the works 
of the law, or by the hearing of faith 1 Ver. 5. 

Ver. 23. Before faith came, we were shut 
up unto the faith that should afterward be re- 
vealed. Ver. 25. See 1 Tim. i. 4. — v. 8. 
Jude ver. 3. Rev. ii. 13. 

XX. Promises to faith. Justification pro- 
mised to believing in God. Gen. xv. 6. 
Abram believed in the Lord, and he counted 
it to him for righteousness. Rom. iv. 3. 9. 
Gal. iii. 6. Jam. ii. 23. 

John v. 24. Jesus said, He that heareth my 
word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath 
everlasting life, and shall not come into con- 
demnation, but is passed from death unto life. 
See Luke i. 45. 

XXI. Justification to believing in Christ 
promised. Acts xiii. 39. By him all that be- 
lieve are justified from all things, from which 
they could not be justified by the law of Moses. 

Rom. iii. 21, 22. The righteousness of God 
(i. e. justification) without the law is mani- 
fested, being witnessed by the law and the 
prophets : Even the righteousness of God, 
which is by faith of Jesus Christ, unto all 
and upon all that believe. 

Ver. 25, 26. Jesus Christ hath God set forth, 
to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, 
to declare his righteousness for the remission 
of sins : To declare his righteousness ; that 
he might be just, and the justifier of them 
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Ver. 28. Therefore we conclude that a man 
is justified by faith without the deeds of the 
law. — Ver. 30. God shall justify the circum- 
cision by faith and the uncircumcision through 
faith. 

iv. 5. He that worketh not but believeth on 
him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is 
counted to him for righteousness, (or justifi- 
cation.) 

v. I. Being justified by faith, we have peace 
with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

x. 4. Christ is the end of the law for right- 
eousness (or justification) to every one that be- 
lieveth. 

xi. 20. Thou standest by faith. 2 Cor. i. 
24. 

Ver. 23. The Jews, if they abide not still 
in unbelief, shall be grafted in. — Ver. 26. 
And so all Israel shall be saved. Ver. 30. 
31, 32. 

Gal. ii. 16. A man is not justified by the 
works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus 
Christ. — Ver. 21. If righteousness came by 
the law, then Christ is dead in vain. 

iii. 8, 9. The scripture foreseeing that God 
would justify the heathen through faith, 
preached before the gospel to Abraham, say- 
ing, In thee shall all nations be blest. (Gen. 
xii. 3.) So they which be of faith are blessed 
with faithful Abraham. 

Ver. 1 1. But that no man is justified by the 
law in the sight of God is evident; for, The 
just shall live by faith. Hab. ii. 4. Rom. i. 
17. Heb. x. 38. 

Ver. 12. And the law is not of faith ; but, 
The man that doeth these things shall live in 
them. 

Ver. 22. The Scripture hath concluded all 
under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus 
Christ might be given to them that believe. 

Ver. 24. The law was our schoolmaster to 
bring us to Christ, that we might be justified 
by faith. 

v. 5. We through the Spirit wait for the 
hope of righteousness (or justification) by 
faith. 

Ver. 6. In Jesus Christ neither circumci- 
sion availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, 
but faith which worketh by love. 

Phil. iii. 8 — 10. I count all things but loss 
for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ 
Jesus my Lord : for whom I have suffered the 
oss of all things, and count them but dung, 
ihat I may win Christ, and be found in him, 
not having mine own righteousness, which is 
of the law, but that which is through the faith 
of Christ, the righteousness which is of God 
by faith ; that I may know him, and the power 
of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his 
sufferings, being made conformable to his 
death. 



XXII. Adoption, or being the sons of God, 
promised. John i. 12. To as many as re- 
ceived Christ, to them gave he power to be- 
come the sons of God, even to them that 
believe on his name. 

Gal. iii. 26. Ye are all the children of God 
by faith in Christ Jesus. Rom. viii. 17. 

XXIII. God's love promised to believers in 
Christ. John xvi. 27. The Father himself 
loveth you, because ye have loved me, and 
have believed that I came out from God. 

XXIV. Christ prayeth for believers. John 
xvii. 20. Neither pray I for these alone, but 
for them also which shall believe on me 
through their word. 

XXV. The sins of believers pardoned. 
Acts x. 43. Whosoever believeth in him shall 
receive remission of sins. Ch. xiii. 38. 

Rom. iii. 25. Him hath God set forth to be 
a propitiation through faith in his blood, to 
declare his righteousness for the remission of 
sins. 

XXVI. The holy Spirit is given to be~ 
lievers. John vii. 38, 39. Jesus said, He that 
believeth on me, out of his belly shall flow 
rivers of living water. This spake he of the 
Spirit, which they that believe on him should 
receive. 

Gal. iii. 13, 14. Christ hath redeemed us 
from the curse of the law : That the blessing 
of Abraham might come on the Gentiles, 
through Jesus Christ, that we might deceive 
the promise of the Spirit through faith. 

XXVII. They have light and direction. 
John xii. 36. Believe in the light : (that is, 
in Christ.) Ch. i. 9.— viii. 12. — ix. 5. 

Ver. 46. I am come a light into the world, 
that whosoever believeth on me should not 
abide in darkness. 

XXVIII. They have grace and peace. 
2 Pet. i. 1, 2. To them that have obtained like 
precious faith with us, grace and peace be 
multiplied. Rom. v. 1. 

XXIX. They have joy and comfort. John 
xiv. 1. Let not your heart be troubled ; ye be- 
lieve in God, believe also in me. 

Rom. xv. 13. The God of hope fill you with 
all joy and peace in believing. 1 Pet. i. 8. In 
whom [Christ] believing, ye rejoice with joy 
unspeakable and full of glory. 

1 John v. 1 0. He that believeth on the Son 
of God hath the witness in himself. 

John viii. 56. Abraham saw Christ's day 
and was glad. 



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XXX. Christ is precious to them. 2 Thess. 
i. 10. He shall come to be glorified in his 
saints, and admired in all them that believe. 

1 Pet. ii. 7. To them that believe he is pre- 



XXXI. They have access to God in prayer. 
Eph. iii. 12. In Christ we have boldness, and 
access with confidence by the faith of him. 

XXXII. Sanctification by faith. Actsxv. 
9. God purifying their hearts by faith. 

xxvi. 18. That they may receive an inherit- 
ance among them that are sanctified by faith 



XXXIII. Salvation by faith in God. Dan. 
vi. 23. No manner of hurt was found upon 
Daniel, [in the lion's den,] because he believed 
in his God. 

XXXIV. Salvation to Christians by faith 
in Christ. Isa. xxviii. 16. Thus saith the 
Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a founda- 
tion, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner- 
stone, a sure foundation; he that believeth 
shall not make haste. Rom. ix. 33. — x. }1. 
He that believeth shall not be ashamed. 
1 Pet. ii. 6. He that believeth shall not be 
confounded. 

Mark xvi. 15, 16. Jesus said, Preach the 
gospel : He that believeth and is baptized, shall 
be saved ; he that believeth not shall be damned. 

John iii. 14 — 16. As Moses lifted up the 
serpent in the wilderness, even so must the 
Son of man be lifted up ; that whosoever be- 
lieveth in him should not perish, but have 
eternal life. For God so loved the world, that 
he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever 
believeth in him should not perish, but have 
everlasting life. 

Ver. 17, 18. God sent not his Son into the 
world to condemn the world, but that the 
world through him might be saved. He that 
believeth on him is not condemned : he that 
believeth not is condemned already, because 
he hath not believed in the name of the only 
begotten Son of Gfod. 

Ver. 36. He that believeth on the Son hath 
everlasting life : and he that believeth not the 
Son shall not see life ; but the wrath of God 
abideth on him. 

vi. 35. Jesus said, He that believeth on me 
shall never thirst. 

Ver. 40. This is the will of him that sent 
me, that every one that seeth the Son and be- 
lieveth on him, may have everlasting life : and 
I will raise him up at the last day. — Ver. 47. 
He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. 

xi. 25. He that believeth in me, though he 
were dead, yet shall he live. 
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Ver. 26. Whosoever liveth and believeth in 
me shall never die, [or shall not die for ever.] 

xx. 31. These are written, that ye might 
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of 
God, and that believing ye might have life 
through his name. 

Acts xvi. 31. Paul and Silas said to the 
jailor, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and 
thou shalt be saved. 

xxvi. 18. That they may receive an inheri- 
tance among them that are sanctified by faith 
in me. 

Rom. x. 9. If thou shalt confess with thy 
mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in 
thine heart that God raised him from the dead, 
thou shalt be saved. 

Eph. ii. 8. By grace ye are saved, through 
faith. 

2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath chosen you to 
salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit 
and belief of the truth. 

1 Tim. i. 16. I [Paul] obtained mercy, that 
in me Jesus Christ might shew forth all long- 
suffering, for a pattern to them which should 
hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. 

vi. 12. Fight the good fight of faith, lay 
hold on eternal life. 

2 Tim. iii. 15. The Scriptures are able to 
make thee wise unto salvation through faith 
which is in Christ Jesus. 

iv. 7, 8. I have fought a good fight, I have 
finished my course, I have kept the faith: 
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of 
righteousness, which the Lord the righteous 
judge shall give me at that day, and not to me 
only, but unto all them that love his appearing, 

Heb. iv. 3. We which have believed do 
enter into rest. 

vi. 12. Be ye followers of them who through 
faith and patience inherit the promises. 

x. 39. We are not of them who draw back 
unto perdition, but of them that believe to the 
saving of the soul. 

1 Pet. i. 5. We are kept by the power of 
God through faith unto salvation. — Ver. 9. 
Receiving the end of your faith, the salvation 
of your souls. 

1 John v. 13, These things have I written 
unto you that believe on the name of the Son 
of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal 
life. 

XXXV. Things extraordinary promised 
to the faith of some primitive Christians. 
Matt. xxi. 21. If ye have faith as a grain of 
mustard-seed, and doubt not, ye shall not only 
do this that is done to the fig-tree, but also if 
ye shall say to this mountain, Be thou re- 
moved, and be thou cast into the sea, it shall 
be done. Luke xvii. 6. 

Ver. 22. And all things whatsoever ye shall 
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ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. 
Mark. xi. 24. 

Mark xvi. 17, 18. These signs shall follow 
them that believe : In my name shall they 
cast out devils; they shall speak with new 
tongues ; they shall take up serpents ; and if 
they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt 
them ; they shall lay hands on the sick, and 
they shall recover. 

John xiv. 12. He that believeth on me, the 
works that I do shall he do also. 

XXXVI. These promises were fulfilled in 
the following instances. Acts ii. 4. The dis- 
ciples of Christ spoke with new tongues. 

iii. 2 to 8. and xiv. 10. They cured the 
lame. 

xvi. 18. They cast out unclean spirits. Ch. 
v. 16. — viii. 7. 

xix. 11, 12. They healed the sick. Ch. 
xx viii. 8. 

ix. 36, 37. 40. They raised the dead. Ch. 
xx. 12. 

v. 5. 10. Lying hypocrites die at their re- 
buke. 

xxviii. 3. 5. Paul shakes a viper off his hand, 
and is not hurt by it. 

xiii. 11. Enemies of the faith are struck 
with blindness. 

ix. 12. 17, 18. They restore sight to the 
blind. 

viii. 15. 17. The Holy Ghost is given at 
laying on of their hands. 

v. 12. They do great miracles, signs, and 
wonders. Ch. vi. 8. — xv. 12. 2 Cor. xii. 12. 

viii. 6. The people gave the more heed to 
them, and embraced the faith. Ch. v. 14. 

XXXVII. Instances of miracles wrought 
for persons of eminent faith. Matt. viii. 8. 
10. 13. Luke vii. 9. At the centurion's faith 
his servant is healed. 

ix. 28, 29, 30. Two blind men restored to 
sight. Mark x. 52. 

Mark ii. 5. One sick of the palsy cured. 
Matt. ix. 2. 6, 7. 

v. 34. A woman cured of a bloody issue. 

ix. 20. 25. A dumb spirit is cast out of a 
child at the faith of the child's father. 

v. 36. At the faith of the ruler of the syna- 
gogue, his daughter, who had been dead, is 
restored to life. 

Luke xvii. 19. A leper cleansed. 

John iv. 50. At a nobleman's faith his son 
is healed of a fever. 

xi. 40 to 46. At Martha's faith her brother 
Lazarus is restored to life. 

Acts iii. 16. At the faith of a lame man he 
is healed by Peter. 

xiv. 9. A cripple from the womb healed by 
Paul. 



XXXVIII. Other instances of approved 
faith. In Abraham, Gen. xv. 6, compared 
with John viii. 56. Rom. iv. 18. 20. — The 
virgin Mary, Luke i. 45. — The woman who 
washed Christ's feet with tears, Luke vii. 37 
to 50.— The disciples, John ii. 22.— The Sa- 
maritans, John iv. 39. — The Jews, John viii. 
31. — xi. 45. — A man born blind, John ix. 35. 
38.— The chief rulers, John xii. 11. 42.— 
Those given to Christ, John xvii. 8. — About 
five thousand, Acts iv. 4. 32. — Many priests, 
Acts vi. 7. — Stephen, Acts vi. 8. — The 
eunuch, Acts viii. 37. — They of the circum- 
cision, Acts x. 45. — A great number, Acts xi. 
21. — xiv. 1. 23. — Many at Lystra, Greeks and 
devout women, Acts xvii. 4. — Crispus, the 
ruler of the synagogue, Acts xviii. 8. Ver. 
27. — Many in Achaia, Acts xix. 18. — Many 
thousands of Jews, Acts xxi. 20. Ver. 25. — 
The Gentiles : some among all nations, Rom. 
i. 5. 16. &c. &c. 



INFIDELITY. 

XXXIX. Want of faith reproved. Matt, 
vi. 30. Jesus said, If God so clothe the grass 
of the field, will he not much more clothe 
you, O ye of little faith 1 

Mark xvi. 1 4. Jesus upbraided the disciples 
with their unbelief and hardness of heart, be- 
cause they believed not those who had seen 
him after he was risen. — Christ upbraideth 
the disciples afraid upon the sea, with their 
want of faith, Matt. viii. 26. — Peter upon the 
sea, Matt. xiv. 31. — The disciples solicitous 
about bread, Matt. xvi. 8, 9, 10. — The disci- 
ples at their not being able to cast out a devil, 
Matt. xvii. 17. 19, 20. 

Matt. xiii. 58. Jesus did not many miracles 
there because of their unbelief. Mark vi. 5, 6. 

XL. Exhortations against unbelief. John 
xx. 27. Jesus said to Thomas, Be not faith- 
less, but believing. 

Heb. iii. 12. Take heed lest there be in any 
of you an evil heart of unbelief. 

iv. 11. Let us labour to enter into the rest 
that remaineth to the people of God, lest any 
man fall after the same example of unbelief. 

XLI. Threatenings against unbelief. Un- 
belief towards God ; threats. Numb. xiv. 
11. The Lord said, How long will this people 
provoke me 1 How long will it be ere they 
believe me, for all the signs I have shewed 
among them 1 — Ver. 12. I will scatter them 
with the pestilence and disinherit them. Ver. 
37, 38. Heb. iii. 17, 18.— iv. 6. Jude 5. 

Numb. xx. 1 2. The Lord spake unto Mo- 
ses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, 



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LOOKING TO GOD. 



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to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of 
Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congre- 
gation into the land which I have given them. 

Deut. i. 32. Moses said, Ye did not believe 
the Lord your God. 

Ver. 34, 35. And the Lord was wroth, and 
sware, saying, Surely there shall not one of 
these men, of this evil generation, see that 
good land which I sware to give unto your 
fathers. Heb. iii. 19. — iv. 6. 

2 Kings xvii. 14. 18. 20. Because they did 
not believe, the Lord rejected the seed of Israel. 

Isa. vii. 9. If ye will not believe, ye shall 
not be established. 

liii. 1. Who hath believed our report? See 
Ps. lxxviii. 21, 22. 32, 33.— cvi. 24. 26. 29. 

XLII. Unbelief towards Christ ,- threats. 
Matt. xxi. 3 1 . Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, 
The publicans and harlots go into the king- 
dom of heaven before you. — Ver. 32. For ye 
believed not John the Baptist, but the publi- 
cans and harlots believed him. 

Mark xvi. 16. He that believeth not shall 
be damned. 

Luke xii. 46. The Lord of the wicked ser- 
vant will appoint him his portion with unbe- 
lievers. 

John iii. 18. He that believeth not is con- 
demned already, because he hath not believed 
in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 
— Ver. 36. He that believeth not the Son, 
shall not see life ; but the wrath of God 
abideth on him. 1 John v. 10. 

viii. 24. If ye believe not that I am he, ye 
shall die in your sins. 

xii. 48. He that rejecteth me and receiveth 
not my words, hath one that judgeth him : the 
word that I have spoken, the same shall judge 
him in the last day. 

Rom. ix. 31, 32. Israel hath not attained to 
the law of righteousness ; because they sought 
it not by faith, but as it were by the works of 
the law. 

xi. 20. Because of unbelief the Jews were 
broken off. 

xiv. 23. He that doubteth is damned, if he 
eat, because he eateth not of faith : for what- 
soever is not of faith, is sin. 

2 Thess. ii. 10—12. They received not the 
love of the truth, that they might be saved. 
For this cause God shall send them strong 
delusion that they should believe a lie ; that 
they all might be damned who believed not 
the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteous- 
ness. 

1 Tim. v. 8. If any provide not for his own, 
he hath denied the faith. 

Ver. 5. 1 1, 12. They have begun to wax 
wanton against Christ. Having damnation, 
because they have cast off their first faith. 



Tit. i. 15. To them that are defiled and un- 
believing is nothing pure, but even their mind 
and conscience is defiled. 

Heb. iv. 2. Unto us was the gospel preach- 
ed as well as unto them ; but the word preach- 
ed did not profit them, not being mixed with 
faith in them that heard it. Ch. x. 38, 39. 
The just shall live by faith ; but if any man 
draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in 
him. We are not of them that draw back 
unto perdition ; but of them who believe to 
the saving of the soul. 

xi. 31. By faith Rahab perished not with 
them that believed not. 

1 John ii. 23. Whosoever denieth the Son, 
the same hath not the Father. 

Rev. xxi. 8. The fearful and unbelieving, 
and the abominable, and murderers, and 
whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, 
and all liars, shall have their part in the lake 
which burneth with fire and brimstone, which 
is the second death. See Isa. lxvi. 24. 

XLIII. The following causes of unbelief 
are assigned in Scripture by Christ and his 
apostles. Luke viii. 12. The devil taketh 
away the word out of their hearts, lest they 
should believe and be saved. 

John v. 44. How can ye believe which re- 
ceive honour one of another, and seek not the 
honour that cometh from God only ] 

Ver. 46, 47. Had ye believed Moses, ye 
would have believed me, for he wrote of me. 
But if ye believe not his writings, how shall 
ye believe my words 1 2 Cor. iii. 14, 15. 

viii. 45. Because I tell you the truth, ye be- 
lieve me not. 

x. 26. Ye believe me not because ye are 
not of my sheep. 

2 Cor. iv. 4. Because the god of this world 
hath blinded their minds. 

1 Tim. iv. 1. Giving heed to seducing 
spirits, and doctrines of devils. 

vi. 10. The love of money. — Ver. 20. 21. 
Vain babblings, and professing false science. 
Hence is applied to unbelievers the prophecy 
of Isa. vi. 9. compared with John xii. 40, 41. 
Acts xxviii. 26, 27. 



LOOKING TO GOD. 

XLIV. Look to God. Ps. xxxiv. 5. They 
looked unto God, and were lightened. Ps. v. 
3. — cxxiii. 2. 

Isa. xvii. 7. At that day shall a man look to 
his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to 
the holy One of Israel. Ch. viii. 17. 

xlv. 22. Look unto me and be ye saved, all 
the ends of the earth ; for I am God, and there 
is none else. 



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REMEMBERING GOD— MEDITATION. Chap. XIV. 



Mic. vii. 7. I will look unto the Lord : I 
will wait for the God of my salvation : my God 
will hear me. See Isa. xxxviii. 14. 



REMEMBERING GOD. 

XLV. Remembering God. Neh. iv. 14. 
Remember the Lord, which is great and terri- 
ble. Ps. xx. 7. 

Job xxi. 6. When I remember him I am 
afraid. 

Ps. xlii. 6. My God, my soul is cast down 
in me ; therefore will I remember thee. Ps. 
xx. 7. — lxxvii. 10. 

lxiii. 5, 6. My soul shall be satisfied as with 
marrow and fatness ; and my mouth shall 
praise thee with joyful lips : When I remem- 
ber thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee 
in the night-watches. 

Eccl. xii. 1. Remember thy Creator in the 
days of thy youth. 

Isa. xxvi. 8. The desire of our soul is to thy 
name, and to the remembrance of thee. 

Jonah ii. 7. When my soul fainted within 
me, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer 
came in unto thee, into thy holy temple. See 
Zech. x. 9. 

Not remembering Godi Isa. lvii. 11. Of 
whom hast thou been afraid, that thou hast 
lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it 
to thy heart 1 ? Ch. Ii. 12, 13. Judg.Viii. 34. 
Ps. lxxviii. 42. 



FORGETTING GOD 

XL VI. Forgetting God. Ps. cvi. 21. Is- 
rael forgat God their Saviour, which had done 
great things in Egypt. 

Jer. ii. 32. My people have forgotten me 
days without number. Ch. xiii. 25. — xviii. 15. 

iii. 21. They have perverted their way, and 
have forgotten the Lord their God. 

Ezek. xxii. 12. Thou hast gained of thy 
neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten 
me, saith the Lord. Ver. 14. Jer. xxiv. 27. 

XLVII. Threatenings against those that 
forget God. Deut. xxxii. 18. Of the Rock 
that begat thee, thou art unmindful ; and hast 
forgotten God that formed thee. — Ver. 19. 
The Lord abhorred them. See to ver. 26. 

Judg. iii. 7. The children of Israel forgat the 
Lord. — Ver. 8. Therefore the anger of the 
Lord was hot against Israel, &c. 

1 Sam. xii. 9. They forgat the Lord their 
God, and he sold them into the hand of their 
enemies. 

Ps. ix. 17. The wicked shall be turned into 
hell, and all the nations that forget God. Job 
viii. 11, 12, 13. 



1. 21, 22. These things thou hast done and 
I kept silence ; but I will reprove thee, saith 
the Lord. Consider this, ye that forget God, 
lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to 
deliver. 

Isa. xvii. 10. Because thou hast forgotten 
the God of thy salvation, and hast not been 
mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore 
shaltthou plant pleasant plants, &c. — Ver. 11. 
But the harvest shall be a heap in the day of 
desperate sorrow. 

Ezek. xxiii. 35. Thou hast forgotten me ; 
therefore bear thy lewdness. 

Hos. viii. 14. Israel hath forgotten his 
Maker. I wilt send a fire upon his cities. 

XL VIII. Warnings against forgetting 
God. Deut. vi. 12. Beware lest thou forget 
the Lord. 

viii. 11 — 14. Beware that thou forget not 
the Lord thy God, in not keeping his com- 
mandments, and his judgments, and his sta- 
tutes. Lest when thou hast eaten, and art 
full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt 
therein f and when thy herds and thy flocks 
multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multi- 
plied, and all that thou hast is multiplied ; then 
thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the 
Lord thy God. See to ver. 20. 

Ps. xliv. 17. All this is come upon us, yet 
have we not forgotten thee. — Ver. 20, 21. If 
we have forgotten the name of our God, or 
stretched out our hands to a strange god, shall 
not God search out this 1 



MEDITATION. 

XLIX. Meditation upon God and his word. 
A good man meditates upon God's law day 
and night. Ps. i. 2.— xlix. 3.— cxix. 97. 
Josh. i. 8. 

Job xxii. 22. Lay up his words in thy 
heart. 

Ps. xvi. 8. I have set the Lord always be- 
fore me. 

xl. 8. O my God, thy law is within my 
heart. Ps. xxxvii. 31. — cxix. 11. 

lxiii. 5, 6. My soul shall be satisfied — when 
I meditate on thee in the night-watches. Ps. 
civ. 34. 

lxxvii. 12. I will meditate of all thy works, 
and talk of thy doings. Ps. cxliii. 5. 

cxix. 15. I will meditate in thy precepts, 
and have respect unto thy ways. Ver. 78. 

Ver. 23. Thy servant did meditate in thy 
(statutes. Ver. 48. 

Ver. 99. Thy testimonies are my medita- 
tion. — Ver. 148. Mine eyes prevent the night- 
watches, that I might meditate in thy word. 

1 Tim. iv. 15. Meditate upon these things. 



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FEARING GOD. 

L. Fear due unto God. Exod. xv. 11. 
Who is like unto thee, O Lord ! glorious in 
holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders ! 

Ps. lxxvi. 7. Thou, even thou art to be 
feared; and who may stand when thou art 
angry 1 Ver. 11. 

lxxxix. 7. God is greatly to be feared in the 
assembly of the saints. 

xcvi. 4. The Lord is to be feared above all 
gods. 

Jer. x. 7. Who would not fear thee, King 
of nations 1 

Rev. xv. 4. Who shall not fear thee, O 
Lord, and glorify thy name 1 for thou only art 
holy. 

LI. The excellency of fearing God. Job 
xxviii. 28. The fear of the Lord, that is wis- 
dom, and to depart from evil is understanding. 

Ps. cxi. 1 0. The fear of the Lord is the be- 
ginning of wisdom. Prov. ix. 10. — xv. 33. It 
is the instruction of wisdom. 

Prov. i. 7. The fear of the Lord is the be- 
ginning of knowledge. Ps. xix. 9. It is clean, 
enduring for ever. 

LII. It is a commanded duty. Deut. vi. 
24. The Lord our God commanded us to do 
all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for 
our good always. 

2 Kings xvii. 36. The Lord, him shall ye 
fear. Ver. 39. 

1 Chron. xvi. 30. Fear before him all the 
earth. Ps. xcvi. 9. 

Ps. xxii. 23. Fear him all the seed of Israel. 

xxxiii. 8. Let all the earth fear the Lord. 
Ps. xxxiv. 9. 

Prov. xxiii. 17. Be thou in the fear of the 
Lord all the day long. 

xxiv. 21. Fear the Lord and the king. 
1 Pet. ii. 17. 

Isa. viii. 13. Sanctify the Lord God of hosts, 
and let him be your fear, and let him be your 
dread. 

Jer. v. 22. Will ye not fear me, saith the 
Lord T will ye not tremble at my presence 1 
Ver. 24. 

Mai. i. 6. If I be a master, where is my 
fear 1 saith the Lord of hosts. 

Matt. x. 28. Fear him that is able to destroy 
both soul and body in hell. 

Rev. xiv. 7. Fear God, and give glory to 
him. 

LIII. God is to be feared on account of his 
perfections. Job xiii. 11. Shall not his ex- 
cellency make you afraid 1 

xxv. 2. Dominion and fear are with him. 

xxxvii. 23, 24. The Almighty is excellent 



in power* and judgment, and in plenty of jus- 
tice. Men do therefore fear him. 

Ps. cxxx. 4. There is forgiveness with thee 
that thou mayest be feared. Rev. xv. 4. 

LIV. God is to be feared on account of his 
words and works. Deut. iv. 10. I will make 
them hear my words, that they may learn to 
fear me all the days that they shall live upon 
the earth. 1 Kings viii. 40. 43. 2 Chron. vi. 
31.33. 

Josh. iv. 23, 24. The Lord your God dried 
up the waters of Jordan as he did the Red Sea, 
that all people of the earth might know the 
hand of the Lord, that it is mighty ; that ye 
might fear the Lord your God for ever. 

Eccl. iii. 14. What God doth shall be for 
ever ; nothing can be put to it, nor any thing 
taken from it ; and God doth it, that men may 
fear before him. See Jer. xxxiii. 9. Rev. 
xiv. 7. 

Examples. Instances. Exod. xiv. 31. 
1 Sam. xii. 18. 

LV. The fear of the Lord is promised and 
prayed for. Ps. lxxxvi. 11. Unite my heart 
to fear thy name. 

Isa. lix. 19. They shall fear the Lord from 
the west, and his glory from the rising of the 
sun. See ch. xxix. 23. Prov. ii. 5. Jer. 
xxxiii. 9. Hos. iii. 5. 

Jer. xxxii. 39. I will give them one heart 
and one way, that they may fear me for ever ; 
for the good of them and of their children. I 
will put my fear into their hearts, that they 
shall not depart from me. 

Isa. xi. 2. The Spirit of knowledge and of 
the fear of the Lord shall rest upon him. 

LVI. The fear of God joined with obe- 
dience toward God. Deut. vi. 2, 3. Fear the 
Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his 
commandments : that it may be well with 
thee. — Ver. 13. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy 
God, and serve him. 

x. 12. What doth the Lord thy God require 
of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk 
in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve 
the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with 
all thy soul 1— Ver. 20. Thou shalt fear the 
Lord thy God, him shalt thou serve, and to 
him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. 

xiii. 4. Ye shall walk after the Lord your 
God, and fear him, and keep his command- 
ments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve 
him and cleave unto him. 

Josh. xxiv. 14. Now, therefore, fear the 
Lord, and serve him in sincerity and truth. 

1 Sam. xii. 24. Fear the Lord, and serve 
him with all your heart. 

Eccl. xii. 13. Fear God, and keep his com 
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mandments: for this is the whole duty of 



LVII. Joined with the worship of God. 
Ps. ii. 11. Serve the Lord with fear. 

v. 7. In thy fear will I worship toward thy 
holy temple. 

xxii. 23. Ye that fear the Lord, praise him. 

cxxxv. 20. Ye that fear the Lord, bless the 
Lord. 

Acts x. 2. Cornelius feared God, and prayed 
to God always. 

Heb. xii. 28. Serve God with reverence and 
godly fear. 

LVIII. It is a motive to duty in general 
toward God and man, and a restraint from 
sin. Gen. xxii. 12. God said to Abraham, 
Thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not with- 
held thy son, thine only son, from me. 

xlii. 18. Joseph said, This do, and live ; for 
I fear God. 

Exod. i. 17. The midwives feared God, and 
did not as the king of Egypt commanded 
them. 

ix. 20. He that feared God among the ser- 
vants of Pharaoh, made his cattle and servants 
flee into the houses. 

xx. 20. That his fear may be before your 
faces, that ye sin not. 

Lev. xix. 14. Thou shalt not curse the 
deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before the 
blind, but shalt fear thy God. Ver. 32. 

Deut. xiii. 11. All Israel shall hear and fear 
the Lord, and do no more such wickedness as 
this among you. Ch. xiv. 23. — xvii. 13. 19. 
—xix. 20.— xxi. 21.— xxxi. 12, 13. 

Job i. 1. Job feared God, and eschewed evil. 
Ver. 8. Ch. ii. 3. 

Prov. iii. 7. Fear the Lord and depart from 
evil. 

viii. 13. The fear of the Lord is to hate evil. 
Ch. xiv. 16. 

xvi. 6. By the fear of the Lord men depart 
from evil. 

2 Cor. vii. 1. Let us cleanse ourselves from 
all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting 
holiness in the fear of God. Ver. 11. 

Eph. v. 21. Submitting yourselves to one 
another in the fear of God. 

Phil. ii. 12. Work out your salvation with 
fear and trembling. 

Heb. xi. 7. Noah, moved with fear, pre- 
pared an ark. 

1 Pet. i. 17. Pass the time of your sojourn- 
ing here in fear. 

iii. 2. Your chaste conversation, coupled 
with fear. 

Col. iii. 22. Servants, obey your masters in 
singleness of heart, fearing God. Eph. vi. 5. 

Instances. Isaac, Gen. xxxi. 42. 1 Kings 



xviii. 3, 4. 12, 13. Obadiah, 2 Kings iv. 1. 
Hanani, Neh. vii. 2. — Ps.xl. 3. — Iii. 6. — cxix. 
63. See the Qualifications of the civil mar 
gistrate, Commandment 5th. 

LIX. Promises to them that fear God. 
Deut. vi. 24. The Lord commanded us to feai 
the Lord our God, for our good always. 

2 Kings xvii. 39. The Lord your God ye 
shall fear, and he shall deliver you out of the 
hand of all your enemies. 

Neh. i. 1 1 . Let thine ear be attentive to the 
prayer of thy servant, who desires to fear thy 
name. 

Ps. xxv. 12. 14. What man is he that 
feareth the Lord ? him shall he teach in the 
way that he shall choose. 

xxxi. 1 9. How great is thy goodness, which 
thou hast laid up for them that fear thee ! 

xxxiii. 18. Behold the eye of the Lord is 
on them that fear him. 

xxxiv. 7. The angel of the Lord encampeth 
round them that fear him, and delivereth 
them. — Ver. 9. There is no want to them that 
fear him. 

Ix. 4. Thou hast given a banner to the. 
that fear thee. 

Ixxxv. 9. His salvation is nigh them that 
fear him. 

ciii. 11. As the heaven is high above the 
earth, so great is his mercy toward them that 
fear him. — Ver. 13. Like as a father pitieth 
his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear 
him. — Ver. 17. The mercy of the Lord is 
from everlasting to everlasting upon them that 
fear him. 

cxi. 5. He hath given meat unto them that 
fear him. 

cxii. 1. Blessed is the man that feareth the 
Lord. 

cxv. 11. Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the 
Lord : he is their help and shield. — Ver. 13. 
The Lord will bless them that fear him. 

cxix. 38. Stablish thy word unto thy ser- 
vant, who is devoted to thy fear. 

cxxviii. 1. Blessed is every one that feareth 
the Lord. — Ver. 4. Thus shall the man be 
blessed that feareth the Lord. 

cxlv. 19. He will fulfil the desire of them 
that fear him ; he will hear their cry, and will 
save them. 

cxlvii. 11. The Lord taketh pleasure in 
them that fear him. 

Prov. x. 27. The fear of the Lord prolongeth 
days. 

xiv. 26, 27. In the fear of the Lord is strong 
confidence ; and his children shall have a 
place of refuge. The fear of the Lord is a 
fountain of life, to depart from the snares of 
death. 

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Lord, than great treasure and trouble there- 
with. 

xix. 23. The fear of the Lord tendeth to 
life ; he that hath it shall abide satisfied. 

xxii. 4. By humility and the fear of the 
Lord, are riches, and honour, and life. 

xxviii. 14. Happy is the man that feareth 
always. 

xxxi. 30. Favour is deceitful, and beauty 
is vain ; but a woman that feareth the Lord 
she shall be praised. 

Eccl. viii. 12. It shall be well with them 
that fear God. 

Isa. xxxiii. 6. The fear of the Lord is his 
treasure. 

1. 10. Who is among you that feareth the 
Lord, and obeyeth the voice of his servant, 
that walketh in darkness and hath no light 1 
let him trust in the name of the Lord, and 
stay upon his God. 

Zeph. iii. 7. I said, Surely thou wilt fear 
me ; so their dwelling should not be cut off. 

Mai. ii. 5. My covenant was with Levi of 
life and peace ; and I gave them to him, for 
the fear wherewith he feared me. 

iii. 16, 17. They that feared the Lord, spake 
often one to another : and the Lord hearkened 
and heard ; and a book of remembrance was 
written before him, for them that feared the 
Lord, and that thought upon his name. And 
they shall be mine, saith the Lord, in the day 
that I make up my jewels : and I will spare 
them as a man spare th his son that serveth 
him. 

iv. 2. Unto you that fear my name, shall 
the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in 
his wings. 

Luke i. 50. His mercy is on them that fear 
him, from generation to generation. 

Rev. xi. 18. The time is come, that thou 
shouldest give a reward to them that fear thy 
name. See 1 Sam. xii. 14. 18. Ps. Iii. 6. — 
Ixvi. 16. — cxviii. 4. — cxix. 74. 79. Eccl. vii. 
18. Isa.lx. 5. Jer. xxxii. 39, 40. Acts ix. 31. 

LX. Other expressions to the same effect. 
Trembling. Ezra ix. 4. They trembled at the 
word. Isa. Ixvi. 2. 5. 

x. 3. They trembled at the commandment. 

Job xxi. 6. When I remember, trembling 
taketh hold on my flesh. Ps. cxix. 120. 

Ps. ii. 11. Rejoice with trembling. 

Hos. xiii. 1. When Ephraim spake trem- 
bling, he exalted himself in Israel. 

Joel ii. 1. Let all tremble, for the day of the 
Lord cometh. Ver. 10. See Ezra x. 9. Job 
iv. 14. — xxxvii. 1. Isa. Ixiv. 2. Dan. vi. 26. 
Jer. xxxiii. 9. Hab. iii. 16. Acts vii. 32. — 
xvi 29.— xxiv. 25. Eph. vi. 5. Phil. ii. 12. 

LXI. Heaven and earth tremble at GooVs 



greatness. Job ix. 6. He shaketh the eartn 
out of her place ; the pillars thereof tremble. 

xxvi. 1 1. The pillars of heaven tremble, and 
are astonished at his reproof. 

Ps. xviii. 7. The earth shook and trembled, 
the foundations of the hills moved, because he 
was wroth. See Ps. Ix. 2. — lxxvii. 18. — 
xcvii. 4. — civ. 32. — cxiv. 7. Jer. x. 10. — li. 
29. Amos viii. 8. 

Quake. Nah. i. 7. The mountains quake 
at him : the hills melt. 

Heb. xii. 21. Moses said, I exceedingly 
fear and quake. See Exod. xix. 18. Ezek. 
xii. 18. 

Terror. Job vi. 4. The terrors of God set 
themselves in array against me. 

xxxi. 23. Destruction from God was a 
terror to me. 

Ps. lxxxviii. 15. While I suffer thy terrors 
I am distracted. 

Jer. xvii. 17. Be not a terror to me; 
thou art my hope in the day of evil. Job 
xxxiii. 7. 

2 Cor. v. 11. Knowing the terror of the 
Lord we persuade men. 

Reverence. Ps. lxxxix. 7. God is to be had 
in reverence of all that are about him. 

cxi. 9. Holy and reverend is his name. — 
Heb. xii. 2S. Serve God with reverence. 

iv. 4. Stand in awe, and sin not. Ps. 
xxxiii. 8. — cxix. 161. 

Afraid. Deut. ix. 19. I was afraid of the 
anger and hot displeasure of the Lord. 

2 Sam. vi. 9. David was afraid of the Lord. 
See 1 Chron. xiii. 12. Job xiii. 11. — xxi. 6. 
— xxiii. 15. — xxxiii. 7. Ps. cxix. 120. — lvi. 3. 
Hab. iii. 2. 

LXII. Threatenings against those that 
fear not God. Prov. i. 29. They hated 
knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the 
Lord. — Ver. 31. Therefore shall they eat the 
fruit of their own way. Ver. 25, &c. 

Eccl. viii. 13. It shall not be well with the 
wicked, because they fear not God. 

Jer. ii. 19. Thine own wickedness shall 
correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove 
thee : know therefore and see, that it is an 
evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken 
the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in 
thee, saith the Lord God of Hosts. 

xliv. 10, 11. They are not humbled, neither 
have they feared, nor walked in my law. 
Therefore, thus saith the Lord of Hosts, the 
God of Israel, Behold, I will set my face 
against you for evil, &c. 

Mai. iii. 5. I will be a swift witness against 
the sorcerers, adulterers, false swearers, against 
those that oppress the hireling in his wages, 
the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn 
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me, saith the Lord of hosts. See 2 Kings 
xvii. 25. 40, 41. 



NOT FEARING GOD. 

LXIII. The wicked fear not God, with that 
fear which is a restraint from sin, and a mo- 
tive to duty. Gen. xx. 11. Abraham said, I 
thought surely the fear of God is not in this 
place, and they will slay me for my wife's 
sake. 

Exod. ix. 30. Moses said to Pharaoh, As 
for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will 
not yet fear the Lord God, to let Israel go. 

Deut. xxv. 18. Amalek smote Israel, and 
feared not God. 

Job vi. 14. The wicked forsaketh the fear 
of the Almighty. — Ver. 18. The paths of their 
way are turned aside, they go to nothing and 
perish. 

xv. 4. He casteth off fear, and restraineth 
prayer before God. 

Ps. xxxvi. 1. The transgression of the 
wicked saith within my heart, That there is 
no fear of God before his eyes. 

Iv. 19, 20. Because they have no changes, 
therefore they fear not God. — He hath broken 
his covenant. 

lxiv. 4. Suddenly do they shoot at the per- 
fect, and fear not. 

Jer. iii. 8. Judah feared not, but played the 
harlot. 

v. 22. Fear ye not me 1 saith the Lord. 

Ver. 23, 24. This people hath a revolting 
heart. Neither say they in their heart, Let us 
fear the Lord our God. 

Luke xviii. 2. There was a judge which 
feared not God, neither regarded man. See 
Jer. xxxvi. 24. Hos. x. 3. Luke xxiii. 40. 
Jude 12. 

LXIV. The wicked have a tormenting fear 
of God, which is their punishment. Job xv. 
21. A dreadful sound is in his ears. — Ver. 24. 
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid. 

xviii. 11. Terrors shall make him afraid on 
every side. Ver. 14. Ch. xxiv. 17. 

Ps. ix. 20. Put them in fear, O Lord, that 
they may know themselves to be but men. 
Ps. lxxxiii. 15. 

lxxiii. 19. They are utterly consumed with 
terrors. 

Prov. x. 24. The fear of the wicked shall 
come upon him. 

Isa. ii. 10. Enter into the rock, and hide 
thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for 
the glory of his majesty. Ver. 19. Hos. x. 5. 
Mic. vii. 17. Luke xxiii. 30. Rev. vi. 15, 16. 

Heb. x. 27. A fearful looking for of judg- 
ment. (Matt. xxv. 25.) Ver. 31. It is a 



fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living 
God. 

Isa. xxxiii. 14. The sinners in Zion are 
afraid, fearfulness hath surprised the hypo- 
crites : Who among us shall dwell with de- 
vouring fire 1 with everlasting burnings 1 

Heb. xii. 29. Our God is a consuming fire. 
See Isa. Ixvi. 4. 

LXV. God delivers the wicked up to their 
fears of their enemies. Exod. xv. 16. Fear 
and dread shall fall upon them, by the great- 
ness of thine arm. Gen. xxxv. 5. Isa. xix. 
17. Lev. xxvi. 16. I will appoint over you 
terror. Deut. xxviii. 66, 67. Ezek. xxi. 12. 
Lam. iii. 47. 

xxiii. 27. I will send my fear before thee, 
and make thine enemies turn their backs. 
Deut. xi. 25.— ii. 25. Josh. ii. 9. 

Deut. iv. 34. Hath God assayed to take a 
nation, &c. by great terrors, &c. Ch. xxvi. 8. 

xxxii. 25. The sword and terror shall de- 
stroy. Jer. vi. 24, 25. — xxx. 5. 

2 Chron. xx. 29. The fear of God was on 
all the kingdoms. Ps. xviii. 45. See Ps. xiv. 
5. — xlviii. 6. — liii. 5. Isa. xxiv. 17. Jer. 
xlviii. 43.— xlix. 5. 24. 29. Ezek. xxx. 13. 



LOVE TO GOD. 

LXVI. Love to God commanded. Deut. 
vi. 5. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with 
all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with 
all thy might. Ch. x. 12. Matt. xxii. 37. 

xi. 1. Thou shalt U?ve the Lord thy God, 
and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his 
judgments. Ch. xiii. 3. 

xxx. 15, 16. I have set before you this day 
life and good, death and evil ; in that I com- 
mand thee to love the Lord thy God. Ver. 19. 

Josh. xxii. 5. Take diligent heed to love the 
Lord your God, &c. 

Ps. xxxi. 23. O love the Lord, all ye his 
saints. 

LXVII. Promises to them that love God. 
Exod. xx. 5, 6. I the Lord thy God am a 
jealous God ; shewing mercy unto thousands 
of them that love me, and keep my command- 
ments. Deut. v. 10. 

Deut. vii. 9. Know the Lord thy God, he is 
God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant 
and mercy with them that love him and keep 
his commandments, to a thousand generations. 
Dan. ix. 4. Neh. i. 5. 

Ps. xci. 14 — 16. Because he hath set his 
love upon me, therefore will I deliver him 
and honour him. I will shew him my salva- 
tion. 

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unto me, as thou usest to do unto them that 
love thy name. 

cxlv. 20. The Lord preserveth them that 
love him. 

Rom. viii. 28. All things work together for 
good to them that love God. 

1 Cor. ii. 9. Eye hath not seen, nor ear 
heard, neither have entered into the heart of 
man, the things which God hath prepared for 
them that love him. 

viii. 3. If any man love God, the same is 
known of him. 

James ii. 5. A kingdom God hath promised 
to them that love him. See also Deut. xi. 13, 
14, 15. 22, 23.— xix. 9.— xxx. 16. 19, 20. 
Ps. lxix. 36. Isa. Ivi. 6, 7. Jer. ii. 2, 3. 
Col. ii. 2. Heb. vi. 10. 1 John iv. 7. 16. 18. 
Jude 21. 

LXVITJ. Prayers for them that love God. 
Judg. v. 31. Let them that love him be as the 
sun, when he goeth forth in his might. 

Ps. v. 11. Let them that love thy name be 
joyful in thee. 

LXIX. Exhortations to love God. Ps. 
xxxi. 23. love the Lord, all ye saints. 

1 Thess. v. 8. Putting on the breastplate of 
faith and love. 

1 Tim. vi. 11. man of God, follow after 
righteousness, godliness, faith, and love. 

Jude 21. Keep yourselves in the love of 
God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus 
Christ to eternal life. 

LXX. Instances of persons loving God. 
Ps. xviii. 1. I will love the Lord my strength, 

Song i. 4. The upright love thee. 1 Kings 
iii. 3. 

Rom. viii. 38. Neither death nor life, &c. 
nor any other creature, shall be able to sepa- 
rate us from the love of God, which is in 
Christ Jesus our Lord. Ver. 39. 

2 Cor. vK 4. Approving ourselves by love 
unfeigned. Ver. 6. 

Eph. i. 4. He hath chosen us in Christ, that 
we should be holy, and without blame before 
him in love. 

1 John iv. 19. We love him because he 
first loved us. Ps. cxvi. 1. 

LXXI. How love to God is produced in 
Christians. Deut. xxx. 6. The Lord thy 
God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart 
of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with 
all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou 
mayest live. 2 Cor. xiii. 11. God is the God 
of love. 

LXXII. It is prayed for as q gift from 
God. Eph. vi. 23. Peace be to the brethren, 
20 



and love, with faith from God the Father, and 
the Lord Jesus Christ. Phil. i. 9. I pray that 
your love may abound. 

2 Thess. hi. 5. The Lord direct your hearts 
into the love of God, and into the patient wait- 
ing for Christ. See Eph. iii. 14. 1 7. 

LXXIII. It is a work of the Spirit. Rom. 
v. 5. The love of God is shed abroad in our 
hearts by the Holy Ghost. 

Gal. v. 22. The fruit of the Spirit is love, 
joy, peace, &c. Col. i. 8. 2 Tim. i. 7. 

v. 6. Faith vvorketh by love. 

LXXIV. Love to God is evidenced by 
keeping his commandments, and loving his 
servants. Deut. xi. 13. Love the Lord your 
God, and serve him with all your heart, and 
with all your soul. Ver. 22. Ch. xix. 9. 

xxx. 20. Love the Lord thy God, obey his 
voice, cleave unto him, for he is thy life, and 
the length of thy days. 

Isa. Ivi. 6. The sons of the stranger that 
join themselves to the Lord, to love the name 
of the Lord, and to be his servants, &c. — 
Ver. 7. Them will I bring to my holy moun- 
tain, &c. 

Eph. iv. 15. Speaking the truth in love. 
Ver. 16. 

1 Thess. i. 3. We give thanks to God, re- 
membering your work of faith and labour of 
love, &c. Heb. vi. 10. 

1 John ii. 5. Whoso keepeth God's word, 
in him verily is the love of God perfected. 
Ch. v. 2. 

v. 3. This is the love of God, that we keep 
his commandments. — 2 John 6. That we walk 
after his commandments. 

iv. 20, 21. If a man say, I love God, and 
hateth his brother, he is a liar. For this com- 
mandment have we from him, That he who 
loveth God, love his brother also. Ch. iii. 17. 

LOVE TO CHRIST. 

LXXV. Love to Christ enforced by pro- 
mises. Luke vii. 47. Jesus said, Her sins, 
which are many, are forgiven ; for she loved 
much. 

John xiv. 21. He that loveth me, shall be 
loved of my Father, and I will love him. Ver 
23. And we will come unto him, and make 
our abode with him. Ch. xvi. 27. 

1 Tim. i. 14. The grace of our Lord was 
exceeding abundant, with faith and love, which 
is in Christ Jesus. 

2 Tim. iv. 8. A crown of righteousness the 
Lord the righteous Judge will give to them 
that love him. 

James i. 12. A crown of life the Lord hath 
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LXXVI. Prayers for them that love Christ. 
Eph. vi. 24. Grace be with all them that love 
our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. 

LXXVII. Love to Christ enforced by 
threatenings. Matt. x. 37. He that loveth 
father or mother, son or daughter, more than 
me, is not worthy of me. 

1 Cor. xvi. 22. If any man love not the 
Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Ma- 
ran-atha. 

Rev. ii. 4. I have somewhat against thee, 
because thou hast left thy first love. 

LXXVIII. Enforced by the example of 
God the Father, who loveth Christ. Prov. 
viii. 30. I was daily his delight. 

Isa. xlii. 1. Mine elect, in whom my soul 
delighteth. Matt. xii. 18. 

Matt. hi. 17. This is my beloved Son, in 
whom I am well pleased. Ch. xvii. 5. 2 Pet. 
i. 17. 

John iii. 35. The Father loveth the Son. 
Ch. xvii. 24. 

viii. 42. Jesus said, If God were your Fa- 
ther, ye would love me. 

LXXIX. Enforced by the example of the 
church and people of God, who love Christ. 
Song i. 4. The upright love thee. Ver. 7. 
Ch. ii. 5. 

vii. 6. How pleasant art thou, love, for 
delights ! See also, Ch. i. 14, 15, 16.— ii. 3. 
8, 9. 16, 17.— iii. 1 to 5.— iv. 1. 7. 16.— v. 2 
,o 16.— vi. 1, 2, 3.— vii. 10.— viii. 1. 4, 5. 

Rom. viii. 35. Who shall separate us from 
the love of Christ 7 

1 Pet. i. 8. Whom having not seen ye love. 

LXXX. Enforced by Christ's love to his 
-Jhurch. John xv. 9. I have loved you ; con- 
tinue ye in my love. Philem. 5. 

Eph. v. 25. Christ loved the Church, and 
gave himself for it. 

LXXXI. Obedience to Christ the evidence 
of love to him. Matt. xii. 33. The tree is 
known by its fruit. 

John xiv. 15. Jesus said, If ye love me, 
keep my commandments. — Ver. 21. He that 
hath my commandments, and keepeth them, 
he it is that loveth me. — Ver. 23. If a man 
love me, he will keep my words. Ver. 24. 28. 

xv. 10. If ye keep my commandments ye 
6hall abide in my love. 

xxi. 15. Simon, lovest thou me] Feed 
my lambs. Ver. 16. 

2 Cor. v. 14. The love of Christ constrain- 
eth us. 

Phil. i. 17. Some of love preach Christ. 



HATING GOD. 

LXXXII. Threatenings against the haters 
of God. Exod. xx. 5. I am a jealous God, 
visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the 
children, unto the third and fourth generation 
of them that hate me. 

Deut. vii. 10. God repayeth them that hate 
him, to their face, to destroy them : he will 
not be slack to him that hateth him ; he will 
repay him to his face. 

xxxii. 15. Jeshurun waxed fat; then he 
forsook God that made him, and lightly es- 
teemed the Rock of his salvation. — Ver. 19. 
The Lord abhorred them. 

Ver. 22. A fire is kindled in mine anger, 
saith the Lord, and shall burn unto the lowest 
hell, and shall consume the earth with her in- 
crease, and set on fire the foundations of the 
mountains. — Ver. 23. I will heap mischiefs 
upon them. — Ver. 41. I will render vengeance 
to mine enemies, and will reward them that 
hate me, saith God. 

1 Sam. ii. 30. The Lord saith, Them that 
honour me I will honour ; and they that de- 
spise me shall be lightly esteemed. 

2 Chron. xix. 2. Shouldest thou help the 
ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord] 
therefore is wrath upon thee from before the 
Lord. 

Ps. cxxxix. 21. Do not I hate them, O 
Lord, that hate thee 1 

Rom. i. 30. Haters of God, &c. are worthy 
of death. Ver. 32. 

LXXXIII. Hating Christ. John xv. 23. 
Jesus said, He that hateth me hateth my Fa- 
ther also. Ver. 24. See Ps. xxi. 8. — lxviii. 
1. Prov. viii. 36. 



DESIRING GOD, THIRSTING, &c. 

LXXXIV. Desiring God. Ps. lxxiii. 25. 
Whom have I in heaven but thee 7 and there 
is none upon earth whom I desire besides 
thee. 

Isa. xxvi. 8. The desire of our soul is to 
thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. 

Ver. 9. With my soul have I desired thee 
in the night ; with my Spirit within me will 
I seek thee early. Hag. ii. 7. Christ is the 
desire of all nations. 

LXXXV. Thirsting, longing fur God, ana 
the things of God. Ps. xlii. 2. My soul 
thirsteth for God. Ps. lxiii. 1. 6. — cxliii. 6. 

lxxxiv. 2. My soul longeth for the courts 
of the Lord. 

cxix. 20. My soul breaketh for the longing 
it hath unto thy judgments at all times. 






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Ver. 131. I longed for thy commandments. 
Ver. 54. 94. 

Ver. 174. I have longed for thy salvation, 
Lord ; and thy law is my delight. 

Promises. Ps. Ixxxi. 10. Open thy mouth 
wide, and I will fill it. 

Isa. xliv. 3. I will pour water upon him that 
is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground. 
Ps. cvii. 9. Jer. xxxi. 12. 

lv. 1. Ho ! every one that thirsteth, come 
ye to the waters. Rev. xxii. 17. 

Matt. v. 6. Blessed are they which do 
hunger and thirst after righteousness. John 
iv. 13, 14.— vi 35.— vii. 37, 38. 



JOY IN GOD. 

LXXXVI. Joy in God. Phil. iii. 1. Fi- 
nally, brethren, rejoice in the Lord. 
iv. 4. Rejoice in the Lord always. 
1 Thess. v. 16. Rejoice evermore. 

LXXXVII. Through Christ. Rom. v. 11. 
We joy in God through our Lord Jesus 
Christ, by whom we have now received the 
atonement 

LXXXVII. Persons encouraged to rejoice 
in God. The righteous. Ps. xxxii. 11. Be 
glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye righteous; 
and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in 
heart. Ps. xxxiii. 1. 

lxiv. 10. The righteous shall be glad in the 
Lord, and all the upright in heart shall glory. 
Ps. lxviii. 3. 

xcvii. 11. Light is sown for the righteous, 
and gladness for the upright in heart. Ver. 
12. Job viii. 20, 21. 

Matt. xxv. 21. Thou good and faithful ser- 
vant, enter into the joy of thy Lord. Job 
xxxiii. 26. 

LXXXIX. The meek. Isa. xxix. 19. The 
meek shall increase their joy in the Lord. 
Ver. 20. 

XC. Those that seek God. Ps. xl. 16. 
Let those that seek thee rejoice and be glad 
in thee. 1 Chron. xvi. 10. 27. Ps. Ixx. 4. — 
cv. 3. 

XCI. Those that trust in God, Ps. v. 11. 
Let all those that put their trust in thee re- 
joice ; let them ever shout for joy, because 
thou defendest them : let them also that love 
thy name, be joyful in thee. Ps. xxxiii. 21. 

XCII. Those that hope in God. Rom. v. 2. 
We rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Heb. 
iii. 6. Rom. xii. 12. Ps. xvi. 11. 



1 Pet. i. 3. God hath begotten us to a lively 
hope, &c. — Ver. 6. Wherein ye greatly re- 
joice. 

Luke x. 20. Rejoice that your names are 
written in heaven. 

XCIII. Those who have faith, or believe 
Acts xvi. 34. The jailor rejoiced, believing in 
God, with all his house. 

Rom. xv. 13. Now the God of peace fill you 
with all joy and peace in believing. Phil. 
i. 25. 

1 Pet. i. 8. Believing in Christ, ye rejoice 
with joy unspeakable and full of glory. John 
xiv. 1. 

XCIV. Joy promised. Ps. iv. 7. Thou 
hast put gladness in my heart, more than in 
the time that their corn and wine increased. 

xvi. 11. Thou wilt shew me the path of 
life : in thy presence is fulness of joy, at thy 
right hand are pleasures for evermore. Acts 
ii. 28. 

xcii. 4. Thou hast made me glad through 
thy work. 

cxxvi. 5. They that sow in tears, shall reap 
in joy. Isa. lxi. 3. 10. Jer. xxxi. 9. 12. 
Matt. v. 4. 

Eccl. ii. 26. God giveth to a man that is 
good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and 
joy. Ch. v. 20.— ix. 7. 

Isa. lxv. 14. My servants shall sing for joy 
of heart 

John xvi. 20. Your sorrow shall be turned 
into joy. Ch. xvi. 1. 

XCV. Things rejoiced in are, God. — See 
the first section. In Christ. John viii. 56. 
Jesus said, Abraham rejoiced to see my day ; 
and he saw it, and was glad. 

xv. 11. These things have I spoken unto 
you, that my joy might remain in you, and 
that your joy might be full. Ch. xvii. 13. 
1 John i. 4. 

xvi. 22. I will see you again, and your 
heart shall rejoice. 

Phil. iii. 3. We are the circumcision, which 
worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in 
Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the 
flesh. 

Rev. xix. 7. Let us be glad and rejoice, and 
give honour to him, for the marriage of the 
Lamb is come. 

XCVI. In the Holy Ghost. Rom. xiv. 17. 
The kingdom of God is not meat and drink, 
but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the 
Holy Ghost Gal. v. 22. Col. i. 11. 

XCVII. In God's worship. Ps. ii. 11. 
Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with 
trembling. 



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xxvii. 6. I will offer in his tabernacle, sacri- 
fices of joy. 

xlii. 4. I went with them to the house of 
God, with the voice of joy and praise. Ps. 
lv. 14. 

xliii. 4. I will go unto the altar of God, unto 
God my exceeding joy. 

lxiii. 5. My mouth shall praise thee with 
joyful lips. 

Ixvi. 1. Make a joyful noise unto God, all 
ye lands. Ps. Ixxxi. 1. — xcviii. 4. 6. — c. 1,2. 

lxviii. 4. Sing praises to God, and rejoice 
before him. Ch. Ixxxi. 1. 

lxxxix. 15. Blessed is the people that know 
the joyful sound. Ver. 16. 

cvii. 22. Declare his works with rejoicing. 

cxviii. 24. This is the day God made, we 
will rejoice and be glad in it. 

cxxii. 1. I was glad when they said unto 
me, Let us go unto the house of the Lord. 

Isa. lvi. 7. I will make them joyful in my 
house of prayer. 

See instances of this joy. 1 Chron. xv. 
16. 2 Chron. xxiii. 18.— xxix. 30. Neh. 
xii. 43. 

XCVIII. Worship of God, fixed and car- 
ried on among God's people, a cause of their 
joy. 1 Sam. vi. 13. The people rejoiced to 
see the ark of God returning to Israel. 

2 Sam. vi. 12. The ark of God brought to 
the city of David with gladness. 1 Chron. 
xv. 25. 

1 Chron. xxix. 9. David and the people re- 
joiced, because that with a perfect heart the 
people offered willingly to the Lord the mate- 
rials for building the house of the Lord. 
2 Chron. xxiv. 10. 

2 Chron. vi. 41. At the dedication of the 
temple, Solomon prayed, saying, Let thy 
priests, O Lord, be clothed with salvation, and 
let thy saints rejoice in goodness. 1 Kings 
viii. 66. Ps. lxiii. 2. 

Ezra iii. 12. At laying the foundation of 
the second temple, many shouted aloud for joy. 
Ver. 13. 

vi. 16. They kept the dedication of the se- 
cond temple with joy. 

2 Chron. xxix. 35, 36. The service of the 
house of the Lord was set in order : And He- 
zekiah the king, and all the people, rejoiced 
that God had prepared the people. 

xxx. 1. 21. 26. There was great joy in Je- 
rusalem, at holding the passover by the com- 
mandment of king Hezekiah. See ch. xv. 12. 
14,15. Ezra vi. 22. 

Neh. viii. 9, 10. 12. The people rejoiced at 
hearing the law read. 

xii. 27 — 44. They rejoiced at the dedicating 
of the wall of Jerusalem, and divine worship 
restored. - 



XCIX. God's presence with his people a 
cause of joy. Zech. ii. 10. Sing and rejoice, 
daughter of Zion ; for, lo, I come, and will 
dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord. Ch. 
ix. 9. Ps. xvi. 8, 9. 1 1.— xlvi. 4, 5.— xlviii. 2. 
Isa. xii. 6. Zeph. iii. 14 to 20. 

C. God's love and care for his people, a 
cause of joy. Song i. 4. We will be glad and 
rejoice in thee; we will remember thy love 
more than wine. 

Ps. xxxv. 27. Let them shout for joy and 
be glad ; let them say continually the Lord be 
magnified, who hath pleasure in the prosperity 
of his servants. 

Cl. God's mercy a cause of joy. Ps. xxxi, 
7. I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy , 
for thou hast considered my trouble, thou hast 
known my soul in adversity. Ps. Ii. 8, 9. 12. 
— Ixxxv. 6, 7. 

CII. Help and strength from God a cause 
of joy. Neh. viii. 10. The joy of the Lord is 
your strength. 

Ps. xvi. 8, 9. Because the Lord is at my 
right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore 
my heart is glad. 

xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength, and 
my shield ; my heart trusted in him, and I am 
helped ; therefore my heart greatly rejoiced. 

CIII. Salvation from God against enemies 
a cause of joy. 1 Sam. ii. 1. My mouth is 
enlarged over mine enemies; because I re- 
joice in thy salvation. 

Ps. ix. 14. I will rejoice in thy salvation. 
Ps. xiii. 5. — xxxv. 9. 

cxviii. 15. The voice of rejoicing and salva- 
tion is in the tabernacles of the righteous. Ps. 
xxi. 1. 

Luke i. 47. My spirit hath rejoiced in God 
my Saviour. 

CIV. God's vengeance upon his and his 
people's enemies, a cause of rejoicing. Deut. 
xxxii. 43. Rejoice, O ye nations, with his 
people, for he will avenge the blood of his 
servants, and will render vengeance to his ad- 
versaries, and will be merciful unto his land, 
and to his people. 

Ps. xlviii. 11. Let mount Zion rejoice, let 
the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy 
judgments. Ver. 7, 8. 

lviii. 10. The righteous shall rejoice when 
he seeth the vengeance ; he shall wash his 
feet in the blood of the wicked. Job xxii. 1 9. 

CV. Rejoicing in God's word. Ps. xix. 8. 
The statutes of the Loid are right, rejoicing 
the heart. 



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cxix. 14. I have rejoiced in the way of thy 
testimonies, as much as in all riches. 

Ver. 111. Thy testimonies have I taken as 
an heritage for ever, for they are the rejoicing 
of my heart. Ver. 77. 92. 174. 

Jer. xv. 16. Thy word was unto me the joy 
and rejoicing of my heart. 

1 John i. 4. These things write we unto 
you, that your joy may be full. 

The word was received with joy. Acts ii. 
41.— viii. 8- — xiii. 48. 1 Thess. i. 6. 

CVI. Joy in God's providential govern- 
ment. 1 Chron. xvi. 31. Let the heavens be 
glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let men 
say among the nations, The Lord reigneth. 

Ps. ix. 2. I will be glad and rejoice in thee. 
— Ver. 4. Thou sattest in the throne judging 
right. — Ver. 8. He will judge the world in 
righteousness. 

Ixvii. 4. Let the nations be glad, and sing 
for joy ; for thou shalt judge the people right- 
eously, and govern the nations upon earth. 

lxxxix. 12. Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice 
in thy name. — Ver. 14. Justice and judgment 
are the habitation of thy throne. 

xcvi. 10. Say among the heathen, The 
Lord reigneth, the world shall be, established, 
that it shall not be moved : he shall judge the 
people righteously. 

Ver. 11. Let the heavens rejoice, and let 
the earth be glad. — Ver. 13. For the Lord 
shall judge the world with righteousness, and 
the people with his truth. Ps. xcviii. 4. 9. 

xcvii. 1, 2. The Lord reigneth, let the earth 
rejoice, let the multitude of the isles be glad. 
Righteousness and judgment are the habita- 
tion of his throne. 

Rev. xix. 6, 7. The Lord God omnipotent 
reigneth : Let us be glad and give honour to 
him. See Ps. civ. 34. — cvii. 42. — cxlix. 2. 

CVII. Temporal deliverances of God's 
church, a cause of joy. See the deliverances 
of the Jews from the Egyptians, Exod. xviii. 
9, 10. Ps. lxvi. 6.— cv. 43.— cvi. 5. 

Deliverance from captivity. Ps. xiv. 7. — 
cxxvi. 3. 

CVIII. Spiritual blessings conferred on 
the church, a cause of rejoicing. Isa. ix. 3. 
They joy before thee according to the joy in 
harvest. — Ver. 6. For unto us a child is born, 
unto us a Son is given. Ch. lv. 4. 12. Zech. 
ix. 9. See Rejoicing in Christ. 

xii. 2, 3. The Lord Jehovah is my strength 
and my song ; he is also become my salvation, 
therefore with joy shall ye draw water out 
of the wells of salvation. Ver. 5, 6. 

xxxv. 1, 2. The wilderness and the solitary 
place shall be glad for them, and the desert 



shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. It shall 
blossom abundantly and rejoice, even with joy 
and singing : they shall see the glory of the 
Lord, and the excellency of our God. 

xli. 10. Fear not, for I am with thee ; I am 
thy God, I will strengthen thee ; yea, I will 
uphold thee with the right hand of my right- 
eousness : thou shalt rejoice in the Holy One 
of Israel. Ver. 13, 14. 16. 

xlix. 13. Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O 
earth ; for the Lord hath comforted his people. 

Ii. 3. The Lord shall comfort Zion. Ver. 
10. 12. 

Ver. 11. They shall obtain gladness and 
joy, &c. Ch. lii. 9. Ch. liv. 1 to 8. 

Ix. 15. I will make thee an eternal excel- 
lency, a joy of many generations. Ver. 1 6, 17. 

Ixi. 3 to 11.— lxv. 14. 18.— lxvi. 5. 10 to 15. 

Jer. xxxi. 13, 14. — xxxiii. 8, 9, 10, 11. 
Zeph. iii. 17, 18. 20. Zech. ii. 10. 

CIX. The work of creation a cause of joy. 
Job xxxviii. 4. 7. When God laid the founda- 
tions of the earth, the morning stars sang to- 
gether, and all the sons of God shouted for joy. 

CX. Worldly prosperity from the hand of 
God, a cause of joy. Deut. xii. 7. Ye shall 
rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye 
and your households, wherein the Lord thy 
God hath blessed thee. Ver. 12. 18. 

xxvi. 11. Thou shalt rejoice in every good 
thing which the Lord thy God hath given 
unto thee, and unto thy house. 

Joel ii. 23. Be glad, ye children of Zion, 
and rejoice in the Lord your God; for he 
hath given you the former rain moderately, 
and he will cause to come down for you the 
rain, the former rain, and the latter rain, in 
the first month. 

Ver. 24. And the floors shall be full of 
wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine 
and oil. — Ver. 26. And ye shall eat in plenty 
and be satisfied, and praise the name of the 
Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously 
with you. 

CXI. Rejoicing in God in time of worldly 
adversity. Hab. iii. 17, 18. Although the 
fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit 
be in the vine ; the labour of the olive shall 
fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the 
flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there 
shall be no herd in the stalls ; Yet will I re- 
joice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my 
salvation. Ps. xlvi. 1 to 5. 

COMFORT IN GOD 

CXn. God giveth comfort and consolation. 
Job xv. 11. Are the consolations of God small 
with thee 1 

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Ps. xxiii. 4. Though I walk through the | 
valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no 
evil : for thou art with me ; thy rod and thy 
staff they comfort me. 

lxxi. 20, 21. O God, thou hast shewed me 
great and sore troubles : Thou shalt increase 
my greatness, and comfort me on every side. 

lxxxvi. 17. The Lord hath holpen me and 
comforted me. 

xciv. 19. In the multitude of my thoughts 
within me, thy comforts delight my soul. 

cxix. 52. I remembered thy judgments of 
old, O Lord, and have comforted myself. 

Ver. 76. Let, I pray thee, thy merciful 
kindness be for my comfort, according to thy 
word unto thy servant. — Ver. 82. Mine eyes 
fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou 
comfort me 1 

Isa. xii. 1 . O Lord, I will praise thee : 
though thou wast angry with me, thine anger 
is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. 

xl. 1, 2. Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, 
saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Je- 
rusalem, and cry, that her warfare is accom- 
I plished, that her iniquity is pardoned. 

xlix. 13. The Lord hath comforted his peo- 
ple, and will have mercy on his afflicted. Ch. 
lii. 9. 

li. 3. The Lord shall comfort Zion ; joy 
and gladness shall be found therein, thanks- 
giving and the voice of melody. 

Ver. 12. I, even I (saith the Lord) am he 
that comforteth you : who art thou, that thou 
shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, 
and of the son of man that shall be made as 
grass 1 

lvii. 18. I have seen his ways and will heal 
him ; I will lead him, and restore comforts to 
him and to his mourners. 

lxi. 3. I appoint, to comfort all that mourn 
in Zion. 

Ixvi. 13. As one whom his mother com- 
forteth, so will I comfort you. 

Jer. xxxi. 13. I will turn their mourning 
into joy, and will comfort them. 

Hos. ii. 14. I will speak comfortably unto 
her. 

Zech. i. 13. The Lord answered with com- 
fortable words. — Ver. 17. The Lord shall yet 
comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jeru- 
salem. 

Matt. v. 4. Blessed are they that mourn, 
for they shall be comforted. 

Luke xvi. 25. Lazarus is comforted in 
heaven. 

John xiv. 18. Jesus said, I will not leave 
you comfortless. 

Acts ix. 31. The churches walking in the 
fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the 
Holy Ghost, were multiplied. 



Rom. xv. 4. Whatsoever things were writ- 
ten aforetime, were written for our learning ; 
that we through patience and comfort of the 
Scriptures might have hope. 

Ver. 5. Now the God of patience and con- 
solation grant you to be like minded one to- 
ward another, according to Christ Jesus. 

2 Cor. i. 3, 4. Blessed be God, even the 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father 
of mercies and the God of all comfort ; who 
comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we 
may be able to comfort them that are in any 
trouble, by the comfort wherewith we our- 
selves are comforted of God. 

Ver. 5. Our consolation aboundeth by 
Christ. Phil. ii. 1. 1 Pet. i. 8. 

vii. 6. God that comforteth those that are 
cast down, comforted us. 

2 Thess. ii. 1 6. Now our Lord Jesus Christ 
himself, and God, even our Father, which hath 
loved us, and given us everlasting consolation 
and good hope through grace. (Heb. vi. 18.) 
Ver. 17, Comfort your hearts, and establish 
you in every good word and work. 

Observe, the foregoing Scriptures represent 
a Christian's comfort, as proceeding from 
God the Father, from Christ; the Holy Ghost, 
and from the holy Scriptures. 



SATISFACTION. 

CXIII. God satisfieth. Ps. xvii. 1 5. I will 
behold thy face in righteousness ; I shall be 
satisfied when I awake with thy likeness. 

xxxvi. 8, 9. They shall be abundantly satis- 
fied with the fatness of thy house, and thou 
wilt make them drink of the river of thy plea- 
sures. For with thee is the fountain of life. 

lxiii. 5, 6. My soul shall be satisfied as with 
marrow and fatness; when I remember thee 
upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the 
night-watches. 

lxv. 4. We shall be satisfied with the good- 
ness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. 

ciii. 2. 5. Bless the Lord, O my soul, who 
satisfieth thy mouth with good things. 

cvii. 9. The Lord satisfieth the longing soul, 
and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. 

cxxxii. 15. I will abundantly bless Zion's 
provision ; I will satisfy her poor with bread. 

Isa. lv. 2. Wherefore do ye spend money 
for that which is not bread, and your labour 
for that which satisfieth not? hearken dili- 
gently unto me, and eat that which is good, 
and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 

Jer. xxxi. 14. I will satiate the soul of the 
priests with fatness, and my people shall be 
satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord. — 
Ver. 25. I have satiated the weary soul. 



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DELIGHT IN GOD. 

CXIV. Delight in God. Job xxii. 21. 
Acquaint thyself with God. — Ver. 26. Then 
shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, 
and lift up thy face unto God. 

Ps, xxxvii. 4. Delight thyself in the Lord, 
and he shall give thee the desires of thy heart. 

Isa. lviii. 14. Keep the sabbath, &c. Then 
shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord, and I 
will cause thee to ride upon the high places 
of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage 
of Jacob thy father. 

CXV. Things of God delighted in hy his 
people. Neh. ix. 25. Thy people delighted 
themselves in thy great goodness. 

Ps. i. 2. A good man's delight is in the law 
of the Lord. Ps. cxix. 70. 77. 92. Rom. 
vii. 22. 

xciv. 19. Thy comforts delight my soul. 

cxii. 1. Blessed is the man that delighteth 
in God's commandments. 

cxix. 16. I will delight myself in thy sta- 
tutes. Ver. 47. 143. 

Isa. lviii. 13. Call the sabbath a delight. 

CXVI. Delight in Christ. Song ii. 3. I 
sat down under his shadow with great delight. 

Mai. iii. 1. The Lord whom ye seek shall 
suddenly come to his temple, even the mes- 
senger of the covenant whom ye delight in. 

GLORYING IN GOD. 

CXVn. Glorying in God. Isa. xli. 16. 
Thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and glory in the 
Holy One of Israel. Ch. xlv. 25. Jer. iv. 2. 

Jer. ix. 24. Let him that glorieth glory in 
the Lord. Ps. lxiii. 11.— lxiv. 10. — cv. 3. — 
cvi. 4, 5. 1 Cor. i. 31. 2 Cor. x. 17. 

Gal. vi. 14, God forbid that I should glory, 
save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by 
whom the world is crucified unto me and I 
unto the world. 

CXVin. Sinful glorying forbidden. Jer. 
ix. 23. Let not the wise man glory in his 
wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in 
his might, let not the rich man glory in his 
riches. 

1 Cor. i. 29. No man should glory in God's 
sight Rom. iv. 2. 

iii. 21. Let no man glory in man. 

iv. 7. Who maketh thee to differ 1 and what 
hast thou that thou didst not receive 1 Now 
if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as 
if thou hadst not received it ? 

ix. 16. Though I preach the gospel I have 
nothing to glory of, for necessity is laid upon 
me ; yea, woe is unto me if I preach not the 



2 Cor. xi. 18. Many glory after the flesh. 
I Cor. v. 6. James iii. 14. 

xii. 5. Of myself will I not glory, but of 
mine infirmities. Ver. 9. Ch. xi. 30. 



BOASTING IN GOD. 

CXIX. Boasting in God. Ps. xxxiv. 2. 
My soul shall make her boast in the Lord, 
xliv. 8. In God we boast all the day long. 



SINFUL BOASTING. 

CXX. Sinful boasting of the wicked. Ps. 
x. 3, 4. The wicked boasteth of his heart's 
desire. God is not in all his thoughts. 

xlix. 6. They boast themselves of the mul- 
titude of their riches. 

Hi. 1. Why boastest thou thyself in mis- 
chief? 

xciv. 4. How long shall the workers of ini- 
quity boast themselves 1 — Ver. 7. They say, 
The Lord shall not see nor regard it. 

Prov. xxvii. 1. Boast not thyself of to-mor- 
row, for thou knowest not what a day may 
bring forth. 

Isa. x. 15. Shall the axe boast itself against 
him that heweth therewith 1 

Ezek. xxxv. 13. With your mouth ye have 
boasted against me. — Ver. 14. Thus saith the 
Lord, I will make you desolate. 

Rom. i. 30. Wicked men are boasters. 
2 Tim. iii. 2. 

ii. 17, 18. Thou makest thy boast of God, 
and knowest his will. — Ver. 23. Thou that 
makest thy boast of the law, through breaking 
the law dishonourest thou God 1 

iii. 27. Boasting is excluded by the law of 
faith. 

James iii. 5. The tongue boasteth great 
things. 

iv. 16. Ye rejoice in your boastings: all 
such rejoicing is evil. 



HOPE IN GOD. 

CXXI. Hope in God and in Christ. Ezra 
x. 2. We have trespassed against our God, 
yet now is there hope concerning this. 

Jobv. 15, 16. God saveththe poor from the 
sword, and from the hand of the mighty. The 
poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her 
mouth. 

xi. 14. Put iniquity far from thee. — Ver. 18. 
Then thou shalt be secure, because there is 
hope. 

Ps. xvi. 9, 10. My flesh shall rest in hope : 
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell. Acta 
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xxii. 9. Thou didst make me to hope when 
I was upon my mother's breasts. 

xxxi. 24. Be of good courage, and he shall 
strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the 
Lord. 

xxxiii. 18. The eye of the Lord is upon 
them that fear him, upon them that hope in 
his mercy. Ver. 22. Let thy mercy, Lord, be 
upon us, according as we hope in thee. Ps. 
cxlvii. 11. 

xxxviii. 15. For in thee, O Lord, do I hope; 
thou wilt hear, Lord, my God. 

xxxix. 7. Lord, what wait I for 1 my hope 
is in thee. 

xlii. 5. Why art thou cast down, my 
soul 1 why art thou disquieted in me 1 Hope 
thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, for the 
help of his countenance. Ver. 11. Ps. lxxi. 
4, 5. 14. 

lxxviii. 5. He commanded our fathers, that 
they should make known to their children his 
testimony and his law. — Ver. 7. That they 
might set their hope in God, and not forget the 
works of God, but keep his commandments. 

cxix. 43. I have hoped in thy judgments. 

Ver. 49. Remember the word on which 
thou hast caused me to hope. — Ver. 74. I have 
hoped in thy word. Ver. 81. 114. 116. 

Ver. 166. Lord, I have hoped for thy sal- 
vation, and done thy commandments. 

cxxx. 7. Let Israel hope in the Lord ; for 
with the Lord there is mercy, and plenteous 
redemption. Ps. cxxxi. 3. 

cxlvi. 5. Happy is he that hath the God of 
Jacob for his help, and whose hope is in the 
Lord his God. 

Prov. x. 28. The hope of the righteous shall 
be gladness ; but the expectation of the wicked 
shall perish. 

xiv. 32. The wicked is driven away in his 
wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in 
his death. 

Jer. hi. 23. In vain is salvation hoped for 
from the hills and from the multitude of 
mountains : truly in the Lord our God is the 
salvation of Israel. 

xiv. 8. O Lord, the hope of Israel and the 
Saviour thereof in time of trouble. 

xvii. 7. Blessed is the man that trusteth in 
the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. 

Ver. 13. O Lord, the hope of Israel. — Ver. 
17. Thou art my hope in the day of evil. 

xxxi. 17. There is hope, saith the Lord, that 
thy children shall come again from captivity. 

1. 7. They sinned against the Lord, the 
hope of their fathers. 

Lam. iii. 24. The Lord is my portion, saith 
my soul ; therefore will I hope in him. 

Ver. 26. It is good that a man should both 
Hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the 
Lord. — Ver. 29. He putteth his mouth in the 



dust, if so be there may be hope. — Ver. 31. 
For the Lord will not cast off for ever. 

Hos. ii. 15. The Lord saith, I will give her 
(the church) the valley of Achor for a door 
of hope. 

Joel iii. 1 6. The Lord will be the hope of 
his people. 

Zech. ix. 12. Turn you to the strong-hold, 
ye prisoners of hope. 

Acts xxiii. 6. Of the hope and resurrection 
of the dead I am called in question, said Paul. 

xxiv. 15. I have hope toward God, that 
there shall be a resurrection of the dead. Ch. 
xxvi. 6, 7. — xxviii. 20. 

Rom. iv. 18. Abraham believed in hope. 

v. 2. We rejoice in hope of the glory of 
God. 

Ver. 4, 5. Experience worketh hope : and 
hope maketh not ashamed. 

viii. 24, 25. We are saved by hope : but 
hope that is seen is not hope ; for what a man 
seeth why doth he yet hope for ] If we hope 
for that we see not, then do we with patience 
wait for it. 

xii. 12. Rejoicing in hope. 

xv. 4. Whatsoever things were written 
aforetime, were written for our learning, that 
we through patience and comfort of the Scrip- 
tures might have hope. 

Ver. 13. Now the God of hope fill you with 
all joy and peace in believing, that ye may 
abound in hope through the power of the Holy 
Ghost. 

1 Cor. ix. 10. For our sakes this is written, 
That he that plougheth should plough in 
hope, and that he that thresheth in hope 
should be a partaker of his hope. 

xiii. 7. Charity hopeth all things. — Ver. 13 
Now abideth faith, hope, charity. 

xv. 19. If in this life only we have hope in 
Christ, we are of all men most miserable. 

2 Cor. iii. 12. Seeing we have such hope, 
we use great plainness of speech. 

Gal. v. 5. We through the Spirit wait for 
the hope of righteousness through faith. 

Eph. i. 18. Your understanding being en- 
lightened, that ye may know what is the hope 
of his calling, and what the riches of the 
glory of his inheritance in the saints. 

iv. 4. Ye are called in one hope of your 
calling. 

Phil. i. 20. My earnest expectation and my 
hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed ; but 
that with all boldness, as always, so now also, 
Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether 
it be by life or by death. 

Col. i. 5. The hope laid up for you in 
heaven. 

Ver'. 23. Be not moved away from the hope 
of the gospel. — Ver. 27. Christ in you the 
hope of glory. 



Chap. XIV. 



EXPECTATION — WAITING. 



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1 Thess. i. 2, 3. We give thinks to God al- 
ways for you ; remembering your work of 
faith, and labour of love, and patience of 
hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of 
God and our Father. 

ii. 19. What is our hope or joy, or crown of 
rejoicing] are not even ye in the presence of 
our Lord Jesus Christ ] 

v. 8. Let us who are of the day be sober, 
putting on the breastplate of faith and love, 
and for a helmet the hope of salvation. 

2 Thess. ii. 16. Now our Lord Jesus Christ, 
and God even our Father, which hath loved 
us, and hath given us everlasting consolation 
and good hope through grace, comfort your 
hearts, and establish you in every good word 
and work. 

1 Tim. i. 1. The Lord Jesus Christ which 
is our hope. 

Tit. i. 2. In hope of eternal life, which God 
hath promised. 

ii. 13. Looking for that blessed hope, and 
the glorious appearing of the great God our 
Saviour, who gave himself for us. 

iii.7. Being justified by his grace, we shall be 
made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 

Heb. iii. 6. Hold fast the confidence and 
rejoicing of hope firm unto the end. 

vi. 11. Full assurance of hope. 

Ver. 17 — 19. God confirmed his promise 
by an oath ; that we might have a strong con- 
solation who have fled for refuge to lay hold 
upon the hope set before us : Which hope we 
have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and 
steadfast, and which entereth into that within 
the veil. Whither the forerunner is for us 
entered, even Jesus, made an high priest. 

vii. 19. The law made nothing perfect, but 
the bringing in of a better hope did. 

xi. 1. Faith is the substance of things 
hoped for. 

1 Pet.i. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his 
abundant mercy, hath begotten us again unto 
a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus 
Christ from the dead. 

Ver. 13. Be sober and hope to the end, for 
the grace, &c. — Ver. 21. God raised Christ 
from the dead, and gave him glory, that your 
faith and hope might be in God. 

iii. 15. Be ready always to give an answer 
to every man that asketh you a reason of the 
hope that is in you, with meekness and fear. 

1 John iii. 2, 3. Now are we the sons of 
God : when he shall appear we shall be like 
him. Every man that hath this hope in him 
purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 

CXXII. The hope of the wicked perisheth. 
Job viii. 13. The hypocrite's hope shall perish. 
Ver. 14. 

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xi. 20. The eyes of the wicked shall faiL 
their hope shall be as the giving up of the 
ghost. 

xxvii. 8. What is the hope of the hypo- 
crite, when God taketh away his soul 1 

Prov. x. 28. The expectation of the wfcked 
shall perish. Job xviii. 14. 

xi. 7. When a wicked man dieth, his ex- 
pectation shall perish ; and the hope of unjust 
men perisheth. 

Jer. xviii. 12. They said, There is no hope ; 
but we will walk after our own devices. Ch. 
ii. 25. 

Eph. ii. 12. Having no hope, and without 
God in the world. 

1 Thess. iv. 13. Sorrow not [for the dead] 
as others which have no hope. 



EXPECTATION. 

CXXin. The expectation of the righteous 
from God. Ps. lxii. 5. My expectation is 
from the Lord. 

Prov. xxiii. 18. Thine expectation shall not 
be cut off. Ch. xxiv. 14. 

Phil. i. 20. According to my earnest ex- 
pectation Christ shall be magnified in my 
body, whether it be by life or by death. 

CXXIV. Expectation of the wicked. Prov. 
x. 28. The expectation of the wicked shall 
perish. Ch. xi. 7. 

xi. 23. The expectation of the wicked is 
wrath. 

Zech. ix. 5. Ekron, her expectation shall be 
ashamed. 

Acts xii. 11. The Lord hath delivered me 
from the expectation of the Jews. 

WAITING. 

CXXV. The righteous ivait for God. 
Gen. xlix. 18. I have waited for thy salva- 
tion, O Lord. 

Ps. xxv. 3. Let none that wait on the Lord 
be ashamed. 

Ver. 5. Thou art the God of my salvation : 
on thee do I wait all the day. Ver. 21. 

xxvii. 14. Wait on the Lord, be of good 
courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart. 

xxxiii. 20. Our soul waiteth for the Lord : 
he is our help and our shield. 

xxxvii. 7. Rest in the Lord, and wait pa- 
tiently for him. — Ver. 9. Those that wait on 
the Lord shall inherit the earth. Ver. 34. 

xxxix. 7. Lord, what wait I for] my hope 
is in thee ; deliver me from all my transgre* 
sions. Ver. 8. 

xl. 1. I waited patiently for the Lord, and 
he inclined unto me and heard my cry. 
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Iix. 9. Because of his strength I will wait 
upon thee, for God is my defence. 

lxii. 1. My soul waiteth upon God: from 
him cometh my salvation. Ver. 5. 

Ixix. 3. Mine eyes fail while I wait for my 
God. — Ver. 6. Let not them that wait on thee 
be ashamed. 

cxxiii. 2. Our eyes wait upon the Lord our 
God, until he have mercy upon us. 

cxxx. 5, 6. I wait for the Lord ; my soul 
doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My 
soul waiteth for the Lord, more than they that 
watch for the morning. 

Prov. viii. 34. Blessed is the man that 
heareth me, [Wisdom,] watching daily at my 
gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. 

xx. 22. Wait on the Lord, and he shall 
save thee. 

Isa. viii. 17. I will wait upon the Lord that 
hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and 
I will look for him. 

xxv. 9. Lo, this is our God, we have waited 
for him, and he will save us ; this is the Lord, 
we have waited for him ; we will be glad and 
rejoice in his salvation. 

xxvi. 8. In the way of thy judgments, 
Lord, have we waited for thee : the desire of 
our soul is to thy name, and to the remem- 
brance of thee. 

xxx. 18. The Lord is a God of judgment: 
blessed are all that wait for him. 

xxxiii. 2. O Lord, be gracious unto us ; we 
have waited for thee : be thou their arm every 
morning, our salvation also in time of trouble. 

xl. 31. They that wait upon the Lord shall 
renew their strength. 

xlix. 23. Thou shalt know that I am the 
Lord, for they shall not be ashamed that wait 
for me. 

li. 5. The isles shall wait upon me, and on 
mine arm shall they trust. See also, Isa. xlii. 4. 

lxiv. 4. Men have not heard, nor perceived 
by the ear, neither hath the eye seen what he 
hath prepared for them that wait for him. 

Jer. xiv. 22. Are there any among the 
vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain ? 
or can the heavens give showers 1 Art not 
thou he, O Lord our God 1 therefore we will 
wait upon thee ; for thou hast made all these 
things. 

Lam. hi. 25, 26. The Lord is good unto 
them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh 
him. It is good that a man should both hope 
and quietly wait for the salvation of the 
Lord. 

Hos. xii. 6. Keep mercy and judgment, and 
wait on thy God continually. 

Mic. vii. 7. I will wait for the God of my 
salvation : my God will hear me. 

Hab. ii. 3. The vision is for an appointed 
ame ; wait for it, because it will surely come. 



Zeph. iii. 8. Wait upon me, saith the 
Lord. 

Mark xv. 43. Joseph of Arimathea waited 
for the kingdom of God. Luke xxiii. 51. 

Luke ii. 25. Simeon waited for the conso- 
lation of Israel. 

xii. 36. Be ye like men that wait for the 
coming of their Lord. 

Rom. viii. 23. We groan within ourselves, 
waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemp- 
tion of our body. 

1 Cor. i. 5. 7. In every thing ye are en- 
riched : So that ye come behind in no gift, 
waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

Gal. v. 5. We through the Spirit wait for 
the hope of righteousness by faith. 

1 Thess. i. 9, 10. Ye turned from idols to 
serve the living and true God, and to wait for 
his Son from heaven. 2 Thess. iii. 5. James 
v. 7. See Zech. ix. 1. 

CXXVI. The wicked wait not for God. 
2 Kings vi. 33. Behold, this evil is of the 
Lord, what should I wait for the Lord any 
longer 1 

Ps. cvi. 13. They forgat his works, they 
waited not for his counsel. 



SUBMISSION AND RESIGNATION TO 
GOD. 

CXXVII. Language expressive of this 
temper of mind. Judg. x. 15. Do unto us 
what seemeth good unto thee. 

1 Sam. iii. 18. Eli said, It is the Lord, let 
him do what seemeth him good. 2 Sam. x. 
12.— xv. 26. 

2 Kings xx. 19. Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, 
Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast 
spoken. Isa. xxxix. 8. 

Matt. xi. 26. Jesus said, Even so, Father ; 
for so it seemed good in thy sight. Luke x. 21. 

vi. 10. Thy will be done. Luke xi. 2. 

xxvi. 42. Jesus prayed, and said, O my 
Father, if this cup may not pass away from 
me, except I drink it, thy will be done. 

Acts xxi. 14. The will of the Lord be done. 

Neh. ix. 33. Thou art just in all that is 
brought upon us. 

Job i. 21. The Lord gave, and the Lord 
hath taken away, and blessed be his name. 

Lam. iii. 39. Wherefore doth a living man 
complain ; a man for the punishment of his 
sins'? 

James iv. 7. Submit yourselves to God. 

Ps. xxxix. 9. I was dumb and opened not 
my mouth, because thou didst it. 

Threats. Isa. xlv. 9. Wo to him that striveth 
with his Maker ! 



CHAP. XIV. RELYING UPON GOD— TRUST IN GOD. 



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RELYING UPON GOD. 

CXXVIII. Relying upon God. 2 Chron. 
xiii. 18. The children of Judah prevailed 
against their enemies, because they relied upon 
the Lord God of their fathers. 1 Chron. v. 20. 

xiv. 11. Help us, O Lord our God, for we 
rest on thee. 

xvi. 8. Because thou didst rely upon the 
Lord, he delivered thine enemies into thine 
hand. 

Ps. xxxvii. 7. Rest in the Lord, and wait 
patiently for him. 

lv. 22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and 
he will sustain thee ; he shall never suffer the 
righteous to be moved. 

cxvi. 7. Return unto thy rest, my soul. 

Jer. vi. 16. Walk in the good way, and ye 
shall find rest for your souls. 

1 Pet. v. 7. Casting all your care upon him, 
for he careth for you. 



TRUST IN GOD. 

CXXIX. Trusting in God and Christ. 
2 Sam. xxii. 2, 3. David said, The Lord is my 
rock and my fortress, and my deliverer ; the 
God of my rock, in him will I trust ; he is my 
shield and the horn of my salvation, my high 
tower, and my refuge, my Saviour : thou savest 
me from violence. Ps. xviii. 2. — cxliv. 1, 2. 

Ver. 31. The Lord is a buckler to all that 
trust in him. 

2 Kings xviii. 5. Hezekiah trusted in the 
Lord God of Israel, so that after him was none 
like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any 
that were before him. Ch. xix. 1 0. 2 Chron. 
xxxii. 7, 8. Isa. xxxvi. xxxvii. chapters. 

1 Chron. v. 18—20. The sons of Reuben, 
and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manas- 
seh, made war with the Hagarites. And the 
Hagarites were delivered into their hand ; for 
they cried to God in the battle, and he was 
entreated of them ; because they put their trust 
in him. 

Job xiii. 15. Job said, Though he slay me, 
yet will I trust in him. 

xxxv. 14. Judgment is before him, therefore 
trust thou in him. 

Ps. ii. 12. Blessed are they that put their 
trust in him. 

iv. 5. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, 
and put your trust in the Lord. 

v. 11. Let all those that put their trust in 
thee rejoice. 

vii. 1. O Lord my God, in thee do I put my 
trust ; save me from all that persecute me. 

ix. 10. They that know thy name will put 
their trust in thee ; for thou, Lord, hast not 
forsaken them that seek thee. 



xi. 1. In the Lord put I my trust. 

xiii. 5. I have trusted in thy mercy, my 
heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. 

xvi. 1. Preserve me, O God, for in thee do I 
put my trust. 

xvii. 7. Shew thy marvellous loving-kind- 
ness, thou that savest by thy right hand 
them which put their trust in thee. 

xx. 7. Some trust in chariots and horses, 
but we will remember the name of the Lord 
our God. 

xxi. 7. The king trusteth in the Lord, and 
through the mercy of the Most High he shall 
not be moved. 

xxii. 4, 5. Our fathers trusted in thee, and 
thou didst deliver them. They trusted in thee, 
and were not confounded. 

Ver. 8. He trusted in the Lord that he 
would deliver him. Matt, xxvii. 43. 

xxv. 2. my God, I trust in thee; let me 
not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph 
over me. — Ver. 20. O keep my soul, and deli- 
ver me ; let me not be ashamed, for I put my 
trust in thee. 

xxvi. 1. I have trusted in the Lord, there- 
fore I shall not slide. 

xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength and my 
shield ; my heart trusted in him and I am 
helped : therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, 
and with my song will I praise him. 

xxxi. 1. In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust : 
let me never be ashamed : deliver me in thy 
righteousness. Ps. lxxi. 1. 5. 

Ver. 6. I have hated them that regard lying 
vanities, but I trust in the Lord. 

Ver. 19. How great is thy goodness which 
thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, which 
thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee 
before the sons of men ! 

xxxii. 10. Many sorrows shall be to the 
wicked; but he that trusteth in the Lordj 
mercy shall compass him round. 

xxxiii. 21, 22. Our heart shall rejoice in 
him because we trusted in his holy name. Let 
thy mercy be upon us. 

xxxiv. 8. Blessed is the man that trusteth 
in him. (Ps. lxxxiv. 12.) Ver. 22. None 
that trust in him shall be desolate. 

xxxvi. 7. How excellent is thy loving-kind- 
ness, O God ; therefore the children of men 
put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 

xxxvii. 3. Trust in the Lord and do good, 
so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou 
shalt be fed. Ver. 5. 40. 

xl. 4. Blessed is the man that maketh the 
Lord his trust. Ver. 3. 

xliv. 6. I will not trust in my bow : thou 
hast saved us from our enemies. Ver. 7. 

lii. 8. I trust in the mercy of God for ever 
and ever. 

lv. 22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and 



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Chap. XIV. 



he shall sustain thee ; he shall never suffer the 
righteous to be moved. Ver. 23. 

lvi. 3, 4. What time I am afraid, I will 
trust in thee. In God I have put my trust, I 
will not fear what flesh can do unto me. Ps. 
cxviii. 6. 

Ivii. 1. Be merciful unto me, God, be mer- 
ciful unto me, for my soul trusteth in thee ; yea, 
in the shadow of thy wings will I make my 
refuge, until these calamities be overpast. 

Ixi. 4. I will trust in the covert of thy wings. 

lxii. 8. Trust in him at all times : God is a 
refuge for us. 

lxiv. 10. The righteous shall be glad in the 
Lord, and shall trust in him. 

lxxiii. 28. It is good for me to draw near to 
God : I have put my trust in the Lord God. 

lxxxvi. 2. O thou my God, save thy ser- 
vant that trusteth in thee. 

xci. 2. I will say of the Lord, He is my re- 
fuge and my fortress, my God, in him will I 
trust. 

cxii. 7. A good man shall not be afraid of 
evil tidings ; his heart is fixed , trusting in the 
Lord. Ver. 8. 

cxv. 9. Israel, trust thou in the Lord : he is 
their help and shield. Ver. 10, 11. 

cxviii. 8, 9. It is better to trust in the Lord, 
than to put confidence in man. It is better to 
trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in 
princes. Ps. cxlvi. 3. 

cxix. 41, 42. Let thy mercies come unto 
me, O Lord, even thy salvation, according to 
thy word. For I trust in thy word. 

cxxv. 1. They that trust in the Lord shall 
be as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed. 

cxli. 8. Mine eyes are unto thee, God, 
the Lord ; in thee is my trust ; leave not my 
soul destitute. 

cxliii. 8. Cause me to hear thy loving-kind- 
ness in the morning, for in thee do I trust : 
cause me to know the way wherein I should 
walk, for I lift my soul to thee. 

Prov. iii. 5. Trust in the Lord with all thy 
heart, and lean not unto thine own under- 
standing. 

xvi. 3. Commit thy works unto the Lord. 

Ver. 20. Whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy 
is he. 

xxii. 19. That thy trust may be in the Lord, 
I have made known to thee, &c. 

xxviii. 25. He that putteth his trust in the 
Lord shall be made fat. 

xxix. 25. Whoso putteth his trust in the 
Lord shall be safe. 

Isa. xii, 2. Behold, God is my salvation, I 
will trust and not be afraid ; for the Lord Jeho- 
vah is my strength and my song, he is also 
become my salvation. 

xxvi. 3, 4. Thou wilt keep him in perfect 
peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because 



he trusteth in thee. Trust in the Lord for 
ever, for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting 
strength. 

1. 10. Who is among you that feareth the 
Lord, and obeyeth the voice of his servant, 
that walkelh in darkness and hath no light 1 ? 
let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay 
upon his God. 

li. 5. The isles shall wait upon me, and on 
mine arm shall they trust. Matt. xii. 21. 

Ivii. 13. He that putteth his trust in the 
Lord, shall possess the land, and shall inherit 
my holy mountain. 

Jer. xvii. 7, 8. Blessed is the man who trust- 
eth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. 
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, 
and that spreadeth out her roots by the river. 

xlix. 11. Let thy widows trust in me. 

Dan. iii. 28. The Lord sent his angels and 
delivered his servants that trusted in him. 

Nah. i. 7, 8. The Lord is good, a stronghold 
in the day of trouble, and he knoweth them 
that trust in him. But darkness shall pursue 
his enemies. 

Zeph. iii. 12. An afflicted and poor people, 
shall trust in the name of the Lord. 

Matt. xii. 21. In his [Christ's] name shall 
the Gentiles trust. 

Rom. xv. 12. In him shall the Gentiles trust. 
Isa. xi. 10. — li. 5. 

2 Cor. i. 9, 10. We had the sentence of 
death within ourselves, that we should not trust 
in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the 
dead. Who delivered us ; in whom we trust 
that he will yet deliver us. 

iii. 4, 5. Such trust have we through Christ 
to Godward. Not that we are sufficient of 
ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God. 

Eph. i. 12, 13. That we should be to the 
praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. 
In whom ye also trusted after that ye heard 
the word of truth, the gospel of your salva- 
tion. 

1 Tim. iv. 10. We both labour and suffer 
reproach, because we trust in the living God ; 
who is the Saviour of all men, especially of 
them that believe. 

v. 5. She that is a widow indeed and deso- 
late, trusteth in God. 1 Pet. iii. 5. 



CONFIDENCE. 

CXXX. Confidence in God. Ps. lxv. 5. O 
God of our salvation, who art the confidence 
of the ends of the earth. 

Prov. iii. 25, 26. Be not afraid of sudden 
fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked 
when it cometh. For the Lord shall be thy 
confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being 
taken. 



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xiv. 26. In the fear of the Lord is strong 
confidence. 

Isa. xxx. 15. Thus saiththe Lord, in quiet- 
ness and confidence shall be your strength. 

2 Cor. v. 8. We are confident and willing 
rather to be absent from the body. 

Eph. hi. 12. In Christ Jesus our Lord, we 
have boldness and access with confidence, by 
the faith of him. 

Phil. i. 6. Being confident of this, that he 
that hath begun a good work in you will per- 
form it until the day of Jesus Christ. 

2 Thess. in. 4. We have confidence in the 
Lord touching you. Gal. v. 10. Philem. 
ver. 21. 

Heb. iii. 6. We are Christ's house, if we 
hold fast the confidence, and the rejoicing of 
the hope firm unto the end. — Ver. 14. We 
are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the 
beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the 
end. 

x. 35. Cast not away your confidence, which 
hath great recompense of reward. 

1 John ii. 28. Little children, abide in Christ 
that when he shall appear we may have con- 
fidence, and not be ashamed before him at his 
coming. 

iii. 21. Beloved, if our heart condemn us 
not, then have we confidence toward God. 

v. 14. This is the confidence that we have 
in him, that if we ask any thing according to 
his will he heareth us. 

CXXXL Confidence in God a security 
against the fear of evil from man. Gen. xv. 
1. God said to Abram, Fear not, I am thy 
shield, and thy exceeding great reward. 

xxvi. 24. The Lord said to Isaac, Fear not, 
for I am with thee, and will bless thee. 

Lev. xxvi. 3. If ye walk in my statutes. — 
Ver. 6. None shall make you afraid. Job xi. 
14, 15. 19. Ezek.xxxiv. 28.— xxxix. 26. 

Deut. i. 17. Ye shall not be afraid of the 
face of man. — Ver. 21. The Lord your God 
shall fight for you. Ver. 30. 

2 Kings vj. 16. The man of God said, Fear 
not, for they that be with us be more than they 
that be with them. 

Job. v. 21. Neither shalt thou be afraid for 
destruction when it cometh. Ver. 22. Ch. xi. 
14, 15. 

Ps. iii. 5, 6. The Lord sustained me, I will 
not be afraid of thousands set against me. Ps. 
xxvii. 3. 

xxiii. 4. I will fear no evil, for thou art with 
me. 

xxxiv. 4. The Lord delivered me from all 
my fears. 

xlvi. 2. We will not fear, though the earth 
be removed. — Ver. 7. The Lord of hosts is 
with us. 



lvi. 3, 4. In God I have put my trust ; I will 
not fear what flesh can do unto me. Heb 
xiii. 6. 

xci. 5, 6. Thou shalt not be afraid for ter- 
ror by night, nor for the arrow by day ; nor for 
the pestilence, nor for destruction. 

cxii. 7. He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; 
his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. Ver. 8. 

cxviii. 6. The Lord is on my side, I shall 
not fear. 

Prov. i. 33. Whoso hearkeneth unto me 
shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear 
of evil. 

xxix. 25. The fear of man bringeth a snare, 
but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall 
be safe. Ch. iii. 21 to 25. 

Isa. xii. 2. God is my salvation, I will trust 
and not be afraid. 

xli. 10. Fear not thou, I am with thee, saith 
the Lord. Ver. 13, 14. Ch. xxx v. 4. Ch. 
xliii. 1. 5.— Ii. 7. 12.— liv. 4. 14. Jer. i. 8.— 
xxiii. 4.— xxx. 10. — xxxix. 17. — xlvi. 27, 28. 
— Ii. 46. 

Mic. iv. 4. They shall sit every man under 
his vine, and under his fig-tree, and none shall 
make them afraid. Zeph. iii. 13. 16. 

Matt. x. 26. Fear them not. Luke i. 74. — 
xxi. 9. John xii. 15. 

Luke xii. 4. Be not afraid of them that kill 
the body. Ver. 32. 

Acts xviii. 9. Then spake the Lord to Paul, 
Be not afraid, for I am with thee. Ver. 10. 

Rom. viii. 15. We have not received the 
spirit of bondage, again to fear, but of adop- 
tion. 2 Tim. i. 7. 

Phil. i. 14. The brethren spake the word 
without fear. 

Heb. ii. 15. Christ took part of flesh and 
blood, that he might deliver them who through 
fear of death were all their lifetime subject to 
bondage. 

1 Pet. iii. 14. If ye suffer for righteousness' 
sake, be not afraid of their terror. Matt. v. 10. 

1 John iv. 1 8. There is no fear in love. 

Rev. i. 17. Fear not, for I am the first and 
the last. Ch.ii. 10. See Gen. xxi. 17. Exod. 
xx. 20. Numb. xiv. 9. — xxi. 34. Deut. vii. 
18, 19. 21.— xx. 1. 3.— xxxi. 6. 8. Josh. xi. 
6. 2 Kings i. 15. 2 Chron. xx. 17. Neh. 
iv. 14. Ps. xlix. 5. 16. — lxxviii. 53. Isa. vii. 
4. 25.— viii. 1 2. xiv. 3.— xl. 9. Dan. x. 12. 
Joel ii. 21. Matt. viii. 26. Mark iv. 40. Luke 
xxi. 9. John xii. 15. Zech. ix. 9. Acts 
xxvii. 24. Heb. xi. 23. 

CXXXII. Confidence of the wicked. Job 
xxxi. 24. If I have made gold my hope, or have 
said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence 
— Ver. 28. This also were iniquity. 

Ps. cxviii. 8, 9. It is better to trust m the 
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better to trust in the Lord, than to put confi- 
dence in princes. 

Prov. xiv. 16. A wise man feareth and de- 
parteth from evil : but a fool rageth and is con- 
fident. 

xxi. 22. A wise man scaleth the city of the 
mighty, and casteth down the confidence 
thereof. 

xxv. 19. Confidence in an unfaithful man, 
in time of trouble, is like a broken tooth, and 
a foot out of joint. 

Jer. ii. 37. The Lord hath rejected thy con- 
fidence in Egypt and Assyria. Ezek. xxix. 
16. 

xlviii. 1 3. The house of Israel was ashamed 
of Beth-el their confidence. 1 Kings xii. 29. 

Phil. iii. 3. Have no confidence in the flesh. 

CXXXIII. Assurance of the righteous. 
Isa. xxxii. 17. The work of righteousness 
shall be peace ; and the effect of righteous- 
ness, quietness and assurance for ever. See 
1 John iii. 19. 

SEEKING GOD. 

CXXXIV. Seeking God commanded. Ps. 
xxvii. 8. When thou saidst, Seek ye my face ; 
my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will 
I seek. 

cv. 4. Seek the Lord and his strength ; 
seek his face evermore. 

Isa. viii. 19. Should not a people seek to 
their God 1 

lv. 6. Seek ye the Lord while he may be 
found ; call upon him while he is near. See 
Amos v. 4. Acts xv. 17. — xvii. 27. 

xi. 1 0. There shall be a root of Jesse, [i. e. 
Christ,] to it shall the Gentiles seek. 

CXXXV. God is to be sought with all the 
heart. Deut. iv. 29. Thou shalt find the 
Lord, if thou seek him with all thy heart and 
with all thy soul. Jer. xxix. 13, 14. 

Ps. cxix. 2. Blessed are they that seek the 
Lord with their whole heart. 

1 Chron. xxii. 19. Set your heart and your 
soul to seek the Lord your God. 

Isa. xxvi. 9. With my soul have I desired 
thee in the night ; yea, with my spirit within 
me will I seek thee early. Ps. Ixiii. 8. My 
soul followeth hard after thee. 

CXXX VI. Promises to them that seek God. 
See the first two texts in the last section. 

Ezra viii. 22. The hand of God is upon all 
them for good that seek him ; but his power 
and his wrath is against all them that forsake 
him. 

Ps. ix. 1 0. Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken 
them that seek thee. 



xxxiv. 10. They that seek the Lord shall 
not want any good thing. 

lxix. 32. Your heart shall live that seek 
God. 

Prov. viii. 17. Those that seek me early 
shall find me. 

Isa. xlv. 19.1 said not unto the seed of 
Jacob, Seek ye me in vain. 

Lam. iii. 25. The Lord is good to them that 
wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 

Hos. x. 12. Seek the Lord, till he come and 
rain righteousness upon you. 

Amos v. 4. Thus saith the Lord to the 
house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live. 
— Ver. 6. Seek the Lord, and ye shall live ; 
lest he break out like fire in the house of Jo- 
seph, and devour it, and there be none to 
quench it in Beth-el. 

Ver. 8. Seek him that maketh the seven 
stars, and Orion ; that turneth the shadow of 
death into the morning, and maketh the day 
dark with night, &c. Ver. 9. 

Zeph. ii. 3. Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek 
of the earth, which have wrought his judg- 
ment: seek righteousness, seek meekness, it 
may be ye shall be hid in the day of the 
Lord's anger. 

Matt. vii. 7, 8. Seek and ye shall find. He 
that seeketh findeth. 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. 
2 Chron. xv. 2. 

Heb. xi. 6. God is a rewarder of them that 
diligently seek him. See Job viii. 5, 6. Ps. 
xxii. 26. 

CXXXVII. Prayers for them that seek 
God. 2 Chron. xxx. 18 — 20. Hezekiah 
prayed, saying, Good Lord, pardon every one 
that prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord 
God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed 
according to the purification of the sanctuary. 
And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah, and 
healed the people. 

Ps. lxix. 6. Let none of those that seek 
thee be confounded. 

lxx. 4. Let all those that seek thee, rejoice 
and be glad in thee ; and let such as love thy 
salvation say continually, the Lord be mag- 
nified. 

cv. 3. Let the heart of them rejoice that 
seek the Lord. 1 Chron. xvi. 10 

CXXXVIII. Examples of God's people 
seeking him. 2 Chron. xi. 16. Out of all the 
tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek 
the Lord God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to 
sacrifice unto the Lord God of their fathers, 
[and would not worship the calves set up by 
Jeroboam.] 

xiv. 4. Asa commanded Judah to seek the 
Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law 
and the commandment. Ver. 7. 



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2 Chron. xv. 12, 13. Israel entered into a 
covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers, 
with all their heart and with all their soul : 
And that whosoever would not seek the Lord 
God of Israel, should be put to death. 2 Kings 
xxiii. 3. Neh. x. 29. 2 Chron. xx. 4. 

xvii. 3, 4. The Lord was with Jehoshaphat ; 
because he sought the Lord God of his fathers, 
and walked in his commandments. Ch. xix. 
3.— xx. 3.— xxii. 9. 

xxvi. 5.' Uzziah sought God; and as long 
as he sought the Lord, God made him pros- 
per. Ver. 7. 

xxxi. 21. In every work that Hezekiah 
began in the service of the house of God, and 
in the law, and in the commandments, to seek 
God, he did it with all his heart, and pros- 
pered. 

Ezra vi. 21. The children of Israel separated 
themselves from the filthiness of the heathen 
of the land, to seek the Lord God of Israel. 

vii. 10. Ezra prepared his heart to seek the 
law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in 
Israel statutes and judgments. 

Job v. 8. I would seek unto God, and unto 
God would I commit my cause. 

Ps. xxiv. 6. This is the generation of them 
that seek him. 

xxxiv. 4. I sought the Lord ; he heard, 
and delivered me from all my fears. Ps. 
lxxvii. 2. 

Song iii. 2. I will seek him whom my soul 
loveth. Ch. vi. 1. 

Isa. xxvi. 9. With my spirit within me will 
I seek thee early. 

Dan. ix. 3. I set my face unto the Lord 
God, to seek by prayer and supplications, 
with fasting, and sackcloth and ashes. 

Mai. iii. 1. The Lord [Christ] whom ye 
seek, shall suddenly come to his temple. Jer. 
i. 4, 5. Hos. iii. 5. Zech. viii. 21, 22. 



NOT SEEKING GOD. 

CXXXIX. The wicked seek not God. 
2 Chron. xvi. 12. Asa in his disease, sought 
not to the Lord, but to the physicians. 

Ps. x. 4. The wicked, through the pride of 
his countenance, will not seek after God : God 
is not in all his thoughts. 

xiv. 2, 3. The Lord looketh down from 
heaven upon the children of men, to see if 
there were any that did understand and seek 
God. They are all gone aside. Ps. liii. 2. 
Rom. iii. 11. 

CXL. They seek not God aright. 2 Chron. 
xii. 14. Rehoboam prepared not his heart to 
seek the Lord. 

Isa. lviii. 2, 3. They seek me daily, and de- 



light to know my ways, as a nation that did 
righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance 
of their God ; they seek of me the ordinances 
of justice, they take delight in approaching to 
God. In the day of your fast, ye exact all 
your labours ; ye fast for strife. John vi. 26. 
Threats against the wicked, ivho seek not 
God aright. Ps. lxxxiii. 16. Fill their faces 
with shame, Lord, that they may seek thy 
name. 

cxix. 155. Salvation is far from the wicked, 
for they seek not thy statutes. 

Prov. i. 28. They shall seek me early, but 
shall not find me. 

Isa. ix. 13, 14. The people turn not to him 
that smiteth them ; neither do they seek the 
Lord of hosts. Therefore the Lord will cut 
off from Israel, head and tail, &c. Hos. vii. 
10. 13, 14. 16. 

xxxi. 1. Wo to them that go down to Egypt, 
and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, but 
look not to the Holy One of Israel, neither 
seek the Lord. Ch. xxx. 1, 2. 

Jer. x. 21. The pastors are become brutish, 
and have not sought the Lord ; therefore they 
shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be 
scattered. 

Hos. v. 5, 6. The pride of Israel doth tes- 
tify to his face, therefore shall Israel and 
Ephraim fall in their iniquity. They shall 
go with their flocks and their herds, to seek 
the Lord, but they shall not find him ; he hath 
withdrawn himself from them. 

Ver. 15. I will go and return to my place, 
saith the Lord, till they acknowledge their 
offence, and seek my face : in their affliction 
they will seek me early. Zeph. i. 6. 

John vii. 34. Jesus said, Ye shall seek me, 
and shall not find me. 

viii. 21. Ye shall seek me, and die in your 
sins. 

DRAWING NEAR TO GOD. 

CXLI. Drawing near to God. Lev. x. 3. 
The Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified, 
in them that come nigh me, and before all the 
people will I be glorified. 

1 Sam. xiv. 36. The priest said, Let us 
draw near to God. 

Ps. lxv. 4. Blessed is the man whom thou 
causest to approach unto thee. 

lxxiii. 28. It is good for me to draw near to 
God. 

Jer. xxx. 21, 22. I will cause him to draw 
near, and he shall approach unto me. And ye 
shall be my people, and I will be your God. 

Heb. x. 22. Let us draw near with a true 
heart, in full assurance of faith, having our 
hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience. Oh, 
vii. 19. 



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James iv. 8. Draw nigh to God, and he will 
draw nigh to you. Isa. xxix. 13. The wicked 
draw nigh with their lips only. Matt. xv. 8. 
Ezek. xxxiii. 31. 



COMING TO GOD. 

CXLII. Coming to God. Ps. lxv. 2. O 
thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all 
flesh come. 

Isa. xlv. 24. In the Lord have I righteous- 
ness and strength ; even to him shall all men 
come. 

Iv. 3. Incline your ear, and come unto me ; 
hear and your soul shall live, and I will make 
an everlasting covenant with you. 

Jer. hi. 22. Return, ye backsliding children, 
and I will heal your hackslidings : behold we 
come unto thee, for thou art the Lord our God. 
Ch. xxx. 21. 

Come to God through Christ. Heb. vii. 
25. Christ is able to save them to the utter- 
most, that come to God by him. Heb. iv. 16. 
— xi. 6. 

Come to Christ. Matt. xi. 28. Jesus said, 
Come unto me, all ye that labour, and are 
heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Isa. Iv. 
1. — lx. 3. Rev. xxii. 17. 

John vi. 37. Jesus said, All that the Father 
hath given me, shall come to me, and him that 
cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out. — 
Ver. 44. No man can come to me, except the 
Father draw him. 



FOLLOWING GOD. 

CXLIII. Following God. 1 Sam. xii. 14. 
Continue following the Lord your God. Ver. 
1 5. 20, 2 1 . 25. 1 Kings ix. 6, 7, 8. If ye will 
not, then shall the hand of the Lord be against 
you. 

1 Kings xviii. 21. Elijah said, If the Lord 
be God, follow him. Deut. xiii. 4. 

Ps. lxiii. 8. My soul followeth hard after 
thee. 

Eph. v. 1. Be ye followers of God as dear 
children. 

CXLIV. Following Christ. Matt. xvi. 
24. Jesus said, If any man will come after me, 
let him take up his cross and follow me. John 
xii. 26. 

John viii. 12. He that followeth me shall 
not walk in darkness. 

x. 27, 28. My sheep hear my voice, and 
they follow me : And I give unto them eternal 
life, and they shall never perish ; neither shall 
any pluck them out of my hand. 



FORSAKING GOD. 

CXLV. Forsaking God. Threats. 1 Chron. 
xxviii. 9. If thou forsake God he will cast thee 
off for ever. 

2 Chron. xv. 2. The Lord is with you while 
ye be with him, and if ye seek him he will be 
found of you : if you forsake him, he will for- 
sake you. 

xxiv. 20. Because ye have forsaken the 
Lord, he hath forsaken you. 

Ezra viii. 22. God's power and wrath is 
against all that forsake him. 

Isa. i. 4. They have forsaken the Lord, they 
have provoked the Holy One of Israel to an- 
ger.— Ver. 28. They that forsake the Lord 
shall be consumed. 

Jer. ii. 13. My people have forsaken me, the 
fountain of living waters, and hewed them out 
cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no 
water. 

Ver. 1 9. Thine own wickedness shall cor- 
rect thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove 
thee ; know therefore, and see that it is an evil 
thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the 
Lord thy God. See ver. 14 — 18. 

xvii. 13. O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that 
forsake thee shall be ashamed. See Deut. viii. 
20.— xxxi. 1 6, 1 7.— xxxii. 1 5 to 32. 2 Chron. 
xii. 1. 5. Isa. lxv. 11. 



DEPARTING FROM GOD. 

CXLVI. Departing from God. Jer. xvii. 
5. Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, 
and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart 
departeth from God. Ver. 13. Ezek. xviii. 
24. — xxxiii. 12. See this sin confessed. Dan. 
ix. 5. 11. Isa. lix. 12, 13. 

Not departing from God. Instances. 
2 Sam. xxii. 22, 23. I have kept the ways of 
the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from 
my God : For all his judgments were before 
me ; and as for his statutes, I did not depart 
from them. See Ps. xviii. 21. Ps. cxix. 3. 
8. 10, 11. 102. 



BACKSLIDING. 

CXLVII. Backsliding from God. Prov. 
xiv. 14. The backslider in heart shall be filled 
with his own ways. 

Isa. i. 4. They are gone away backward. 
Jer. vii. 24. 

Jer. ii. 19. Thy backslidings shall reprove 
thee. 

v. 6, 7. Their transgressions are many, their 
backslidings are increased. How shall I par- 
don thee 1 Ch, viii. 5. 13.— xiv. 2 to 7. 



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xv. 6. Thou hast forsaken me, and art 
gone away backward ; therefore will I destroy 
thee. 

xlix. 4, 5. backsliding daughter, I will 
bring a fear upon thee. 

Hos. iv. 16. Israel slideth back, as a back- 
sliding heifer. 

xi. 6, 7. The sword shall abide on his cities ; 
for mv people are bent to backsliding. 

Heb. x. 38, 39. If any man draw back, my 
soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we 
are not of them that draw back unto perdition ; 
but of them that believe to the saving of the 
soul. 

Promise. Hos. xiv. 1. Return unto the 
Lord thy God, for thou hast fallen by thine 
iniquity. — Ver. 4. I will heal their backsliding. 
Jer. iii. 22. 



GOING ASTRAY. 

CXLVIII. The wicked go aside, go astray, 
err, wander, turn away from God. Ps. xiv. 
3. They are all gone aside, &c. 

lviii. 3. The wicked are estranged from the 
womb : they go astray as soon as born. 

lxxviii. 57. They are turned aside like a 
deceitful bow. Ver. 62. 

xcv. 10. It is a people that do err in heart. 

Prov. v. 23. The wicked shall die without 
instruction, and in the greatness of his folly he 
shall go astray. 

xiv. 22. Do they not err that devise evil 1 
but mercy and truth shall be to them that de- 
vise good. 

Isa. xliv. 20. A deceived heart hath turned 
him aside : he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, 
Is there not a lie in my right hand 1 

Jer. ii. 27. They have turned their back 
unto me, and not their face. 

viii. 6. Every one turned to his course, as 
tne horse rusheth into the battle. 

CXLIX. Confession. Isa. liii. 6. All we 
like sheep have gone astray ; we have turned 
every one to his own way. 

CL. Threats. Ps. cxix. 21. Thou hast 
rebuked the proud that are cursed, that do err 
from thy commandments. — Ver. 118. Thou 
hast trodden down all them that err from thy 
statutes. 

Prov. xxviii. 10. Whoso causeth the right- 
eous to go astray in an evil way, shall fall 
himself into his own pit. 

James v. 20. He that converteth the sinner 
from the error of his way, shall save a soul 
from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. 

2 Pet. iii. 17. Beware lest ye be led away 
with the errjr of the wicked. See Rom. i. 27. 
22 



W r ORSHIP. 

CLI. Worship due to God only. See Com- 
mand. 1st. 2 Kings xvii. 36. The Lord, who 
brought you out of the land of Egypt with 
great power, and with a stretched-out arm, 
him shall ye fear, him shall ye worship, and to 
him shall ye do sacrifice. Neh. ix. 6. 

Ps. xxii. 27. All the ends of the world 
shall remember and turn unto the Lord, and 
all the kindreds of the nations shall worship 
before him. Ver. 29. Ps. lxxxvi. 9, 10. 

xcv. 6, 7. O come, let us worship and bow 
down ; let us kneel before the Lord our 
Maker. For he is God. 

xcvii. 7. Worship him, all ye gods. 

xcix. 5. W 7 orship at his footstool, for he is 
holy. — Ver. 9. W r orship at his holy hill. 

Isa. lxvi. 23. All flesh shall come and wor- 
ship before me, saith the Lord. 

Zeph. ii. 11. Men shall worship him, every 
one from his place, even all the isles of the 
heathen. 

Rev. iv. 10. In heaven the four-and-twenty 
elders fell down before him that sat on the 
throne, and worshipped him that liveth for 
ever and ever. See ch. v. 14. — vii. 11. — xi. 
16. — xiv. 7. — xix. 4. 

xv. 4. All nations shall come and worship be- 
fore thee, for thy judgments are made manifest. 

Heb. i. 6. Let all the angels of God worship 
Christ. — For the worship due to Christ, see 
Worship offered to him by the church in hea- 
ven and on earth, Chap, upon the Dignity 
and Offices of Jesus Christ. 

Angels not to be worshipped. See Col. ii. 
18. Rev. xix. 10. — xxii. 8, 9. Against wor- 
shipping creatures for God, see Command' 
ments I. and II. 

CLII. How God is to he worshipped. 
1 Chron. xvi. 29. Worship the Lord in the 
beauty of holiness. 

xxix. 9. With a perfect heart the people 
offered willingly to the Lord. 

Ps. Ii. 6. Thou desirest truth in the in- 
ward parts. 

Ver. 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken 
spirit : a broken and contrite heart, O God, 
thou wilt not despise. 

John iv. 23. The true worshippers shall 
worship the Father in spirit and truth ; for 
the Father seeketh such to worship him. 

Acts xxiv. 14. After the way which they 
(the Jews) call heresy, so worship I the God 
of my fathers ; believing all things which are 
written in the law and the prophets. 

Phil. iii. 3. We are the circumcision, which 
worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ 
Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. 
See Mai. i. 11. — iii. 4. 



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Chap. XIV. 



CLttl. Worship offered by the wicked un- 
acceptable to God. Isa. i. 11, 12. To what 
purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to 
me ? saith the Lord. When ye come to ap- 
pear before me, who hath required this at your 
hands, to tread my courts ] 

Ver. 15, 16. Your hands are full of blood : 
Wash you, make you clean. See Ch. lxvi. 3, 
4. Jer. vii. 9, 10, 11. 21, 22.— vi. 20. 

Ps. 1. 16, 17. Unto the wicked God saith, 
What hast thou to do to declare my statutes 1 
or that thou shouldst take my covenant in thy 
mouth? seeing thou hatest instruction, and 
castest my words behind thee. 

Prov. vii. 14. The whorish woman said, I 
have peace-offerings with me ; this day I have 
paid my vows. — Ver. 27. Her house is the 
way to hell, &c 

Mai. i. 8. If ye offer the blind, the lame 
and the sick for sacrifice, is it not evil 1 offer 
it up to thy governor, will he be pleased with 
thee] — Ver. 10. I have no pleasure in you, 
saith the Lord of hosts ; neither will I accept 
an offering at your hand. See Ver. 9. 13, 14. 

Matt. xv. 8, 9. This people draweth near 
me with their mouth, and honoureth me with 
their lips, but their heart is far from me. In 
vain do they worship me, teaching for doc- 
trines the commandments of men. See Acts 
xvii. 25. 

FASTING. 

CLIV. Fasting appointed by God. Lev. 
xxiii. 27, 28. The tenth day of the seventh 
month shall be a day of atonement, an holy 
convocation unto you ; ye shall afflict your 
souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto 
the Lord. Ye shall do no work in that same 
day. See to ver. 33. 

CLV. Fasts extraordinary and miracu- 
lous. — Kept by Moses, Exod. xxxiv. 28. — By 
Elijah, 1 Kings xix. 8. — By Jesus Christ, 
Matt. iv. 2. 

CLVI. Fasting acceptably. Isa. lviii. 6. 
Is not this the fast that I have chosen : to 
loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the 
heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free, 
and to break every yoke ? — Ver. 7. To deal 
thy bread to the hungry, and to bring the 
poor that are cast out into thy house ; when 
thou seest the naked that thou cover him, &c. 
Zech. viii. 19. 

Matt. vi. 16. When ye fast, be not as the 
hypocrites, of a sad countenance. 

Ver. 17, 18. When thou fastest anoint 
thy head and wash thy face : that thou ap- 
pear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father 
which is in secret. 



CLVII. Fasts of the wicked. Isa. lviii. 3, 
4. In the daysx»f your fast ye exact all your 
labours. Ye fast for strife and debate. Ver. 5. 

Jer. xiv. 12. When they fast I will not 
hear their cry. Zech. vii. 5. 

Matt. vi. 16. Hypocrites fast with a sad 
countenance, to appear unto men. 

Luke xviii. 12. The Pharisee said, I fast 
twice in the week ; yet he was not justified 
See a hypocritical fast appointed by Jezebel, 
1 Kings xxi. 9. 

CLVIII. Occasions of fasts observed by 
God's people before war, or an expected at- 
tack from an enemy. 2 Chron. xx. 3. At 
the approach of enemies, king Jehoshaphat 
proclaims a fast. — Ver. 15. He and his people 
are delivered from their enemies. See 1 Sam. 
vii. 6. 

Esther iv. 3. The Jews, when threatened 
with destruction in Babylon, fast. Ver. 16. 
Are delivered. 

CLIX. After being defeated by enemies. 
See Josh. vii. 6. Judg.xx. 26. 1 Sam. xxxi. 
13. 2 Sam. i. 12. At calamities from the 
hand of God, upon man or beast, or the fruit 
of the earth. Joel i. 14.— ii. 12. 15, 16, 17. 

CLX. Upon threatened judgments, and 
other critical occasions. 1 Kings xxi. 27. 
Ahab, terrified at God's threatenings against 
him, fasted. — Ver. 29. God brought not the 
evil threatened in his day. 

Jonah iii. 5. 7. The king and people of 
Nineveh, terrified at God's threatenings 
against them by Jonah, proclaim a fast, and 
keep it with great strictness. — Ver. 10. They 
are saved from destruction. 

Daniel fasts and prays for the Jews' return 
from captivity, Dan. ix. 3. — The Jews held a 
fast on setting out on their return from cap- 
tivity, Ezra viii. 21. 23. — The Jews having 
returned from captivity, and restoring the 
public worship of God, hold a fast, and read 
the law, Neh. ix. 1. Also, see Jer. xxxvi. 6. 

The apostles fasted and prayed with the 
church, before they ordained elders and 
preachers of the gospel, Acts xiv. 23. — xiii. 
2, 3. 

Devils cast out by fasting and prayer, Matt, 
xvii. 21. 

CLXI. Fasts of particular persons held at 
their own discretion. 2 Sam. xii. 16. David 
fasted when his child was sick. 

Ps. xxxv. 13. When they were sick, I 
humbled my soul with fasting. 

lxix. 10. I wept and chastened my soul 
with fasting. 

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Matt. ix. 14. John's disciples and the Pha 
risees fasted often. Mark ii. 18. 

Christ's disciples fasted, after he was taken 
from them. 2 Cor. vi. 5. — xi. 27. 

Luke ii. 37. Anna served God with fastings 
night and day. 

Acts x. 30. Cornelius, while he fasted and 
prayed, was directed by an angel to send for 
Peter to preach the gospel. 

1 Cor. vii. 5. Husband and wife ought not 
to separate except for a time, to give them- 
selves to fasting and prayer. 

N. B. Religious fasting is always to be ac- 
companied with prayer, and with all the re- 
quisites in prayer ; which see, in the follow- 
ing section. 



PRAYER. 

CLXII. Persons whose prayer shall be 
heard, Ps. iv. 3. The Lord hath set apart 
him that is godly for himself : the Lord will 
hear when I call unto him. 

xxvi. 6. I will wash my hands in inno- 
cency, so will I compass thine altar. 

xxxiv. 15. The eyes of the Lord are upon 
the righteous, and his ears are open to their 
cry : (1 Pet. iii. 12. His ears are open to their 
prayers.) Ver. 17. The righteous cry, and 
the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of 
all their troubles. 

Prov. xv. 8. The sacrifice of the wicked is 
an abomination to the Lord ; but the prayer 
of the upright is his delight. — Ver. 29. The 
Lord is far from the wicked, but he heareth 
the prayer of the righteous. 

1 Tim. ii. 8. I will that men pray every- 
where, lifting up holy hands without wrath 
and doubting. 

James v. 16. The prayer of a righteous 
man availeth much. 

CLXIII. Of the divine influence, or the 
Spirit's assistance in prayer. Ps. x. 17. 
Lord, thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt 
cause thine ear to hear. 

lxxx. 18. Quicken us, and we will call on 
thy name. 

Zech. xii. 10. I will pour upon the house 
of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jeru- 
salem, the Spirit of grace and of supplica- 
tions. 

xiii. 9. I will refine them as silver is refined, 
and will try them as gold is tried ; they shall 
call on my name, and I will hear them : I will 
say, It is my people ; and they shall say, The 
Lord is my God. 

Rom. viii. 15. Ye have received the Spirit 
of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 



Ver. 26, 27. The Spirit helpeth our infirmi- 
ties : for we know not what to pray for as we 
ought ; but the Spirit maketh intercession for 
us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 
And he that searcheth the heart knoweth the 
mind of the Spirit. 

Gal. iv. 6. Because ye are sons, God hath 
sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your 
hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 

Eph. vi. 18. Praying with all prayer and 
supplication in the Spirit. 

Jude 20. Praying in the Holy Ghost. 
1 Cor. xiv. 15. 

CLXIV. Prayer is to be made in the name 
of Christ. John xiv. 13. Jesus said, What- 
soever ye shall ask in my name, that will I 
do. That the Father may be glorified in the 
Son. Ver. 14. 

xvi. 23, 24. Whatsoever ye shall ask the 
Father in my name he will give it you. 
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name ; 
ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may 
be full. 

Col. iii. 17. Whatsoever ye do in word or 
deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus. 
See Heb. iv. 14. 16. Dan. ix. 18. 

CLXV. Prayer must be made in faith. 
Matt. xxi. 22. All things whatsoever ye shall 
ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. 

John xv. 7. If ye abide in me, and my 
words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, 
and it shall be done unto you. 

Eph. iii. 12. In whom [Christ] we have 
boldness and access by the faith of him. Heb. 
iv. 16. 

Heb. x. 22. Let us draw near with a true 
heart, in full assurance of faith. 

xi. 6. He that cometh to God must believe 
that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them 
that diligently seek him. 

James i. 6. Ask in faith, nothing wavering. 
Ver. 7. Luke xii. 29. 

v. 15. The prayer of faith shall save the 
sick. Jude 20. 

CLXVI. With sincerity of heart. Ps. 
xvii. 1. Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth 
not out of feigned lips. 

xxv. 1. Unto thee, Lord, do I lift up my 
soul. 

lxii. 8. Pour out your heart before God ; he 
is a refuge for us. 

cxlv. 1 8. The Lord is nigh unto all that call 
upon him in truth. 

Jer. xxix. 13. The Lord said, Ye shall find 
me, when ye shall search for me with all your 
heart. Ver. 14. 2 Chron. xv. 15. 

Lam. iii. 41. Let us lift up our heart with 
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2 Tim. ii. 22. Call on the Lord out of a 
pure heart. 

Heb. x. 22. Let us draw near with a true 
heart, &c. Job xi. 13. 

CLXVII. With love to God. Ps. xci. 14. 
The Lord said, Because he hath set his love 
upon me, therefore will I deliver him. — Ver. 
15. He shall call upon me and I will answer 
him. 

CLXVIII. With the fear of God. Ps. 
cxlv. 19. The Lord will fulfil the desire of 
them that fear him ; he also will hear their 
cry, and will save them. 

CLXIX. With obedience to God. Isa. Ivi. 
6, 7. The sons of the stranger that join them- 
selves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love 
the name of the Lord, and to be his servants, 
every one that keepeth the Sabbath from pol- 
luting it, and taketh hold of my covenant, even 
them will I bring to my holy mountain, and 
make them joyful in my house of prayer ; their 
burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be ac- 
cepted on mine altar. 

John ix. 31. If any man be a worshipper of 
God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. 

1 John iii. 22. Whatsoever we ask, we re- 
ceive of him, because we keep his command- 
ments, and do those things that are pleasing 
in his sight. 

Prov. xxviii. 9. He that turneth away his 
ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall 
be abomination. 

CLXX. With humility, confession and 
turning from sin. 2 Chron. vii. 14. If my 
people shall humble themselves, and pray, and 
seek my face, and turn from their wicked 
ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will 
forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Ch. 
vi. 26 to 40. 1 Kings viii. 37 to 50. 

xxxiii. 12. Manasseh humbled himself, and 
prayed, and God was intreated. Ver. 13. 

Ps. ix. 12. God forgetteth not the cry of the 
humble. 

x. 1 7. Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the 
humble. 

Jer. xxxvi. 6, 7. Go read the words of the 
Lord, in the ears of the people. It may be, 
they will present their supplication before the 
Lord, and will return every one from his evil 
way ; for great is the anger and fury that the 
Lord hath pronounced against them. 

Luke xviii. 9 to 15. See the humble publi- 
can's prayer accepted. See more instances of 
the prayers of penitent, returning sinners 
heard. Judg. iii. 7, 8, 9. 12. 15,— iv. 1. 3.— vi. 
1. 7. 10 to 16.— x. 15. 1 Sam. vii. 4 to 11. 
2 Sam. xxiv. 17. 25. Ps. xxxii. 5. Acts ix. 1 1. 



CLXXI. With forgiveness towards men 
Matt. v. 24. Be reconciled to thy brother, and 
then come and offer thy gift. 

vi. 1 2. After this manner pray ye, Forgive 
us our debts as we forgive our debtors. — Ver. 
14, 15. For if ye forgive them their trespasses, 
your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, 
neither will your Father forgive your tres- 
passes. Matt. vi. 14, 15. 

Luke vi. 37. Forgive and ye shall be for- 
given. Col. iii. 13. 

1 Tim. ii. 8. Pray without wrath. 

CLXXII. With alms and good works. Isa. 
lviii. 7. Deal thy bread to the hungry, bring 
the poor that are cast out to thy house, when 
thou seest the naked, cover him, &c. — Ver. 9. 
Then shalt thou call, and the Lord will answer. 

Acts x. 2. Cornelius, a devout man, and 
one that feared God with all his house, which 
gave much alms to the people, and prayed to 
God always. — Ver. 3, 4. He saw an angel 
coming unto him, saying unto him, Cornelius, 
thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a 
memorial before God. See Prov. xxi. 13. 

CLXXIII. Prayer must be frequent, fer- 
vent, and importunate. Ps. v. 3. My voice 
shalt thou hear in the morning, Lord, in the 
morning will I direct my prayer to thee, and 
will look up. 

Iv. 17. Evening and morning, and at noon, 
will I cry aloud ; and he shall hear my voice. 

lxxxvi. 3. Be merciful unto me. O Lord, 
for I cry unto thee daily. 

Ixxxviii. 1. O Lord God of my salvation, I 
have cried day and night before thee.- Ver. 9. 
I have called daily upon thee. 

Ver. 13. Unto thee have I cried, Jjord ; 
in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. 

cxvi. 2. He hath inclined his ear unto me; 
therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. 
Ver. 13. 17. 

cxix. 147. I prevented the dawning of the 
morning, and cried unto thee. — Ver. 164. 
Seven times a day do I praise thee. 

Dan. vi. 10. Daniel kneeled upon his knees 
three times a day, and prayed and gave thanks. 
Ver. 11. 

Matt. xxvi. 41. Watch and pray, that ye 
enter not into temptation. 

Luke ii. 37. Anna served God, with fastings 
and prayers night and day. 1 Tim. v. 5. 

v. 33. The disciples of John fast often and 
make prayers. 

vi. 12. Jesus continued all night in prayer 
to God. 

xviii. 1. Jesus spake a parable that men 
ought always to pray, and not to faint. Ch. 
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Acts i. 1 4. The apostles continued with one 
accord in prayer and supplication. 

ii. 42. The primitive Christians continued 
steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellow- 
ship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. 

vi. 4. The apostles said, We will give our- 
selves continually to prayer and to the ministry 
of the word. 

x. 2. Cornelius prayed to God always. 
Ver. 31. 

xii. 5. Prayer was made without ceasing of 
the church for Peter. 

Rom. xii, 12. Continue instant in prayer. 
1 Thess. v. 17. Pray without ceasing. 

1 Cor. vii. 5. Give yourselves to fasting and 
prayer. 

Eph. vi. 18. Praying always, with all prayer 
and supplication in the Spirit, and watching 
thereunto with all perseverance and supplica- 
tion for all saints. 

Col. iv. 2. Continue in prayer, and watch 
in the same. 

1 Thess. iii. 10. Night and day praying ex- 
ceedingly. 

Heb. v. 7. In the days of his flesh Christ 
offered up prayers and supplications, with 
strong crying and tears, and was heard. 

1 Pet. iv. 7. The end of all things is at 
hand ; be ye therefore sober, and watch unto 
prayer. Eph. vi. 18. See more instances, 
1 Sam. i. 10, 12. Matt. xxvi. 44. 2 Cor. xii. 
7, 8, 9. 

CLXXIV. Prayers and tears. See Heb. 
v. 7, in the former section. 

2 Kings xx. 2, 3. Hezekiah prayed unto the 
Lord and wept sore. — Ver. 5. Thus saith the 
Lord to Hezekiah, I have heard thy prayer, I 
have seen thy tears : behold I will heal thee. 
Isa. xxxviii. 5. 

Jer. xxxi. 9. They shall come with weep- 
ing, and with supplications will I lead them ; 
I will cause them to walk in a straight way 
wherein they shall not stumble : for I am a 
father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born. 
Ver. 12. See Job xvi. 20. Ps. vi. 7, 8, 9.— 
xxxix. 12. — xlii. 3, 4. — lvi. 8, 9. Acts xx. 1 9. 

CLXXV. Private prayer. Matt. vi. 6. 
When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and 
when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy 
Father which is in secret, and thy Father 
which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 

xiv. 23. Jesus, when he had sent the mul- 
titudes away, went up unto a mountain to 
pray, and was there alone. Luke vi. 12. 

xxvi. 36. Jesus saith to his disciples, Sit ye 
here till I go and pray yonder. — Ver. 39. And 
he went a little farther, and fell on his face, 
and prayed. Ver. 42. 44. 

Mark i. 35. In the morning, Jesus rising up 



a great while before day, went out and depart- 
ed into a solitary place, and there prayed. 

Luke v. 16. Jesus withdrew himself into 
the wilderness, and prayed. Ch. ix. 18. 

Acts x. 9. Peter went up to the house top 
to pray. Ver. 30. 

CLXXVI. Public prayer, being a part of 
public worship. 1 Kings viii. 27. But will 
God indeed dwell on the earth 1 Behold the 
heaven, and the heaven of heavens cannot 
contain thee. 

Ver. 28 — 30. Yet have thou respect unto 
the prayer of thy servant: that thine eyes 
may be open toward this house night and 
day, even toward the place of which thou 
hast said, My name shall be there. Hearken 
unto the supplication of thy servant, and of 
thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward 
this place ; and hear thou in heaven, and for- 
give. 

2 Chron. vii. 12. I have chosen this place 
to myself, for a house of sacrifice. — Ver. 15. 
Mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent 
unto the prayer that is made in this place. 

Ps. Ixxxvii. 2. The Lord loveth the gates 
of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 

cxvi. 18, 19. I will pay my vows unto the 
Lord in the presence of all his people, in the 
courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of 
thee, O Jerusalem. 

Isa. lvi. 7. I will make them joyful in my 
house of prayer ; their burnt-offerings and 
their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine 
altar : for my house shall be called a house 
of prayer for all people. 

Zech. viii. 21. Let us go speedily to pray 
before the Lord. 

Joel i. 14. Call an assembly, gather the 
elders, and call the inhabitants of the land, 
unto the house of the Lord your God, and 
cry unto the Lord. Ver. 19. Neh. xi. 17. 

ii. 15 — 17. Sanctify a fast, call a solemn 
assembly. Gather the people, sanctify the 
congregation, assemble the elders, gather the 
children and those that suck the breasts. Let 
the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep 
between the porch and the altar, and let them 
say, Spare thy people, O Lord. 

Matt, xviii. 19. If two of you shall agree 
on earth as touching any thing that they shall 
ask, it shall be done for them of my Father 
which is in heaven. Ver. 20. For where two 
or three are gathered together in my name, 
there am I in the midst of them. 

Heb. x. 25. Not forsaking the assembling 
of ourselves together as the manner of some 
is. See instances, Luke i. 10. Acts i. 14. — 
ii. 4. 46.— iii. 1.— xvi. 13. 

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tvords or expressions to be used in prayer. 
Eccl. v. 1,2. Keep thy foot when thou goest 
to the house of God, and be more ready to 
hear than to give the sacrifice of fools. Be 
not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy 
heart be hasty to utter any thing before God ; 
for God is in heaven and thou upon earth ; 
therefore let thy words be few. 

Hos. xiv. 2. Take with you words, and 
turn to the Lord, and say unto him, Take 
away all iniquity, and receive us graciously ; 
so will we render the calves of our lips. 

Matt. vi. 7. Use not vain repetitions as the 
heathen do. See 1 Kings xviii. 26, 27. 

1 Cor. xiv. 14. If I pray in an unknown 
tongue my understanding is unfruitful. — Ver. 
19. In the church I had rather speak five 
words with my understanding, that by my 
voice I might teach others, than ten thousand 
words in an unknown tongue. 

CLXXVIII. Of the gestures of body used 
in prayer. The hands lifted up, spread 
abroad, spread forth : so prayed Moses, Exod. 
ix. 29. David, Ps. lxiii. 4. Solomon, 1 Kings 
viii. 22. The church, Isa. i. 15. 

Standing: so prayed Phinehas, Judg. xx. 
28. Solomon, 1 Kings viii. 22. The humble 
publican, Luke xviii. 11. 13. 

Kneeling : so prayed Solomon, 2 Chron. vi. 
13. Jesus Christ, Luke xxii. 41. Saint Paul, 
Acts xx. 36. — xxi. 5. Daniel, Dan. vi. 10. 
Stephen, Acts vii. 60. Peter, Acts ix. 40. 
See Ps. xcv. 6. 

Falling on the face: so prayed Moses, Deut. 
ix. 18. 25. David and the elders, 1 Chron. 
xxi. 16. Job, Job i. 20. Ezekiel, Ezek. ix. 
8. Jesus Christ, Matt. xxvi. 39. 

Sitting: so prayed David, 2 Sam. vii. 18. 
Nehemiah, Neh. i. 4. 

Head uncovered, 1 Cor. xi. 4. 

CLXXIX. The things to be prayed for, 
being as numerous and various as the gifts 
of God for the supply of the wants of man, 
spiritual and temporal, they cannot be fully 
exhibited under this head. However, a few 
of the principal of them may be set forth in 
the following order. 

CLXXX. The Lord's prayer as to words, 
matter and method, affords a good, though 
brief model of things to be prayed for. Matt, 
vi. 9. After this manner pray ye, Our Father 
which art in heaven, &c. 

CLXXXI. Spiritual blessings; ivisdom 
and grace to be asked. Ps. xc. 12. So teach 
us to number our days, that we may apply 
our hearts to wisdom. James i. 5. If any lack 
wisdom, let him ask of God, and it shall be 
given him. 



2 Chron. i. 10, 11, 12. See Solomon* 
prayer for wisdom accepted. 

Matt. vi. 33. Seek ye first the kingdom of 
God, and his righteousness. 

Luke xi. 13. If ye know how to give good 
gifts unto your children, how much more shall 
your heavenly Father give the holy Spirit to 
them that ask him ! Matt. vii. 1 1. 

1 Cor. xii. 31. Covet earnestly the best 
gifts. 

xiv. 1. Desire spiritual gifts. 

Col. iii. 1, 2. Seek those things which are 
above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand 
of God. Set your affection on things above, 
not on things on earth. Heb. iv. 1 6. Let us 
come boldly to the throne of grace, that we 
may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in 
time of need. 

CLXXXII. For such earthly things as are 
agreeable to God's will, and with submission 
to it. Example. Luke xxii. 42. Jesus 
prayed, Father, if thou be willing, remove this 
cup from me: nevertheless not my will but 
thine be done. Matt. xxvi. 39. Not as I will, 
but as thou wilt. 

1 John v. 14. If we ask any thing accord- 
ing to his will he heareth us. Ver. 15. See 
2 Sam. vii. 27. 

James iv. 3. Ye ask and receive not, be- 
cause ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it 
upon your lusts. 

CLXXXIII. For daily bread. Matt. vi. 
1 1. Give us this day our daily bread. 

1 Tim.iv. 5. Every creature of God is good ; 
it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. 
See 1 Kings viii. 37, 38. 2 Chron. vii. 13. 

CLXXXIV. For health and deliverance 
from sickness. 2 Kings xx. 2. Hezekiah 
prayed to the Lord in his sickness. — Ver. 5. 
Thus saith the Lord [to him], I have heard 
thy prayer, I have seen thy tears ; I will heal 
thee. (Isa. xxxviii. 1.) Ver. 7. Isaiah said, 
Take a lump of figs — and they took, and laid 
it on the boil, and he recovered. 

Job xxxiv. 28. God heareth the cry of the 
afflicted. Isa. xxvi. 16. 

Acts xxviii. 8. Publius lay sick of a fever, 
to whom Paul entered in and prayed, and laid 
his hands on him, and healed him. 

James v. 13 — 15. Is any among you afflict- 
ed 1 let him pray. Is any sick ] let him send 
for the elders of the church, and let them 
pray over him ; And the prayer of faith shall 
save the sick. 

2 Chron. xvi. 12. Asa in his disease sought 
not to the Lord, but to the physicians. 

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Ps. xxxiv. 6. This poor man cried ; the Lord 
heard, and saved him out of all his troubles. 

Ixxii. 12. God shall deliver the needy when 
he crieth, the poor also, and him that hath no 
helper. Job xxxiv. 28. 

cii. 1 7. The Lord will regard the prayer of 
the destitute, and not despise their prayer. 

See Prayers for deliverance from enemies; 
for Deliverance from trouble. 

CLXXXVI. Intercessory prayer, or prayer 
for others. , 

CLXXXVII. For whom we ought to pray. 
1 Tim. ii. 1. I exhort that supplications, 
prayers and intercessions, and giving of 
thanks, be made for all men. 

CLXXXVIII. For the church of God. 
Ps. cxxii. 6. Pray for the peace of Jerusa- 
lem : they shall prosper that love thee. 

Isa. lxii. 6, 7. Ye that make mention of the 
Lord, keep not silence. Give him no rest till 
he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a 
praise in the earth. 

Matt. ix. 38. Pray ye the Lord of the har- 
vest, that he will send forth labourers into his 
harvest. 

Eph. vi. 18. Praying always, with all prayer 
and supplication for all saints. 

James v. 16. Pray one for another. 

1 John v. 16. Pray for a brother that sin- 
neth. 

CLXXXLX. Instances of such prayers. 
Ps. Ii. 18. Do good in thy good pleasure to 
Zion : build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 

lxxx. 14. Return, we beseech thee, God 
of hosts ; look down from heaven, and behold 
and visit this thy vine. 

cxviii. 25. Lord, I beseech thee, send pros- 
perity. 

cxxii. 7. Peace be within thy walls, and 
prosperity within thy palaces. 

cxxxii. 9. Let thy priests be clothed with 
righteousness, and let thy saints shout for joy. 
— Ver. 16. I will also clothe her priests with 
salvation, and her saints shall shout aloud for 

joy- 
Amos vii. 2. Lord God, forgive, I beseech 
thee: by whom shall Jacob arise, for he is 



Hab. iii. 2. O Lord revive thy work in the 
midst of the years, in the midst of the years 
made known ; in wrath remember mercy. 

Matt. vi. 10. Thy kingdom come; thy will 
be done on earth, &c. 

See in Command. 5th, the duties of minis- 
ters and people, &c. to pray one for another, 
&c. 

CXC. For enemies. Jer. xxix. 7. Seek the 



peace of the city whither I have caused you to 
be carried away captives, and pray unto the 
Lord for it. Ezra vi. 10. 

Matt. v. 44. Pray for them that despitefully 
use you, and persecute you. 

CXCI. Instances of such prayers. Luke 
xxiii. 34. Jesus upon the cross prayed for his 
persecutors, saying, Father, forgive them ; for 
they know not what they do. 

Acts vii. 60. Stephen prayed for them that 
put him to death, saying, Lord, lay not this sin 
to their charge. 

2 Tim. iv. 1 6. Paul, being forsaken by Chris- 
tians in his distress, said, I pray God that it 
may not be laid to their charge. 

See more instances of such prayers : Abra 
ham for Abimelech, Gen. xx. 7. 14. 17. Moses 
for Pharaoh, Exod. viii. 8.— ix. 28.— x. 18. 
Job for those who wronged him, Job xlii. 8, 9. 
David for his enemies, Ps. xxxv. 12, 13, 14. — 
cxli. 5. 

CXCII. Motives to prayer. It is a com- 
manded duty. Ezek. xxxvi. 37. Thus saith 
the Lord, I will be inquired of by the house of 
Israel. 

Matt. vii. 7. Ask and ye shall receive, seek 
and ye shall find, &c. John xvi. 24. 

Phil. iv. 6. Be careful for nothing ; but in 
every thing by prayer and supplication, with 
thanksgiving, let your requests be made known 
to God. 

James iv. 8. Draw nigh to God, and he will 
draw nigh to you. 

CXCIII. God promiseth that he will hear 
prayer. Deut. iv. 7. What nation hath God 
so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is, in 
all things that we call upon him for ! 

Ps. lxv. 2. Thou that hearest prayer, unto 
thee shall all flesh come. 

Ixxxvi. 5. Thou art good, and ready to for- 
give, arid plenteous in mercy to all that call 
upon thee. Rom. x. 12. 

Isa. xxx. 1 9. He will be gracious ; at the 
voice of thy cry he will answer thee. 

lxv. 24. Before they call I will answer ; while 
they are yet speaking, I will hear, saith the Lord. 

Jer. xxix. 12. Ye shall go and pray unto me, 
and I will hearken unto you. 

xxxiii. 3. Thus saith the Lord, Call upon 
me, and I will answer thee. 

Joel ii. 32. Whosoever shall call on the name 
of the Lord, shall be delivered. Rom. x. 13. 

Zech. xiii. 9. They shall call on my name, 
and I will hear them. 

Matt. vii. 8. Every one that asketh receiveth. 
Ver. 11. 

Rom. x. 12. The Lord is rich in mercy to 
all that call upon him. See Rev. v. 8.- viii 



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3, 4.— Exod. xxii. 23. 27. 2 Chron. vii. 14, 
&c. 

See the Qualifications of those whose pray- 
ers shall be heard, for to them the above pro- 
mises do belong. 

CXCIV. Declarations of God that he hath 
heard prayer. 1 Kings ix. 3. The Lord said 
to Solomon, I have heard thy prayer. See 2 
Kings xx. 5. 2 Chron. vii. 12. Isa. xxxviii. 5. 

2 Kings xix. 20. Thus saith the Lord to 
Hezekiah, That which thou hast prayed against 
the king of Assyria, I have heard. Ch. xxii. 
19. 2 Chron. xxxiv. 27. 

Isa. xlix. 8. In an acceptable time I have 
heard thee. 

CXCV. The testimony of God's people that 
their prayers were heard. Deut. ix. 19. Moses 
said, The Lord hearkened to me. Ch. x. 10. 

xxvi. 7. We cried unto the Lord God of our 
fathers ; the Lord heard our voice, and looked 
on our affliction and our labour and our op- 
pression. Numb. xx. 16. 

2 Sam. xxii. 7. In my distress I called upon 
the Lord, and cried to my God : he heard my 
voice out of his holy temple, and my cry did 
enter into his ears. Ps. iii. 4. — xviii. 6. 

Ps. vi. 9. The Lord hath heard my suppli- 
cation, the Lord will receive my prayer. Ver. 
8. Ps. xxviii. 6. — xxxi. 22. 

xxii. 21. Thou hast heard me. Ver. 24. 
Ps. xl. 1. — cxviii. 21, — cxx. I. 

xxxiv. 4. I sought the Lord ; he heard me 
and delivered me from all my fears. Ps. lxi. 
5. — Ixvi. 19. — Ixxvii. 1. — cxvi. 1 to 4. — cxix. 
26. Lam. iii. 56. 

Jonah ii. 2. Out of the belly of hell I cried, 
and thou heardest my voice. 

John xi. 41. Jesus said, Father, I thank thee 
that thou hast heard me. 

CXC VI. Their confident expectations that 
*heir prayers shall be heard. Ps. iv. 3. The 
Lord will hear when I call on him. 

x. 17. Lord, thou wilt cause thine ear to 
"hear. 

xvii. 6. Thou wilt hear me, God. Ps. 
xxxviii. 15. 

Iv. 17. I will pray and cry aloud, and he 
shall hear my voice. 

CXCVIL Their entreaties that they may 
be heard. 2 Kings xix. 16. O Lord, bow down 
thine ear and hear, &c. 

2 Chron. vi. 40. O God, I beseech thee, let 
thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent 
to the prayer that is made in this place. 1 
Kings viii. 30. 50. Neh. i. 6. 11. Ps. cxxx. 2. 

Ps. v. 1. Give ear unto my words, O Lord. 
Ps. liv. 2. 



xvii. 1. 6. O God, incline thine ear unto 
me. Ps.lv. 1. — lxxi. 2. — lxxxvi. 6. — Ixxxviii, 
2. Isa. xxxvii. 17. Dan. ix. 18. 

xxxix. 12. Hear my prayer ; give ear to my 
cry. Ps. lxxxiv. 8. — cxli. 1. — cxliii 1. 

iv. 1. Hear my prayer. Ps. xiii. 3. — xx. 9. 
— xxvii. 7. — xxx. 10. — xxxviii. 16. — liv. 2. — 
lv. 2. — lx. 5. — lxi. 1. — lxix. 13. — lxxxiv. 8. 
— cii. 1. 20. — cxli. 2. — cxliii. 1. Neh. iv. 
4. Dan.ix. 19. 

CXC VIII. Their grief at not being an- 
swered. Job xix. 7. I cry, but am not heard. 
Ch. xxx. 20. 

Ps. xxii. 2. I cry, but thou hearest not. 

Hab. i. 2. How long shall I cry, and thou 
wilt not hear 1 

CXCIX. Of the efficacy of prayer. Mira- 
cles wrought by it. Bitter waters made sweet, 
Exod. xv. 25. Waters brought out of a rock, 
ch. xvii. 4. 6. The sun and moon made to 
stand still, Josh. x. 12, 13. The shadow made 
to return backwards on a sun-dial, 2 Kings xx. 
] 1. The dead raised to life, 1 Kings xvii. 21, 

22. 2 Kings iv. 32. 35. Acts ix. 37. 40. Jo- 
nah delivered from the fish, Jonah ii. 1.10. 
Rain withheld and given, James v. 17, 18. 1 
Kings xvii. 1. — xviii. 42. 45. Devils cast out 
by prayer and fasting, Matt. xvii. 21. 

CC. Armies of enemies defeated, and God's 
people delivered upon their prayer. Exod. ii. 

23. The children of Israel (in Egypt) sighed 
by reason of their bondage, and they cried, and 
their cry came up to God. Ch. iii. 7. 9. Numb, 
xx. 15, 16. 

xiv. 9, 10. The Egyptians pursued after 
Israel and overtook them. And they were sore 
afraid, and cried unto the Lord. — Ver. 30. And 
the Lord saved Israel out of the hand of the 
Egyptians. Josh. xxiv. 7. Ps. cvi. 44. — cvii. 
throughout. 

Judg. iv. 13, 14, 15. Israel delivered from 
Jabin, and Sisera his captain. 

Judg. x. 6 to 16. Ch. xi. 33. 1 Sam. vii. 8. 
10, 11. Israel delivered from the Philistines. 

2 Kings xiii. 4, 5. Delivered from the Sy- 
rians. Ch. v. vi. xviii. 

2 Chron. xiii. 14, 15. Delivered from Jero- 
boam. 

2 Chron. xiv. 2 to 12. Delivered from the 
Ethiopians. 

2 Chron. xxxii. 20, 22. Delivered from the 
Assyrian army. 2 Kings xix. 35. See Pray- 
er with humility, confession and turning 
from sin. See also Prayers of kings and 
prophets, Command. 5th, which afford in- 
stances of prayer prevailing for deliverance 
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CCL Prayers against evil from enemies. 
Deut. xxxiii. 7. Be thou a help to Judah from 
his enemies. 

Ps. iii. 1. Lord, how are they increased that 
trouble me ! — Ver. 4. I cried unto the Lord, 
and he heard me. 

v. 8. Lead me, Lord, in thy righteous- 
ness, because of mine enemies. 

vi. 7. Mine eye is consumed because of 
grief • it waxeth old because of all mine ene- 
mies. — Ver 10. Let them be ashamed. 

vii. 6. Lift up thyself because of the rage of 
mine enemies. 

xvii. 9. Keep me from my deadly enemies. 

xviii. 3. I will call upon the Lord ; so 
shall I be saved from mine enemies. Ver. 
4, 5, 6. 40. 

xx vii. 11, 12. Teach me thy way, Lord, 
and lead me in a plain path, because of mine 
enemies. Deliver me not over to the will of 
mine enemies. 

xxx. 1. Thou hast not made my foes to re- 
joice over me : I cried unto the Lord. Ver. 
8. — Lord, be thou mine helper. Ver. 10. 

xxxi. 11. I was a reproach among all mine 
enemies. Ver. 15. 18. Ps. xxxviii. 19. 21. — 
xli. 5. I said unto the Lord, Deliver me from 
the hand of mine enemies. 

xliv. 4. O God, command deliverances for 
Jacob. Ver. 5. 23. 

lv. 1. 3. Give ear unto my prayer, O God; 
because of the voice of the enemy. — Ver. 18. 
He hath delivered my soul from battle that 
was against me. 

lvi. 9. When I cry unto thee, then shall 
mine enemies turn back. 

lix. 1. Deliver me from mine enemies, 
my God. Ps. cxliii. 9. 

cxliii. 1. 3. Hear my prayer, for the enemy 
hath persecuted my soul. 

Acts iv. 18. The rulers of the Jews com- 
manded the apostles not to speak nor teach in 
the name of Jesus. — Ver. 29. The disciples 
prayed and said, Lord, behold their threaten- 
ings, and grant unto thy servants, that with 
boldness they may speak thy word. — Ver. 31. 
And when they had prayed, the place was 
shaken where they were assembled together, 
and they were all rilled with the Holy Ghost, 
and spake the word of God with boldness. 

Rev. vi. 9, 10. Under the altar in heaven, 
John saw the souls of them that were slain for 
the word of God, and for the testimony which 
they held. And they cried with a loud voice, 
saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost 
thou not judge and avenge our blood on them 
that dwell on the earth. See also, Ps. ix. 13. 
— x. 1. 12. — xiii. 2,3,4. — xxv. 2. 19.— xxxv. 
19.— xxxvi. 1 1.— xlii. 9, 10.— xliii. 2.— Ixi. 3. 
— lxiv. 1.— Ixvi. 12. 17. 19.— lxix. 12, 13. 18. 
— lxxi. 10. 12.— Ixxiv. 3. 10. 18.— lxxx. 6.— 
23 



lxxxiii. 16. — lxxxvi. 17. — lxxxix. 42. — cii. 8. 
— cix. 1. — cxix. 98. 157. — cxxxviii. 7. 

CCII. Prayer in trouble ,- instances thereof . 

Neh. ix. 32. O God, let not all the trouble 
seem little before thee, that hath come upon us. 

Ps. iv. 1. Hear me when I call, O God of 
my righteousness : thou hast enlarged me in 
distress. 

xx. 1. The Lord hear thee in the day of 
trouble. 

xxii. 11. Be not far from me, for trouble is 
near ; for there is none to help. 

xxv. 17. The troubles of my heart are en- 
larged : O bring thou me out of my distresses. 
—Ver. 22. Redeem Israel, O God, out of all 
his troubles. 

xxx. 7, 8. Thou didst hide thy face, and I 
was troubled ; I cried unto the Lord. Thou 
hast girded me with gladness. Ver. 11. 

xxxi. 9, 10. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, 
for I am in trouble. My life is spent with 
grief. 

xl. 1. I waited for the Lord : he brought me 
out of a horrible pit. Ver. 2. 

1. 15. Call upon me in the day of trouble, 
and I will deliver thee. 

Ix. 11. Give us help from trouble, for vain 
is the help of man. 

Ixi. 2. I will cry unto thee when my heart 
is overwhelmed. 

lxix. 17. Hide not thy face from thy ser- 
vant, for I am in trouble. 

lxxi. 20. Thou hast shewed me great and 
sore troubles : thou wilt quicken me again. 

lxxvii. 2. In the day of my trouble I sought 
the Lord.— Ver. 14. Thou art the God that 
doest wonders. 

lxxxi. 7. Thou calledst in trouble, and I de- 
livered thee. 

lxxxvi. 7. In the day of trouble I will call 
upon thee ; for thou wilt answer me. 

lxxxviii. 2. Let my prayer come before 
thee ; for I am full of trouble. — Ver. 3. 

xci. 15. He shall call upon me, I will an- 
swer him : I will be with him in trouble. 

cii. 2. Hide not thy face from me, in the 
day when I am in trouble. 

cvii. 6. They cried unto the Lord in their 
trouble, and he delivered them out of their dis- 
tresses. Ver. 13. 19. 28. 

cxvi. 3, 4. I found trouble and sorrow. 
Then called I on the name of the Lord : O 
Lord, I beseech thee deliver my soul. — Ver. 7. 
The Lord dealt bountifully with me. 

cxviii. 5. I called upon the Lord in distress, 
and the Lord answered me. 

cxx. 1. In my distress I cried unto the Lord, 
and he heard me. 

exxx. 1, 2. Out of the depths have I cried 
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thine ears be attentive to the voice of ray sup- 
plications. 

cxxxviii. 3. In the day when I cried thou 
answeredst me. — Ver. 7. Though I walk in 
the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me. — 
Ver. 8. Forsake not the works of thine own 
hands. 

cxlii. 2, 3. I poured out my complaint ; I 
shewed before him my trouble. When my 
spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou 
knewest my path. 

cxliii. 1 1 . For thy righteousness' sake, bring 
my soul out of trouble. 

Isa. xxvi. 16. Lord, in trouble have they 
visited thee; they poured out a prayer when 
thy chastening was upon them. 

xxxiii. 2. O Lord, be gracious unto us : be 
thou our salvation in time of trouble. 

Jer. xiv. 8. O the hope of Israel, the Sa- 
viour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest 
thou be as a stranger in the land 1 Ver. 20. 

Lam. iii. 55, 56. I called upon the name of 
the Lord, out of the low dungeon. Thou 
heardst my voice. 

Jonah i. 6. The ship-master in danger said 
unto Jonah, Arise and call upon thy God. 

CCIII. Of prayerless persons ,- or of not 
praying. Job xxi. 15. The wicked say, What 
is the Almighty, that we should serve him 1 
and what profit shall we have if we pray unto 
him ? Mai. iii. 14. 

xxx vi. 13. Hypocrites cry not when he 
bindeth them. 

Ps. x. 4. The wicked through the pride of 
his countenance will not seek after God : God 
is not in all his thoughts. 

xiv. 4. Have all the workers of iniquity no 
knowledge 1 who eat up my people as bread, 
and call not upon the Lord 1 Ps. liii. 4. 

Isa. xliii. 22. Thou hast not called upon 
me, Jacob ; thou hast been weary of me, O 
Israel, &c. — Ver, 28. Therefore have I pro- 
faned the princes of the sanctuary, and have 
given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to re- 
proaches. 

Jer. x. 25. Pour out thy fury upon the 
heathen that know thee not, and upon the fa- 
milies that call not on thy name, Ps. lxxix. 6. 

Dan. ix. 13, 14. All this evil is come upon 
us, yet made we not our prayer before the 
Lord our God ; that we might turn from our 
iniquities, and understand thy truth. There- 
fore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and 
brought it upon us. 

Hos. vii. 7. There is none among them that 
calleth unto me. 

Ver. 13, 14, Woe unto them, for they have 
fled from me. They have not cried unto me, 
\vhen they howled upon their beds. 

Zeph. i. 4. 6, I will cut off them that turned 



back from the Lord, and those that have not 
sought the Lord, nor inquired for him. 

James iv. 2. Ye have not, because ye ask 
not. 

CCIV. The prayers of hypocrites. Ps. 
lxxviii. 34. When God slew them, then they 
sought him, and inquired early after God.— 
Ver. 36, 37. Nevertheless they flattered him 
with their mouth : Their heart was not right 
with him. Ps. 1. 16. 

Ezek. xxxiii. 31. With their mouth they 
shew much love, but their heart goeth after 
their covetousness. Isa. xxix. 13. Jer. xii. 2. 

Matt. vi. 5. When thou prayest, thou shalt 
not be as the hypocrites are ; for they love to 
pray standing in the synagogues, and in the 
corners of the streets, that they may be seen 
of men. 

xv. 8, 9. This people draweth nigh unto me 
with their mouth, and honoureth me with their 
lips, but their hearts are far from me. In vain 
do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the 
commandments of men. 

xxiii. 14. Woe unto you hypocrites, for ye 
devour widows' houses, and for a pretence 
make long prayers. Mark xii. 40. 

CCV. Prayers of the wicked not acceptable 
to God. Job xxxv. 13. God will not hear 
vanity. 

Ps. lxvi. 18. If I regard iniquity in my 
heart, the Lord will not hear me. 

cix. 7. Let the prayer of the wicked become 
sin. 

Prov. i. 27, 28. When distress and anguish 
cometh, then shall they call upon me, but I 
will not answer ; they shall seek me early, but 
they shall not find me. — Ver. 29. For that 
they hated knowledge, and did not choose the 
fear of the Lord. 

xv. 8. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abo- 
mination to the Lord. Ch. xxi. 27. 

Isa. i. 4. Ah ! sinful nation, a people laden 
with iniquity. — Ver. 11. To what purpose is 
the multitude of your sacrifices to me, saith 
the Lord? — Ver. 15. When ye spread forth 
your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you ; 
when ye make many prayers I will not hear : 
your hands are full of blood. 

lix. 1, 2. The Lord's hand is not shortened 
that it cannot save, nor his ear heavy that it 
cannot hear: But your iniquities have sepa- 
rated between you and your God, and your 
sins have hid his face from you, that he will 
not hear. Isa. lxvi. 3. 

Jer. vi. 19, 20. Behold I will bring evil 
upon this people, even the fruit of their 
thoughts; because they have not hearkened 
unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected 
it. Your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, 



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nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. Ch. vii. 
20, 21, 22. Amos v. 22, 23. 

xi. 10, 11. They are turned back to the 
iniquities of their forefathers, which refused 
to hear my words. Therefore thus saith the 
Lord, I will bring evil upon them, and though 
they cry unto me I will not hearken unto 
them. 

"Vt 14. Pray not thou for this people, 
neither lift up a cry nor a prayer for them ; 
for I will not hear them in the time that they 
cry unto me for their trouble. See Ch. xiv. 
11, 12. Ezek. viii. 18. Mic. iii. 4. Zech. 
vii. 13. Job xxvii. 9. Lam. iii. 42. 44. 
Matt. xv. 8, 9. John ix. 31. 

The prayers of the wicked answered with 
reproofs and threatenings. Ps. 1. 16. Jer. 
xxxii. 16 to 25. 44.— xxxvii. 3 to 6.— xlii. 2 
to 9. Zech. vii. 2. 4 to 14. 



OF PRAISING GOD. 

CCVI. Praise and thanks due unto God, 
and required by him from the righteous. 
Exod. xv. 11. Who is like unto thee, Lord, 
glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing 
wonders 1 

1 Chron. xvi. 25. Great is the Lord, and 
greatly to be praised. Ps. xlviii. 1. 

Ps. xlvii. 7. God is King of all the earth ; 
sing ye praises with understanding. 

1. 14. Offer unto God thanksgiving, and 
pay thy vows to the most High. — Ver. 23. 
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me. 

lxvi. 2. Sing forth the honour of his name ; 
make his praise glorious. — Ver. 4. All the 
earth shall sing to thy name. 

lxviii. 4. Sing unto God ; sing praises to 
his name ; extol him that rideth upon the 
heavens by his name Jah. — Ver. 32. Sing 
unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth. 

Ixix. 30, 31. I will praise the name of God 
with a song; I will magnify him with thanks- 
giving. This shall please the Lord better 
than an ox or bullock. 

xcii. 1,2. It is a good thing to give thanks 
unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy 
name, 6 Most High. To shew forth thy 
loving-kindness every morning, and thy faith- 
fulness every night. Ps. cxxxv. 3. 

xcvi. 2. Sing unto the Lord, bless his name, 
shew forth his salvation from day to day. 

cvii. 22. Let them sacrifice the sacrifices 
of thanksgiving, and declare his works with 
rejoicing. 

cxlv. 3. Great is the Lord, and greatly to 
be praised ; his greatness is unsearchable. Ps. 
Xcvi. 4. 

cl. 6. Let every thing that hath breath 
praise the Lord. 



Isa. xlii. 8. My glory will I not give to an- 
other, nor my praise to graven images. 

Ver. 10. Sing unto the Lord a new song, 
and his praise from the end of the earth. Ch. 
xliii. 21. Jer. xx. 13. 

Phil. iv. 6. In every thing, by prayer and 
supplication, with thanksgiving, let your re- 
quests be made known to God. 

Col. ii. 7. Abounding in faith, with thanks- 
giving. 

iii. 15. Let the peace of God rule in your 
hearts, to which ye are called ; and be ye 
thankful. 

1 Pet. ii. 9. Ye are a chosen generation, to 
shew forth the praises of him that called you. 

PRAISE. 

CCVII. Praises from the wicked unac- 
ceptable to God. Amos iv. 2. The Lord will 
take you away with hooks. — Ver. 5. Offer a 
thanksgiving with leaven : for this liketh you. 
— Ver. 6. I have given you cleanness of teeth, 
and want of bread, &c. 

v. 22. Though ye offer burnt-offerings and 
meat-offerings, I will not accept them. — Ver. 
24. But let judgment run down like waters, 
&c. 

Luke xviii. 11. The Pharisee said, God, I 
thank thee, that I am not as other men : — yet 
he went not to his house justified. 

CCVIII. The wicked unthankful. Roro. 
i. 21. When they knew God they glorified 
him not as God, neither were thankful. 

2 Tim. iii. 2. Men shall be lovers of their 
own selves, &c. unthankful, unholy. 

CCIX. Praise must be frequent. Ps. 
xxxiv. 1. I will bless the Lord at all times; 
his praise shall be continually in my mouth. 

xxxv. 28. My tongue shall speak of thy 
righteousness, and of thy praise all the day 
long. 

lxiii. 4. I will bless thee while I live. 

cxi. 1. I will praise the Lord with my 
whole heart. Ps. cxxxviii. 1. 

cxix. 164. Seven times a day do I praise 
thee, because of thy righteous judgments. 

cxlv. 2. Every day will I bless thee, and 
will praise thy name for ever and ever. 

CCX. With sincerity. Ps. cxi. 1. I will 
praise the Lord with my whole heart. 

1 Cor. xiv. 15. I will sing with the spirit, 
and I will sing with the understanding. Ps. 
xlvii. 7. 

Eph. v. 19. Speaking to yourselves irj 
psalms and hymns, and spiritual songs, sing- 
ing and making melody in your hearts to the 
Lord. 



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Col. iii. 16. Singing with grace in your 
hearts to the Lord. 

CCXI. God prepareth his people for his 
praise, — or divine influences therefor. Ps. 
li. 15. O Lord, open thou my lips, and my 
mouth shall shew forth thy praise. 

cxix. 171. My lips shall utter praise when 
thou hast taught thy law to me. — Ver. 175. 
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee. 

Isa. xliii. 21. This people have I formed for 
myself; they shall shew forth my praise. 

lxi. 11. The Lord will cause righteousness 
and praise to spring forth. 

Jer. xiii. 11. I have caused to cleave unto 
me the whole house of Israel, and the whole 
house of Judah, saith the Lord, that they 
might be unto me for a people, and for a 
name, and for a praise, and for a glory ; but 
they would not hear. 

xxxiii. 8, 9. I will cleanse them from all 
their iniquity, and will pardon all their ini- 
quities, whereby they have sinned, and where- 
by they have transgressed against me. And 
it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise, 
and an honour before all nations of the earth. 
Ver. 11. 

Hos. xiv. 2. Take away all our iniquity, 
&c. so will we render the calves of our lips. 

Matt. xxi. 16. Out of the mouth of babes 
and sucklings thou hast perfected praise. Ps. 
viii. 2. 

CCXII. Thanking God through Christ. 
Rom. i. 8. I thank my God through Jesus 
Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken 
of through the whole world. 

vii. 24, 25. Who shall deliver me from the 
body of this death? I thank God through 
Jesus Christ our Lord ; — 1 Cor. xv. 57, who 
giveth us the victory : — 2 Cor. ii. 14, which 
cause th us to triumph in Christ. 

Phil. i. 11. The fruits of righteousness are 
by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of 
God. 

Heb. xiii. 15. By him let us offer the sa- 
crifice of praise to God continually, that is, 
the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name. 

Eph. v. 20. Give thanks always for all 
things unto God, and the Father, in the name 
of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

CCXIII. Praise is a part of public wor- 
ship. Ps. ix. II. Sing praises to the Lord, 
which dwelleth in Zion ; declare among the 
people his doings. — Ver. 13, 14. Have mercy 
upon me, O Lord, that I may shew forth thy 
praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. 

xxii. 22. In the midst of the congregation 
will I praise thee. — Ver. 25. My praise shall 
»e of thee in the great congregation. 



xxvi. 8. Lord, I have loved the habita- 
tion of thy house, and the place where thine 
honour dwelleth. Ver. 12. In the congrega- 
tions will I bless the Lord. 

xxvii. 4. One thing have I desired of the 
Lord, that will I seek after ; that I may 
dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of 
my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and 
inquire in his temple. — Ver. 6. I will offer in 
his tabernacle sacrifices of joy : I will sing 
praises unto the Lord. 

xxxv. 18. I will give thee thanks in the 
great congregation : I will praise thee among 
much people. 

xiii. 2. When shall I come and appear be- 
fore God ? — Ver. 5. I shall yet praise him. 

lvii. 9. I will praise thee among the people; 
I will sing unto thee among the nations. — 
Ver. 10. For thy mercy is great unto the hea- 
vens, and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. 
Ps. cviii. 3. — cix. 30. 

lxv. 1. Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in 
Zion. 

lxxxiv. 4. Blessed are they that dwell in 
thy house ; they will be still praising thee. 

Ixxxix. 5. The heavens shall praise thy 
wonders, Lord ; thy faithfulness also in the 
congregation of the saints. — Ver. 7. God is 
greatly to be feared in the assembly of the 
saints, and to be had in reverence of all that 
are about him. 

xcv. 2. Let us come before his presence with 
thanksgiving, &c. Ver. 3. 

c. 4. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and 
his courts with praise. 

cii. 21, 22. Declare the name of the Lord 
in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem ; when 
the people are gathered together to serve the 
Lord. 

cvii. 32. Let them exalt him in the congre- 
gation of the people, and praise him in the 
assembly of the elders. 

cxi. 1. I will praise the Lord in the assem- 
bly of the upright. 

cxvi. 18, 19. I will pay my vows unto the 
Lord in the presence of all his people, in the 
courts of the Lord's house. 

ex viii. 19. Open to me the gates of righteous- 
ness ; I will go into them, and I will praise the 
Lord. 

exxxiv. 2. Lift up your hands in the sanc- 
tuary, and bless the Lord. 

exxxv. 1 9. Bless the Lord, house of Israel ; 
Bless the Lord, house of Aaron. — Ver. 21. 
Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, which dwell- 
eth in Jerusalem : praise ye the Lord. 

exxxviii. 1. I will praise thee with my whole 
heart ; before the gods will I sing praise unto 
thee. See Neh. viii. 6.— ix. 5. Ps. cxlvii. 7. 
12.— cxlix. 1.— cl. I, 2. 6. Isa. lxiv. 11. Heb. 
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See regulations made for the order of pub- 
lic thanks arid praise. 1 Chron. xvi. 4. 7. — 
xxiii. 30. — xxix. 13 to 20. Ps. cv. 1. 2 Chron. 
v. 13. Neh. xi. 17.— xii. 8. 24, &c. 

CCXIV. Of singing the praises of God. 
Job xxxviii. 6, 7. When the foundations of the 
earth were laid, the morning stars sang to- 
gether, and all the sons of God shouted for joy. 

Ps. xiii. 6. 1 will sing unto the Lord, because 
he hath dealt bountifully with me. 

xviii. 49. I will give thanks unto thee, 
Lord, among the heathen, and sing praises unto 
thy name. Rom. xv. 19. 

xxi. 13. Be thou exalted in thine own 
strength, so will we sing and praise thy power. 
Ps. lix. 16, 17. 

xxx. 4. Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of 
his ; give thanks at the remembrance of his 
holiness. Ver. 12. Ps. vii. 17. 

xxxiii. 3. Sing unto him a new song ; play 
skilfully with a loud noise. 

li. 14. I will sing aloud of thy righteousness. 
Ver. 15. 

Ixvii. 4. O let the nations be glad and sing 
for joy. Ps. ix. 2. 11. — xlii. 4. — lxxxi. 1. — 
xcv. 1, 2. — xcvi. 1, 2. — xcviii. 8, 9. — c. 2. 

lxxxix. 1. I will sing of the mercies of the 
Lord for ever. Ps. lxi. 7, 8. — ci. 1. — cviii. 3. 

civ. 33. I will sing unto my God while I 
have being. Ps. lxxv. 9. — cxlvi. 2. Isa. 
xxxviii. 20. 

cv. 2. Sing psalms unto him ; talk of all his 
wondrous works. 

cxxxviii. 5. Kings of the earth shall sing in 
the ways of the Lord, for great is the glory of 
the Lord. 

cxlvii. 1. 7, 8, 9. Sing unto the Lord with 
thanksgiving ; who covereth the heaven with 
clouds, who giveth the beast his food. 

cxlix. 1. Sing unto the Lord a new song. 
Ps. cxliv. 9. 

Ver. 5, 6. Let the saints be joyful in glory ; 
let them sing aloud upon their beds. Let the 
high praises of God be in their mouth. 

Isa. xii. 5. Sing unto the Lord, for he hath 
done excellent things. 

xxi v. 14. They shall sing, for the majesty 
of the Lord. 

xxvi. 19. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in 
dust, for thy dew is as the dew of herbs. 

xxxv. 6. The tongue of the dumb shall 
sing. — Ver. 10. The ransomed of the Lord 
shali return and come to Zion with songs, and 
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads. Ch. 
li. 11. 

xlii. 10. Sing unto the Lord a new song, 
and his praise from the end of the earth. — Ver. 
12. Let them give glory to the Lord, and de- 
clare his praise in the islands. 

xlviii. 20. Go forth with the voice of sing- 



ing: the Lord hath redeemed his servant 
Jacob, 

xlix. 13. Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, 
O earth, for the Lord hath comforted his peo- 
ple. Ch. xliv. 23.— lii. 9.— lv. 12. Ps. cxxvi. 
1,2. 

Acts xvi. 25. At midnight Paul and Silas 
prayed, and sang praises to God in the prison. 

James v. 13. Is any merry ] let him sing 



CCXV. The subjects of praise and thanks 
to God are so many and various that they 
cannot be enumerated. Let therefore a brief 
view of the principal of them suffice, under 
the following heads, viz.: 

God's goodness and mercy — acts thereof 
towards mankind. Ps. xvi. 7. I will bless the 
Lord, who hath given me counsel. 

xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength and my 
shield, my heart trusted in him and I am help- 
ed : therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and 
with my song will I praise him. 

xxxiii. 2. Praise the Lord. — Ver. 5. The 
earth is full of his goodness. 

xlii. 5. I shall yet praise him for the help of 
his countenance. 

lvii. 9, 10. I will praise thee, O Lord, for 
thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy 
truth reacheth unto the clouds. Ps. cviii. 3, 4. 

lxiii. 3. Because thy loving-kindness is bet- 
ter than life, my lips shall praise thee. Ver. 5. 
Ps. cxxxviii. 1, 2. 

Ixvii. 1. God be merciful unto us, and bless 
us, and cause his face to shine upon us. — Ver. 
3. Let the people praise thee, O God. 

lxviii. 1 9. Blessed be the Lord, who daily 
loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our 
salvation. — Ver. 35. The God of Israel is he 
that giveth strength and power to his people : 
blessed be God. 

lxxi. 6. By thee have I been holden up from 
the womb ; thou art he that took me out of 
my mother's bowels. My praise shall be con- 
tinually of thee. — Ver. 14. I will hope con- 
tinually, and praise thee more and more. Ver. 
8. 23. 

Ixxxvi. 12, 13. I will praise thee, O Lord 
my God, with all my heart, and I will glorify 
thy name for evermore. For great is thy mer- 
cy toward me ; and thou hast delivered my 
soul from the lowest hell. 

lxxxix. 1. I will sing of the mercies of the 
Lord for ever. Ver. 2. 

c. 4, 5. Be thankful unto him, and bless 
his name. For the Lord is good ; his mercy 
is everlasting, and his truth endureth to all ge- 
nerations. Ps. cxvii. 1, 2. 

ciii. 2, 3. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and 
forget not all his benefits : Who forgiveth all 
thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases. 

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cvi. 1. Praise ye the Lord. give thanks 
unto the Lord, for he is good ; for his mercy en- 
dureth for ever. Ps. xlvii. — xlviii. — cvii. 1. 8. 
15. 21.31. 

Isa. xii. 2. The Lord Jehovah is my strength 
and my song ; he also is become my salvation. 
Ver. 4, 5. Praise the Lord, declare his doings 
among the people, make mention that his name 
is exalted. Sing unto the Lord, for he hath 
done excellent things. 

lxiii. 7. I will mention the loving-kindnesses 
of the Lord. &c. See also Ps. cxii. 1. 4. — 
cxv. 12. 18.— cxviii. 19. 21. 28, 29.— exxxiv. 
1, 2, 3.— exxxv. 2, 3. 19— 21.— exxxviii. 2. 4. 
— cxlv. 1. 8, 9.— cxlvi. 1. 8. 10.— cxlviii. 1. 7. 
14. Jer. xxxiii. 11. 

CCXVI. For Christ. Luke i. 68—70. 
Blessed be the God of Israel, for he hath visit- 
ed and redeemed his people ; and he hath 
raised up a horn of salvation for us ; as he 
spake by the mouth of his holy prophets. 

ii. 10, 11. The angel said, Behold, I bring 
you glad tidings of great joy. Unto you is 
born a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 
Isa. ix. 6. 

Ver. 13, 14. And suddenly there was with 
the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, 
praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the 
highest, and on earth peace, good-will toward 
men. 

Ver. 28—33. Simeon [at seeing Christ] 
blessed God : And said, Now lettest thou thy 
servant depart in peace ; for mine eyes have 
seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared 
before the face of all people; a light to lighten 
the gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. 
Ch. ii. 38.— xxiv. 52, 53. 

2 Cor. ix. 15. Thanks to God for his un- 
speakable gift. 

CCXVII. For blessings from God by and 
through Christ. 1 Cor. i. 4, 5. 7. I thank my 
God always on your behalf, for the grace of 
God which is given you by Jesus Christ ; that 
in every thing ye are enriched by him, so that 
ye come behind in no gift. 

xv. 57. Thanks to God who giveth us the 
victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 Cor. ii. 14. Thanks to God, who always 
causeth us to triumph in Christ. 

Eph. i. 3, 4. Blessed be the God and Father 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us 
with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places 
in Christ; according as he hath chosen us in 
him before the foundation of the world. — 
Ver. 6. And hath made us accepted in the 
beloved. 

1 Pet. i. 3, 4. Blessed be the God, and Fa- 
ther of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according 
*o his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again 



to a lively hope, fry the resurrection of Jesus 
Christ from the dead ; to an inheritance incor- 
ruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away, 
reserved in heaven for you. Rom. i. 8. — 
vii. 25. 

CCXVIII. For God's will revealed. Matt, 
xi. 25. Jesus said, I thank thee, O Father 
Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast 
hid these things from the wise and prudent, 
and hast revealed them unto babes. 

CCXIX. For the obedience and faith of 
Christians, as oiuing to God. Rom. vi. 17. 
God be thanked, ye have obeyed from the 
heart that form of doctrine which was deli- 
vered unto you. 

2 Cor. viii. 16. Thanks be to God, which 
put the same earnest care into the heart of 
Titus for you. 

Eph. i. 15, 16. After I heard of your faith 
in the Lord Jesus Christ, and love to all the 
saints, I cease not to give thanks for you, 
making mention of you in my prayers. 

Phil. i. 3. I thank God upon every remem- 
brance of you. 1 Cor. i. 4. 

Col. i. 3, 4. We give thanks to God, and 
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, since we 
heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the 
love which ye have to all the saints. 

1 Thess. ii. 13. We thank God without 
ceasing, because when ye received the word of 
God, ye received it not as the word of men, 
but (as it is in truth) the word of God. 

iii. 9. What thanks can we render to God 
for you, for the joy wherewith we joy for your 
sakes before God 1 

2 Thess. i. 3. We are bound to thank God 
always for you, brethren, because that your 
faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of 
every one of you toward each other aboundeth. 

1 Tim. i. 12. I thank Jesus our Lord, who 
hath enabled me, for that he counted me faith- 
ful, putting me into the ministry. 

2 Tim. i. 3. I thank God, whom I serve with 
a pure conscience, that without ceasing I have 
remembrance of thee in my prayers. 

God thanked for charitable contributions of 
saints to others in distress. 2 Cor. ix. 11. 

CCXX. For God's care of his church. Ps. 
ix. 11. Sing praises to the Lord which dwell- 
eth in Zion. — Ver. 15. The heathen are sunk 
down in the pit that they made. 

lxix. 30. I will praise the name of God with 
a song, and will magnify him with thanks- 
giving. — Ver. 35. For God will save Zion. 

cii. 1 6. When the Lord shall build up Zion, 
he shall appear in his glory. — Ver. 18. And 
the people that shall be created shall praise the 
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cxlvii. 1, 2. Praise the Lord — The Lord 
doth build up Jerusalem. — Ver. 12. Praise the 
Lord, Jerusalem ; praise thy God, O Zion. 
— For he hath strengthened the bars of thy 
gates, he hath blessed thy children within thee. 

Ver. 14. He makeih peace in thy borders, 
and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. 
Ps. cxlix. 1 to 6. See xlviii. 1. — cxlvi. 1. 7, 
8, 9, 10. Isa. xii. 1, 2.— li 3.— lx. 6. 8, 9.— 
lxiii. 7, 8, 9. Jer. xxx. 18, 19. Acts ii. 47. 

CCXXI. For God's great and marvellous 
works. Ps. xxvi. 7. That I may publish with 
the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy 
wondrous works. Ps. cxlv. 4. 10. 

Ixvi. 1 — 3. Make a joyful noise unto God, 
all ye lands. Sing forth the honour of his 
name • make his praise glorious. Say unto 
him, How terrible art thou in thy works ! 

Ixxv. 1. Unto thee, O God, we do give 
thanks : for that thy name is near, thy won- 
drous works declare. 

civ. 1. Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord 
my God, thou art very great : thou art clothed 
with honour and majesty. — Ver. 24. How 
manifold are thy works ! in wisdom thou hast 
made them all. 

cvii. 22. Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of 
thanksgiving, and declare his works with re- 
joicing. Ver. 8. 

cxi. I — 3. I will praise the Lord with my 
whole heart. The works of the Lord are great. 
His work is honourable and glorious. 

cxxxix. 14. I will praise thee, for I am fear- 
fully and wonderfully made : marvellous are 
thy works. Rev. xv. 3. 

cxlviii. 5. Praise the name of the Lord : for 
he commanded and they were created. 

cl. 1, 2. Praise the Lord. Praise him for 
his mighty acts : praise him according to his 
excellent greatness. — Ver. 6. Let every thing 
that hath breath praise the Lord. 

Isa. xlii. 12. Let them give glory to the 
Lord, and declare his praise in the islands. 
See Ps. ix. 1.— xl. 5.— lxviii. 4. 26. 33.— lxxiii. 
28. — lxxviii. 4. — lxxxvi. 8. — xcii. 5. — cv. 5. 

CCXXII. For God's marvellous acts upon 
the bodies and minds of men. Dan. iv. 34. 
37. Nebuchadnezzar praised God for being 
restored to the use of reason. 

Jonah ii. 8, 9. Jonah for his being delivered 
from the fish. 

Luke i. 64. Zacharias for his being restored 
to the use of his speech. 

xviii. 43. The blind for being restored to 
the use of sight. 

Acts iii. 6. The lame for being healed. 

Isa. xxxviii. 20. Hezekiah praised God for 
his recovery from sickness. See Ps. cxviii. 
19. SI. 



CCXXIII. For daily bread. Deut. viu. 
1 0. When thou hast eaten and art full, then 
thou shalt bless the Lord thy God. 

Isa. lxii. 9. They that have gathered in the 
corn and wine, shall eat and praise the Lord. 

Joel ii. 26. Ye shall eat in plenty, and be 
j satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your 
God, that hath dealt wondrously with you. 

Mark viii. 6. Jesus took the seven loaves, 
and gave thanks, John vi. 11. 23. 

Acts xxvii. 35. Paul took bread and gave 
thanks. 

Rom. xiv. 6. He that eateth to the Lord, 
giveth God thanks. 

1 Tim. iv. 3. Meats God hath created to be 
received with thanksgiving, of them that know 
the truth. — Ver. 4. Every creature of God is 
good, if it be received with thanksgiving. See 
1 Cor. x. 30, 31. 

CCXXIV. For deliverance from trouble 
and affliction. Ps. xxii. 23, 24. Ye that fear 
the Lord, praise him : all ye seed of Jacob, 
glorify him ; and fear him, all ye seed of Israel. 
For he hath not despised the affliction of the 
afflicted, neither hath he hid his face from him, 
but when he cried unto him he heard. 

xxx. 11, 12. Thou hast turned for me my 
mourning into dancing; thou hast put off my 
sackcloth and girded me with gladness. O 
Lord, my God, I will give thanks to thee for 
ever. 

xxxiv. 1. I will bless the Lord at all times, 
his praise shall be continually in my mouth. — 
Ver. 4. He delivered me from all my fears. 

xlii. 11. I shall praise him, who is the 
health of my countenance, and my God. Ps. 
xl. 3. 

liv. 6, 7. I will praise the Lord, for it is 
good. For he hath delivered me out of all 
trouble. 

lvi. 12, 13. I will render praise unto thee, 
for thou hast delivered my soul from death. 
Ps. cxvi. 8. 

Ixvi. 8, 9. O bless our God, ye people; 
make the voice of his praise to be heard. Who 
holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our 
feet to be moved. 

xcii. 1. Itis s a good thing to give thanks 
unto the Lord, and to sing praise unto the 
name of the Most High. Ver. 2, 3. 

Ver. 4. For thou Lord hast made me glad 
through thy work. See Ps. xxvi. 12. — xxxi. 
7. 21.— cxlii. 7.— cxliv. 7. 9. 

CCXXV. For deliverance from enemiet. 
Gen. xiv. 20. Melchizedek said to Abraham, 
Blessed be the most high God, that hath deli- 
vered thine enemies into thy hand. 

Exod. xviii. 10. Jethro said, Biessrd be the 
Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hand 



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of the Egyptians. See Exod. xv. 1 to 22. Ps. 
btxviii. 4. 12. 

Deut. x. 21. The Lord, he is thy praise ; he 
js thy God, which hath done for thee these 
great and terrible things, which thine eyes 
nave seen. 

2 Sam. xxii. 2. The Lord is my rock and 
my fortress, and my deliverer. (Ps. xviii. 2.) 
Ver. 47. Blessed be my rock, and exalted be 
the God of my salvation. 

1 Chron. xvi. 34. O give thanks unto the 
Lord, for he is good. Ps. cvii. 1. — cxviii. 1. 
— cxxxvi. 1. 

Ver. 35, 36. Say ye, Save us, O God of our 
salvation, and gather us together ; and deliver 
us from the heathen, that we may give thanks 
to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise. 
The people said, Amen, praised be the Lord. 

Ps. vii. 6. Arise, O Lord, lift up thyself, 
because of mine enemies. — Ver. 10. -My de- 
fence is of God, who saveth the upright in 
beart. — Ver. 17. I will praise the Lord ac- 
cording to his righteousness, and sing praise 
.o the name of the Most High. Ps. ix. 2. 

ix. i — 3. I will praise the Lord with my 
whole heart, and shew forth thy marvellous 
works. I will be glad and rejoice in thee. 
When mine enemies are turned back, they 
•hall fall and perish at thy presence. Ver. 
14. 

xxi. 8. Thy hand shall find out all thine 
enemies. — Ver. 13. Be thou exalted, Lord, in 
thine own strength; so will we sing and 
praise thy power. 

xxii. 20. Deliver my soul from the sword. 
— Ver. 25. My praise shall be of thee. Ps. 
xxxv. 18. 28. 

xxx. 1. I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou 
hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes 
to rejoice over me. — Ver. 12. I will give 
thanks unto thee for ever. 

xlii. 9. Why go I mourning because of the 
oppression of the enemy! — Ver. 11. O my 
soul, hope in God, for I shall yet praise him. 

xliii. 1. 4. O God, plead my cause against 
the ungodly — I will praise thee. 

xliv. 7, 8. Thou hast saved us from our 
enemies, and put them to shame that hated 
us. In God we boast all the day long ; and 
praise thy name for ever. 

lvi. 4. In God I will praise his word, in 
God I have put my trust. — Ver. 9. When I 
cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn 
back. 

lvii. 3. He shall send from heaven, and save 
me from the reproach of him that would 
swallow me up. — Ver. 5. Be thou exalted, 
Lord, above the heavens, and let thy glory be 
above the earth. — Ver. 7. I will sing and give 
praise. 

Ixi. 3. Thou hast been a shelter for me, a 



strong tower from the enemy. — Ver. 8. I will 
sing praise to thy name for ever. 

lxxi. 10. Mine enemies speak against me, 
and they that wait for my soul take counsel 
together, &c. — Ver. 22. I will praise thee, 
my God, O thou Holy One of Israel. — Ver. 
24. My tongue shall talk of thy righteousness 
all the day long; for they are brought into 
shame that seek my hurt. 

lxxix. 9. Help us, God of our salvation, 
for the glory of thy name. — Ver. 13. So we 
will give thee thanks for ever and ever, and 
will shew forth thy praise to all generations. 

xcviii. 2. The Lord hath made known his 
salvation ; his righteousness hath he openly 
shewed in the sight of the heathen. — Ver. 4. 
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the 
earth ; rejoice and sing praise. 

cxi. 6. He hath shewed his people the 
power of his works, that he may give them 
the heritage of the heathen. 

Ver. 9, 10. He sent redemption unto his 
people. His praise endureth for ever. 

cxxiv. 2. Men rose up against us. — Ver. 6. 
Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us a 
prey to their teeth. 

Rev. xix. 1, 2. I heard a great voice of much 
people in heaven, saying, Alleluia ; salvation, 
and glory, and honour, and power, unto the 
Lord our God : For true and righteous are his 
judgments ; for he hath judged the great 
whore, which did corrupt the earth with her 
fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his 
servants at her hand. See Exod. xv. 1. 
Compare Rev. xv. 2. Judg. v. 3. 2 Chron. 
xx. 22. 26. 28. Ps. xviii. 46.— xxviii. 6.— 
xli. 9. 13. — cvi. 12. — cxviii. 14, 15. — cxliv. 1, 
2. Isa. xxv. 1. 4. 



HONOURING GOD. 

CCXXVI. Honour due to God, and claim- 
ed by him. Mai. i. 6. A son honoureth his 
father, and a servant his master : if I then be 
a Father, where is mine honour ? if I be a 
Master, where is my fear 1 saith the Lord of 
hosts. John viii. 49. Jesus said, I honour 
my Father. 

1 Sam. ii. 30. The Lord saith, Them that 
honour me, I will honour. 

CCXXVII. God is to be honoured by acts 
of worship, praise and thanks. Ps. xxvi. 8. 
Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, 
and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 

lxvi. 2. Sing forth the honour of his name ; 
make his praise glorious. 

lxxi. 8. Let my mouth be filled with thy 
praise, and with thy honour all the day. 

xcvi. 6. Honour and majesty are before 



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him ; strength and beauty are in his sanc- 
tuary. 1 Chron. xvi. 27. 

civ. 1. Thou art clothed with honour and 
majesty. 

cxlv. 5. I will speak of the glorious honour 
of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. 

Isa. xliii. 20. The beast of the field shall 
honour me, the dragon, and the owls: Be- 
cause I give waters in the wilderness, and 
rivers in the desert, to give drink to my peo- 
ple, my chosen. 

Dan. iv. 37. I extol and honour the King 
of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his 
ways judgment. Ver. 34. 

i Tim. i. 17. To the only wise God, be 
honour and glory, &c. Ch. vi. 16. 

Rev. iv. 11. Thou art worthy, Lord, to 
receive glory, and honour, and power, &c. 
Ch vii. 12.— xix. i. 7. 

CCXXVin. By holiness of life. Jer. 
xxxiii. 8. I will (saith the Lord) cleanse them 
x from all their iniquity. 

Ver. 9. And it shall be to me a name of 
joy, a praise and an honour before all the na- 
tions of the earth. 

CCXXIX. By keeping the Sabbath. Isa. 
lviii. 13, 14. If thou turn away thy foot from 
the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my 
holy day, and call the Sabbath a Delight, the 
holy of the Lord, honourable ; and shalt ho- 
nour him ; not doing thine own ways, nor 
finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking 
thine own words: Then shalt thou delight 
thyself in the Lord ; and I will cause thee to 
ride upon the high places of the earth, and 
feed thee with the heritage of Jacob. 

CCXXX. By acts of charity and mercy 
to the poor. Prov. iii. 9, 10. Honour the 
Lord with thy substance, and with the first- 
fruits of all thine increase : so shall thy barns 
be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst 
out with new wine. 

xiv. 31. He that oppresseth the poor re- 
proacheth his Maker : but he that honoureth 
him hath mercy on the poor. Ver. 21. 



it. John v. 22, 23. The Father hath com- 
mitted all judgment unto the Son : that all 
men should honour the Son, even as they 
honour the Father. He that honoureth not 
the Son, honoureth not the Father that sent 
him. See Rev. v. 12, 13. The Father and 
Son honoured. 

viii. 54. Jesus said, It is, the Father that 
honoureth me. 

2 Pet. i. 1 7. He received from God the Fa- 
ther honour and glory, when there came such 
24 



a voice from the excellent glory, This is my 
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 
Matt. xvii. 5. 

For the honours due and paid to Christ by 
the church in heaven and upon earth, see 
Chap, concerning the Dignity and Offices of 
Jesus Christ. 

CCXXXII. The wicked dishonour God, 
and are punished. Isa. xxix. 13. This peo- 
ple draw near me with their mouth, and with 
their lips do honour me, but have removed 
their heart far from me . wo unto them. Ver. 
14. Ch. xliii. 23. 28.— lviii. 2. Matt. xv. 8. 
Rom. ii. 23. 

1 Sam. ii. 29. The Lord said to Eli, Where- 
fore honourest thou thy sons above me? to 
make yourselves fat with the choicest of the 
offerings of Israel ! — Ver. 36. It shall come 
to pass, that every one that is left in thy 
house, shall come and crouch to the priest for 
a piece of silver, and a morsel of bread, and 
shall say, Put me (I pray thee) into one of 
the priest's offices, that I may eat a piece of 
bread. 

Ver. 30. For them that honour me I will 
honour, and them that despise me shall be 
lightly esteemed. 

GLORIFYING GOD. 

CCXXXIII. To glorify God commanded. 
1 Sam. vi. 5. Ye shall give glory to the God 
of Israel. 1 Cor. vi. 20.— x. 31. 

Isa. xlix. 3. Thou art my servant, Israel, 
in whom I will be glorified. Ch. xliii. 7. 

CCXXXI V. Christ glorified God on earth. 
John xiii. 31. God is glorified in him. Ver. 32. 

xvii. 4. I have glorified thee on earth ; I 
have finished the work which thou gavest me 
to do. Ch. vii. 18. He sought God's glory. 

CCXXX V. Men glorify God by praise 
and thankfulness. 1 Chron. xvi. 28. Give 
unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the people, give 
unto the Lord glory and strength. Ver. 24. 

Ver. 29. Give unto the Lord, the glory due 
unto his name : come before him ; worship 
the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Ps. xxix. 
1, 2. 9.— xcvi. 3. 7, 8.— lxxii. 19. 

Ps. xxii. 23. Ye that fear the Lord, praise 
him ; all ye seed of Jacob, glorify him. 

1. 23. Whoso offereth praise, glorifieth me. 
Ver. 15. 

lxxxvi. 9. All nations whom thou hast made 
shall come and worship before thee, Lord, 
and shall glorify thy name. 

cxv. 1. Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us 
but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy 
and for thy truth's sake. Isa. xxv. 3. 4. 
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Isa xlii. 12. Let them give glory to the Lord, 
and declare his praise in the islands. Ch. 
xxxiv. 15. 

Luke ii. 20. The shepherds returned, glo- 
rifying and praising God. 

Acts xi. 1 8. The brethren glorified God for 
the conversion of the Gentiles. 

Gal. i. 24. The apostles glorified God, in 
Paul, for his conversion. Acts xxi. 20. 

CCXXXVI. By faith. Rom. iv.20. Abra- 
ham was strong in faith, giving glory to God. 

Eph. i. 12. We being predestinated, that 
we should be to the praise of his glory, who 
first trusted in Christ. Ver. 5, 6; 

Phil. ii. 11. Confess that Jesus Christ is 
Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 

CCXXXVII. By good works. Matt. v. 16. 
Let your light so shine before men, that they 
may see your good works, and glorify your 
Father which is in heaven. 1 Pet. ii. 12. 

John xv. 8. Herein is my Father glorified, 
that ye bear much fruit. 

Phil. i. II. Being filled with the fruits of 
righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto 
the glory and praise of God. 

CCXXXVIII. Various branches of duty 
whereby God is to be glorified. Josh. vii. 19. 
Joshua said to Achan, Give glory to the God 
of Israel, and make confession of thy secret 
sin. 

Hag. i. 7, 8. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, 
Bring wood and build the house, and I will 
take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified. 

John xxi. 19. This spake Jesus, signifying 
by what death Peter should glorify God. 

Rom. xv. 5, 6. Be ye like-minded one to- 
ward another ; that ye may with one mind, 
and with one mouth glorify God, even the 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 Cor. iv. 15. All things are for your sakes, 
that the abundant grace might, through the 
thanksgiving of many, redound to the glory of 
God. 

viii. 19. This grace [or gift to the poor 
saints] is administered by us to the glory of the 
same Lord. Ch. ix. 13. 

1 Pet. iv. 11. If any speak, let him speak as 
the oracles of God, that God in all things may 
be glorified through Jesus Christ. — "Ver. 16. 
If any suffer as a Christian, let him glorify 
God on this behalf. 

Rev, xiv. 7. Fear God, and give glory to 
him. Ch. xi. 13. — xv. 4. 

1 Cor. x. 31. Whether ye eat or drink, or 
whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 

CCXXXIX. Doxologics, or glory ascribed 
to God in worship. Lukeii. 14. Glory to God 



in the highest, and on earth, peace, good-wili 
toward men. 

Rom. xvi. 27. To God only wise be glory, 
through Jesus Christ, for ever. Amen. Jude 
25. 

Eph. iii. 21. Unto him be glory in the church 
by Jesus Christ, throughout all ages, world 
without end. Amen. Gal. i. 5. 

Phil. iv. 20. Now unto God and our Father, 
be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 

2 Tim. iv. 18. The Lord will preserve me 
unto his heavenly kingdom, to whom be glory 
for ever and ever. Amen. 

Heb. xiii. 20, 21. Now the God of peace, 
that brought again from the dead our Lord 
Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, 
through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 
make you perfect in every good work, to do 
his will ; working in you that which is well- 
pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ ; to 
whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 

1 Pet. v. 10, 11. The God of all grace, who 
hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ 
Jesus, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, 
settle you. To him be glory and dominion, 
for ever and ever. Amen. 

2 Pet. iii. 18. Grow in grace, and in the 
knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus 
Christ: to whom be glory both now and for 
ever. Amen. 

Rev. iv. 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to 
receive glory, and honour and power : for thou 
hast created all things, and for thy pleasure 
they are and were created. Rom. xi. 36. 

Rev. vii. 12. Blessing and glory, and wis- 
dom, and thanksgiving, and honour and power 
and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. 
Amen. 

Note. — The reader may observe in the above 
scriptures, that the things mentioned along 
with glory, are reasons for ascribing it to God ; 
also that glory is in some of them directly 
ascribed to Christ, and in others to God the 
Father through Christ. See Christ's glory be- 
fore and in his incarnation, and after it. Chap, 
upon the Dignity and Offices of Jesus Christ. 

CCXL. God is glorified in the restoration 
and prevalence of true religion among his 
people. Ps. lxxii. 19. Let the whole earth be 
filled with his glory. Ps. xcvii. 6. 

Isa. xliv. 23. The Lord hath redeemed Ja- 
cob, and glorified himself in Israel. Ch. xlix. 3. 

Ix. 1. The glory of the Lord is risen upor 
thee. — Ver. 21. Thy people shall be all right- 
eous, that I may be glorified. 

lxi. 3. To give unto them that mourn in 
Zion, beauty for ashes, &c. That they might 
be called trees of righteousness, the planting 
of the Lord, that he might be glorified. 

lxvi. 18. I will gather all nations and 



Chap. XIV. 



GODLINESS. 



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tongues, and they shall come and see my 
glory. 

Hab. ii. 14. The earth shall be filled with 
the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the 
waters cover the sea. 

Rom. xv. 7. Receive ye one another as 
Christ received us, to the glory of God. 

2 Cor. i. 20. All the promises of God in 
Christ are Yea, and in hina Amen, unto the 
glory of God. 

iv. 6. God hath shined in our hearts, to give 
the light of the knowledge of the glory of God 
in the face of Jesus Christ. 

Eph. i 6. God having predestinated us to 
the adoption of children, by Jesus Christ, to 
the praise of the glory of his grace. Ver. 12. 

See Christ's glory before his incarnation on 
earth, and after his resurrection. 

God glorified by those who saw miracles 
wrought by Christ's power ,- as, When the 
palsy was cured, Matt. ix. 8. — The dumb made 
to speak, Matt. xv. 31. — The dead raised to 
life, Luke vii. 16. — The lame healed, Luke 
xiii. 13. — Acts iv. 21. — The leper cleansed, 
Luke xvii. 15. — Sight given to the blind, Luke 
xvii. 43. — The appearances at Christ's birth, 
Luke ii. 20. — At his death, xxiii. 47. 

CCXLI. The wicked glorify not God, and 
are punished. Dan. v. 22. Thou hast not 
humbled thine heart. — Ver. 23. Daniel said to 
BeUhazzar, Thou hast lifted up thyself against 
the Lord of heaven, &c. and the God in whose 
hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, 
hast thou not glorified. — Ver. 26 — 28. God 
hath numbered thy kingdom. Thou art weigh- 
ed in the balance and art found wanting. Thy 
kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and 
Persians. 

Mai. ii. 2. If ye will not lay it to heart, to 
give glory to my name, saith the Lord of 
hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and 
I will curse your blessings. Jer. xiii. 16. 

Acts xii. 23. An angel smote Herod, be- 
cause he gave not God the glory ; and he was 
eaten of worms. 

Rom. i. 21. When they knew God, they 



glorified him not as God, neither were thankful. 
— Ver. 24. Wherefore God gave them up, &c. 

iii. 23. All have sinned and come short of 
the glory of God. 

Rev. xvi. 9. The men that were scorched 
with fire repented not to give glory to God. 

CCXLII. God is glorified in the destruc- 
tion of the wicked. Exod. xiv. 4. I will be 
honoured upon Pharaoh and his host. Ver. 
17, 18. 

Lev. x. 2, 3. There went out fire from the 
Lord, and devoured Nadab and Abihu. The 
Lord spake, saying, Before all the people will 
I be glorified. 

Isa. xx vi. 14, 15. Thou hast visited and de- 
stroyed them, and made all their memory to 
perish. O Lord, thou art glorified. 

Ezek. xxviii. 22. Thus saith the Lord God, 
Behold I am against thee, O Zidon, and I 
will be glorified in the midst of thee. Ch. 
xxxix. 11. 13. 

CCXLTII. Sanctifying God. Lev. x. 3. 
The Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in 
them that come nigh me, and before all the 
people I will be glorified. 

Isa. v. 16. God that is holy, shall be sanc- 
tified in righteousness. 

viii. 1 3. Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself, 
and let him be your fear, and let him be your 
dread. 

xxix. 23. They shall sanctify my name, and 
shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob. 

Ezek. xx. 41. I will be sanctified in you 
before the heathen. Ch. xxxvi. 23. — xxviii. 
25. — xxxix. 21. 

1 Pet. iii. 15. Sanctify the Lord God in your 
hearts. See Ezek. xxviii. 21. — xxxviii. 16. 

CCXLI V. Threats against those that sanc- 
tify not God. Numb. xx. 12. The Lord 
spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye be- 
lieved me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the 
children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring 
this congregation into the land which I have 
given them. Ch. xxvii. 14. Deut. xxxii. 51. 



CHAPTER XV. 

CHARACTERS GOOD AND BAD, WITH PROMISES AND THREATS. 



I. GODLINESS in heart and life. Ps. 
xxxii. 6. For this shall every godly one pray 
unto thee. 

2 Cor. i. 12. Our rejoicing is this, The 



testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity 
and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, 
but by the grace of God, we have had our 
conversation in the world. 



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RIGHTEOUSNESS. 



Chap. XV 



vii ). Ye were made sorry [for sin] after a 
godly manner. Ver. 10, 11. 

xi 2. Paul said, I am jealous over you with 
a godly jealousy. 

1 Tim. ii. 2. Pray that we may lead a quiet 
and peaceable life, in all godliness and ho- 
nesty. 

Ver. 10. Good works become women pro- 
fessing godliness. 

iv. 7. Exercise thyself unto godliness. 

vi. 11, 12. O man of God, follow after 
righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, 
meekness ; fight the good fight of faith. 

Tit. ii. 12. Denying ungodliness and worldly 
lusts, live soberly, righteously and godly, in 
the present world. 

Heb. xii. 28. Let us serve God, with rever- 
ence and godly fear. 

2 Pet. i. 6. Add to patience, godliness, &c. 
Ver. 7. 

iii. 11. What manner of persons ought ye 
to be, in all holy conversation and godliness 1 

II. Promises to the godly. Ps. iv. 3. The 
Lord hath set apart him that is godly for him- 
self. 

1 Tim. iv. 8. Godliness is profitable unto 
all things, having promise of the life that now 
is, and of that which is to come. 

vi. 6. Godliness with contentment is great 
gain. 

2 Pet. ii. 9. The Lord knoweth how to de- 
liver the godly out of temptations, and to 
reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment 
to be punished. 

III. Means of godliness given. Rom. xi. 
26. Christ shall turn away ungodliness from 
Jacob. 

1 Tim. iii. 16. The gospel contains the 
mystery of godliness. 

vi. 3. The gospel contains the doctrine 
which is according to godliness. 

Tit. i. I. The truth [in the gospel] is ac- 
cording to godliness. 

IV. Godliness misrepresented. 1 Tim. vi. 
5. Corrupt men suppose that gain is godliness. 

2 Tim. iii. 5. Hypocrites have a form of 
godliness, but deny the power thereof. 

V. The ungodly described by their practice. 
Ps. xviii. 4. Floods of ungodly men made me 
afraid. 

Prov. xvi. 27. An ungodly man diggeth up 
evil. 

xix. 28. An ungodly witness scorneth judg- 
ment. 

2 Tim. ii. 16. Vain babblings increase unto 
ungodliness. 

Jude 4. Ungodly men turn the grace of God 



into lasciviousness. — Ver. 18. They walk 
after their own ungodly lusts. 

VI. Threats against the ungodly. 2 Chron. 
xix. 2. Shouldst thou help the ungodly, and 
love them that hate the Lord ] therefore is 
wrath upon thee from the Lord. 

Ps. i. 1. Blessed is the man that walketh 
not in the counsel of the ungodly. 

Ver. 4 — 6. The ungodly are like the chaff 
which the wind driveth away. They shall 
not stand in judgment. The way of the un- 
godly shall perish. 

iii. 7. Thou hast broken the teeth of the 
ungodly. 

xliii. 1. Plead my cause against an ungodly 
nation. 

lxxiii. 12. The ungodly prosper in the world, 
they increase in riches. — Ver. 1 8. Thou didst 
set them in slippery places ; thou castedst them 
down into destruction. 

Rom. i. 18. The wrath of God is revealed 
from heaven against all ungodliness and un- 
righteousness of men. 

1 Pet. iv. 18. If the righteous scarcely be 
saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner 
appear 1 

2 Pet. ii. 5, 6. God spared not the old world, 
bringing in the flood upon the world of the 
ungodly ; and turning the cities of Sodom and 
Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them with 
an overthrow, making them an example unto 
those that after should live ungodly. 

iii. 7. The heavens and the earth which are 
now, are reserved unto fire against the day of 
judgment, and perdition of ungodly men. 

Jude 14, 15. Behold the Lord cometh, to 
execute judgment upon all, and to convince 
all that are ungodly, of all their ungodly deeds, 
which they have ungodly committed, and of 
all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners 
have spoken against him. 

RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

VII. Righteousness required. Deut. vi. 25. 
It shall be our righteousness, if we observe to 
do all these commandments before the Lord 
our God, as he hath commanded us. 

Dan. iv. 27. Break off thy sins by righteous- 
ness. 

Amos v. 24. Let judgment run down as 
waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. 

Zeph. ii. 3. Seek the Lord, seek righteous- 
ness, seek meekness, &c. 

Matt. iii. 15. Jesus said, It becometh us to 
fulfil all righteousness. 

v. 20. Jesus said, Except your righteous- 
ness shall exceed the righteousness of the 
scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter 
into the kingdom of heaven. 



Chap. XV. 



RIGHTEOUSNESS. 



189 



vi. 33. Seek first the kingdom of God, and 
his righteousness. 

Luke i. 75. Serve God in holiness and 
righteousness. 

Acts xxiv. 25. Paul reasoned of righteous- 
ness, temperance, and judgment to come. 

Rom. vi. 13. Yield your members as instru- 
ments of righteousness unto God. Ver. 1 9. 

1 Cor. xv. 34. Awake unto righteousness. 

2 Cor. vi. 4. 7. Approving ourselves by the 
armour of righteousness. 

Ver. 14. What fellowship hath righteous- 
ness with unrighteousness ] 

Eph. iv. 24. Put on the new man, which 
after God is created in righteousness. 

v. 9. The fruit of the Spirit is in all right- 
eousness, goodness and truth. 

vi. 14. Stand, therefore, having your loins 
girt about with truth, and having on the breast- 
plate of righteousness. 

Phil. i. 10, 11. Approving things that are 
excellent, being filled with the fruits of right- 
eousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the 
glory and praise of God. 

1 Tim. vi. 11. Follow after righteousness, 
godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. 
2 Tim. ii. 22. 

2 Tim. iii. 16. The Scripture is profitable 
for instruction in righteousness. 

Tit. ii. 11, 12. The grace of God that 
bringeth salvation, hath appeared to all men ; 
teaching us, that denying ungodliness and 
worldly lusts, we should live soberly, right- 
eously, and godly, in this present world. 

Heb. xi. 33. The prophets through faith 
wrought righteousness. 

1 Pet. ii. 24. We being dead to sin, should 
live unto righteousness. 

1 John ii. 29. Every one that doeth right- 
eousness is born of God. 

iii. 7. He that doeth righteousness is right- 
eous. — Ver. 10. Whosoever doeth not right- 
eousness is not of God. 

VIII. Promises to the righteous of peculiar 
favour from God. Ps. i. 6. The Lord 
knoweth the way of the righteous. Ps. cxlvi. 
8. The Lord loveth the righteous. Ps. xi. 7. 
— xxxiii. 5. 

v. 12. Thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous ; 
with favour thou wilt compass him as with a 
shield. Ps. cvi. 3. Matt. v. 6. 

xi. 5. The Lord trieth the righteous. 

xiv. 5. God is in the generation of the right- 
eous. Isa. Ixiv. 5. 

xxxiv. 15. The eyes of the Lord are upon 
the righteous, and his ears are open unto their 
cry. Job xxxvi. 7. Ps. xxxiii. 18. 1 Pet. 
iii. 12. 

Ver. 1 7. The righteous cry, and the Lord 
heareth and delivereth them out of all their 



troubles. Ps. xviii. 24. — xv. 1, 2. James v 
16. 1 Pet. iii. 12. 

xxxvii. 17. The Lord upholdeth the right- 
eous. Ps. Iv. 22. He shall never suffer the 
righteous to be moved. Ps. xv. 2. 

Ver. 39. The salvation of the righteous is 
of the Lord. Gen. vii. 1. Prov. xviii. 10. 
Isa. xxxiii. 15, 16.— Ixiv. 5. 2 Pet. ii. 5. 

Prov. ii. 7. The Lord layeth up sound wis- 
dom for the righteous. Jer. xx. 12. 

iii. 32. The secret of the Lord is with the 
righteous. Ps. xxv. 14. 

Job xxxiii. 26. God will render unto man his 
righteousness. 1 Sam. xxvi. 23. 1 Kings viii.32. 

Ps. vii. 8. Judge me according to my right- 
eousness. Ps. xviii. 20. 24. 2 Sam. xxii. 21. 

Ver. 11. God judgeth the righteous: God 
is angry with the wicked every day. 

xxxvii. 6. He shall bring forth thy right- 
eousness. 

Iviii. 11. Verily there is a reward for the 
righteous : verily he is a God that judgeth in 
the earth. 

IX. Promises of blessings to the righteous, 
as the consequence of righteousness, by the 
appointment of God. Job iv. 7. Who ever 
perished being innocent ] or where were the 
righteous cut off 1 

xvii. 9. The righteous shall hold on his 
way, and he that hath clean hands shall be 
stronger and stronger. 

Ps. xxxvii. 29. The righteous shall inherit 
the land, and dwell in it for ever. 

lxxii. 7. In his [the good King's] days the 
righteous shall flourish. 

lxxv. 10. The horns of the righteous shall 
be exalted. 

xcii. 12. The righteous shall flourish like 
the palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Le- 
banon. Ps. i. 3.— Iii. 8. Prov. xi. 28. 

xcvii. 11. Light is sown for the righteous, 
and gladness for the upright in heart. 

cvi. 3. Blessed is he that doeth righteous- 
ness at all times. 

Prov. x. 2. Righteousness delivereth from 
death. Ch. xi. 4. 6. 

Ver. 24. The desire of the righteous shall 
be granted. — Ver. 28. The hope of the right- 
eous shall be gladness; but the expectation 
of the wicked shall perish. 

xi. 8. The righteous is delivered out of 
trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. 
Ch. x. 30.— xii. 3. 

Ver. 18, 19. To him that soweth righteous- 
ness shall be a sure reward. Righteousness 
tendeth to life : he that pursueth evil, pursueth 
it to his own hurt. Ch. xii. 28. 

Ver. 30, 31. The fruit of the righteous is a 
tree of life. The righteous shall be recom- 
pensed in the earth. 



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Chap. X\ 



xii. 3. A man shall not be established by 
wickedness : but the root of the righteous 
shall not be moved. Ch. x. 25. 

Ver. 7. The wicked are overthrown, and 
are not ; but the house of the righteous shall 
stand. Ch. xi. 21. 

Ver. 26. The righteous is more excellent 
than his neighbour. — Ver. 28. In the way of 
righteousness is life ; and in the pathway 
thereof is no death. Ch. xiii. 6. 

xiii. 9. The light of the righteous rejoiceth ; 
but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. 
— Ver. 21. Evil pursueth sinners; but to the 
righteous good shall be repaid. 

xiv. 34. Righteousness exalteth a nation, 
but sin is a reproach to any people. 

xvi. 1 2. The throne is established by right- 
eousness. 

Ver. 31. The hoary head is a crown of 
glory, if it be found in the way of righteous- 
ness. 

xxi. 21. He that followeth after righteous- 
ness and mercy, findeth life, righteousness and 
honour. 

xxviii. 1. The wicked flee when no man 
pursueth ; but the righteous are bold as a lion. 

Eccl. ix. 1. The righteous and the wise, and 
their works, are in the hand of God. 

Isa. iii. 10. Say ye to the righteous, It shall 
be well with him, for they shall eat the fruit 
of their doings. 

xxiv. 16. From the uttermost part of the 
earth have we heard songs, even glory to the 
righteous. 

xxxii. 17. The work of righteousness shall 
be peace; and the effect of righteousness, 
quietness, and assurance for ever. 

xxxiii. 15, 16. He that walketh righteously, 
&c. he shall dwell on high, his place of de- 
fence shall be the munitions of rocks; bread 
shall be given him, his waters shall be sure. 

lxiv. 5. Thou meetest him that rejoiceth 
and worketh righteousness, those that remem- 
ber thee in thy ways. 

Ezek. xiv. 14. Though Noah, Daniel and 
Job were in the city, [devoted to destruction 
for iniquity] they should deliver but their own 
souls by their righteousness. See Gen. vii. 
1.— xvi'ii. 23. 

xviii. 20. The righteousness of the right- 
eous shall be upon him. — Ver. 22. In his right- 
eousness that he hath done he shall live. 

Mai. iii. 18. Ye shall discern between the 
righteous and the wicked. 

X. The righteous shall be delivered from 
enemies. Ps. xxxiv. 21. They that hate the 
righteous shall be desolate. 

Iii. 6. The righteous shall see [the destruc- 
tion of the wicked] and fear, and shall laugh 
at him. 



Iviii. 10. The righteous shall rejoice when 
he seeth the vengeance, and shall wash hia 
feet in the blood of the wicked. 

cxxv. 3. The rod of the wicked shall not 
rest on the lot of the righteous. 

Prov.xiv. 19. The evil bow before the good, 
and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. 

xxi. 18. The wicked shall be a ransom for 
the righteous. 

Zech. xiv. 12. This shall be the plague 
wherewith the Lord will smite all the people 
who have fought against Jerusalem. Their 
flesh shall consume away while they stand 
upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume 
away in their holes, and their tongues shall 
consume away in their mouth. 

XI. The death of the righteous blessed. 
Numb, xxiii. 10. Let me die the death of the 
righteous, and let my last end be like his. 

Prov. xiv. 32. The righteous hath hope in 
his death. 

Isa. lvii. 1. The righteous is taken away 
from the evil to come. 

XII. The righteous blessed after death. 
Ps. xv. 1, 2. Lord, who shall dwell in thy 
holy hill? He that worketh righteousness. 
Ps. xxiv. 4. 

cxii. 6. The righteous shall be in everlast- 
ing remembrance. 

Isa. lvii. 2. He shall enter into peace ; they 
shall rest in their beds, each one walking in 
his uprightness. 

Dan. xii. 3. They that be wise shall shine 
as the brightness of the firmament, and they 
that turn many to righteousness, as the stars 
for ever and ever. 

Matt. xiii. 43. The righteous shall shine 
forth as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. 

xxv. 46. The righteous shall go into life 
eternal. 

UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 

XIII. Unrighteousness forbidden. Rom. 
vi. 13. Neither yield ye your members as in- 
struments of unrighteousness unto sin ; but 
yield yourselves unto God, as those that are 
alive from the dead, and your members as in- 
struments of righteousness unto God. 

2 Cor. vi. 14. What fellowship hath right- 
eousness with unrighteousness ] What com- 
munion hath light with darkness 1 

XIV. Threats against the unrighteous. 
Deut. xxv. 16. All that do unrighteously are an 
abomination to the Lord. 

Job xxvii. 7. Let mine enemy be as the 
wicked, and he that riseth up against me as 
the unrighteous. 



Chap. XV. 



ZEAL— UPRIGHTNESS. 



191 



Rom. i. 18. The wrath of God is revealed 
from heaven against all ungodliness and un- 
righteousness of men. — Ver. 29. Being filled 
with all unrighteousness, fornication, wicked- 
ness, &c. — Ver. 32. They who commit such 
things are worthy of death. 

ii. 8, 9. Unto them that obey unrighteous- 
ness, God will render indignation and wrath, 
tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of 
man that doeth evil. 

1 Cor. vi. 9. Know ye not, that the un- 
righteous shall not inherit the kingdom of 
God! 

2 Thess. ii. 10. The Wicked [man of sin] 
is filled with all deceivableness of unrighteous- 
ness in them that perish. — Ver. 12. That they 
all might be damned who believed not the 
truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 

2 Pet. ii. 13. They shall receive the reward 
of unrighteousness. — Ver. 14. Cursed children. 
— Ver. 17. To whom is reserved the mist of 
darkness for ever. 

XV. Pardon promised to those that for- 
sake unrighteousness. Isa. Iv. 7. Let the 
wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous 
man his thoughts, and let him return unto the 
Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and 
to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 

Heb. viii. 12. I will be merciful to their un- 
righteousness, and their sins and their iniqui- 
ties will I remember no more. 



ZEAL. 

XVI. Zeal a duty. Gal. iv. 18. It is good 
to be zealously affected in a good thing. 

Tit. ii. 14. Christ gave himself for us, that 
he might redeem us from all iniquity, and 
purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous 
of good works. 

Rev. iii. 19. Be zealous and repent. 

Instances. In Phinehas, Num. xxv. 11. 13. 
—In Christ, Isa. lix. 17. Ps. Ixix. 9.— In 
David, Ps. cxix. 139. — In the Corinthians, 
1 Cor. xiv. 12. 2 Cor. vii. 11.— ix. 2.— In 
Epaphras, Col. iv. 13. 

Erroneous Zeal. Instances: In Saul's 
slaying the Gibeonites, 2 Sam. xxi. 1, 2. — In 
Paul for the law of Moses, before his conver- 
sion. Acts xxii. 3. Gal. i. 14. Phil. iii. 6. — 
In the Jews, Acts xxi. 20. Rom. x. 2. — See 
Jehu boasting of his zeal, 2 Kings x. 16. 

Want of zeal. Rev. iii. 1 5. Because thou 
art neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out 
of my mouth. 

UPRIGHTNESS. 

XVII. Upright. Prov. xv. 21. A man of 
understanding walketh uprightly. 



xvi. 17. The highway of the upright is to 
depart from evil. 

xxi. 29. As for the upright, he directeth his 
way. See ch. xiv. 2. 

XVIII. Promises to the upright. 1 Chron. 
xxix. 17. I know, my God, that thou triest the 
heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. 

Ps. vii. 10. God saveth the upright in heart. 

xi. 7. The righteous Lord loveth righteous- 
ness ; his countenance doth behold the up- 
right. 

xv. 2. He that walketh uprightly shall abide 
in thy tabernacle. 

xviii. 25. With an upright man thou wilt 
shew thyself upright. 

xxxvii. 18. The Lord knoweth the days of 
the upright, and their inheritance shall be for 
ever. — Ver. 37. Mark the perfect man, and 
behold the upright, for the latter end of that 
man is peace. 

xlix. 14. The upright shall have dominion 
over the wicked. 

lxxxiv. 11. The Lord will withhold no good 
from them that walk uprightly. 

xcvii. 1 1 . Light is sown for the righteous, 
and gladness for the upright in heart. 

cxii. 2. The generation of the upright shall 
be blessed. — Ver. 4. Unto the upright there 
ariseth light in darkness. 

cxl. 13. Lord, the upright shall dwell in thy 
presence. 

Prov. ii. 7. The Lord is a buckler to them 
that walk uprightly. — Ver. 21. The upright 
shall dwell in the land, &c. 

x. 9. He that walketh uprightly walketh 
surely. — Ver. 29. The way of the Lord is 
strength to the upright. 

xi. 3. The integrity of the upright shall 
preserve them. — Ver. 6. The righteousness of 
the upright shall deliver them. — Ver. 11. By 
the blessing of the upright the city is exalted. 
Ch. xxix. 8. Gen. xviii. 23 to 28. 

Ver. 20. The upright in their way are God's 
delight. 

xii. 6. The mouth of the upright shall de- 
liver them. 

Ver. 22. They that deal truly are God's 
delight. 

xiii. 6. Righteousness keepeth the upright 
in the way. 

xiv. 1 1. The tabernacle of the upright shall 
flourish. 

xv. 8. The prayer of the upright is God's 
delight. 

xxi. 18. The wicked shall be a ransom for 
the righteous, and the transgressor for the up- 
right. 

xxviii. 6. Better is the poor that walketh in 
his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his 
ways, though he be rich. — Ver. 10. The 



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upright shall have good things in posses- 
sion. 

Ver. 18. Whoso walketh uprightly shall be 
saved ; but he that is perverse in his ways 
shall fall at once. 

Ver. 20. A faithful man shall abound with 
blessings. 

Isa. lvii. 2. The righteous shall enter into 
peace ; they shall rest in their beds, each one 
walking in his uprightness. 

Mic. ii. 7. My words do good to him that 
walketh uprightly. See Rom. xiv. 22. John 
iii. 21. 

XIX. The upright prayed for, —and prayer 
for uprightness. Ps. xxv. 21. Let integrity 
and uprightness preserve me, for I wait on thee. 

cxliii. 10. Lead me unto the land of up- 
rightness. 

cxxv. 4. Do good to them that are upright 
in heart. 

xxxvi. 10. Continue thy righteousness to 
the upright in heart. 

INTEGRITY. 

XX. Integrity. Ps. vii. 8. Judge me, 
Lord, according to mine integrity. 

xxv. 21. Let integrity and uprightness pre- 
serve me. 

xli. 12. Thou upholdest me in mine inte- 
grity. 

Prov. xix. 1 . Better is the poor that walketh 
in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his 
lips and is a fool. Ch. xxviii. 6. 

xx. 7. The just man walketh in his integrity. 

Jobxxvii. 6. My heart shall not reproach me. 

XXI. Particular instances of integrity. 
Gen. xx. 6. God said to Abimelech, I know 
that thou didst this in the integrity of thy 
heart, for I withheld thee from sinning against 
me. 

Job ii. 3. Job holdeth fast his integrity. Ver. 
9. Ch. xxvii. 5. — xxxi. 6. 1 Kings ix. 4. 

Ps. xxvi. 1. David said, I walked in mine 
integrity. Ver. 11. Ps. lxxviii. 72. 



SINCERITY. 

XXII. Sincerity. Josh. xxiv. 14. Fear and 
serve the Lord in sincerity. 

1 Cor. v. 8. Keep the feast with the unlea- 
vened bread of sincerity. 

2 Cor. i. 12. In simplicity and godly sin- 
cerity we have had our conversation. 

ii. 17. As of sincerity in the sight of God 
6peak we. 

Phil. i. 1 0. I pray that ye may be sincere, 
and without offence, until the day of Christ. 



Eph. vi. 24. Grace be with them that love 
our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. 

Tit. ii. 7. In doctrine shewing uncorrupt 
ness, gravity, sincerity. 

1 Pet. ii. 2. Desire the sincere milk of the 
word, that ye may grow thereby. 

PERFECTION. 

XXIII. Perfection a commanded duty. 
Gen. xvii. 1. The Lord said unto Abraham, I 
am the Almighty God : walk before me and 
be thou perfect. 

Deut. xviii. 13. Thou shalt be perfect with 
the Lord thy God. 

Matt. v. 48. Be ye perfect, even as your 
Father which is in heaven is perfect. 

Rom. xii. 2. Be ye transformed by the re- 
newing of your mind, that ye may prove what 
is that good and acceptable and perfect will of 
God. 

2 Cor. vii. 1. Let us cleanse ourselves from 
all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting 
holiness in the fear of God. 

xiii. 11. Be perfect, be of one mind. 
Col. iii. 14. Put on charity, which is the 
bond of perfectness. 

Heb. vi. 1. Let us go on unto perfection. 

XXIV. Directions for attaining perfection. 
Matt. xix. 21. If thou wilt be perfect, keep the 
commandments. 1 John ii. 5. — iv. 12. 

Luke vi. 40. Every one that is perfect shall 
be as his master. 

Phil. iii. 12. Not as though I were already 
perfect, or had already attained. — Ver. 14, 15. 

1 press forward toward the mark, for the prize 
of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 
Let as many as be perfect, be thus minded. 

James i. 4. Let patience have her perfect 
work, that ye may be perfect and entire, want- 
ing nothing. 

iii. 2. If any offend not in word, the same 
is a perfect man. 

XXV. Perfection from God and Christ. 

2 Sam. xxii. 33. God maketh my way perfect. 
Ps. xviii. 32. 

Ps. cxxxviii. 8. The Lord will perfect that 
which concerneth me. 

Ezek. xvi. 14. Thy beauty was perfect 
through my comeliness which I put upon thee. 
1 Cor. iv. 7. Who maketh thee to differ 1 ? 

John xvii. 23. I in them, and thou in me, 
that they may be made perfect in one. 

2 Cor. xii. 9. My grace is sufficient for thee, 
my strength is made perfect in weakness. 

Col. ii. 10. Ye are complete in him, (viz. 
Christ.) 

iv. 12. Praying fervently for you, that ye 
may stand perfect and complete in all the wil. 
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Heb. x. 14. By one offering Christ hath 
perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 

xiii. 21. God make you perfect, working in 
you that which is well-pleasing in his sight. 

1 Pet. v. 10. The God of all grace make 
you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you. 
See Heb. xi. 40.— xii. 23. 

XXVI. The holy Scriptures a mean of per- 
fection. 2 Tim. hi. 16, 17. All scripture is 
given by inspiration of God, and is profitable 
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and in- 
struction in rghteousness. That the man of 
God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished to 
all good works. 

Ps. cxix. 1 1 . Thy word have I hid in my 
heart, that I might not sin against thee. See 
Gal. iii. 3. See the Spirit's influences upon 
all Christians. 

XXVII. Also the ministry. Eph. iv. 11— 
13. He gave apostles, prophets, evangelists, 
pastors and teachers ; for the perfecting of the 
saints : Till we all come in the unity of the 
faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of 
God, to a perfect man, unto the measure of 
the stature of the fulness of Christ. 

Col. i. 28. We preach Christ, warning 
every man, and teaching every man, in all 
wisdom, that we may present every man per- 
fect in Christ Jesus. 

1 Thess. iii. 9, 10. We joy before God for 
your sakes ; praying that we might see your 
face, and might perfect that which is lacking 
in your faith. 

XXVIII. Promises to the perfect. Job viii. 
20. God will not cast away a perfect man. 

Ps. xxxvii. 37. Mark the perfect man, and 
behold the upright, for the end of that man is 
peace. 

Prov. ii. 21. The upright shall dwell in the 
land, and the perfect shall remain in it. 

XXIX. Instances of persons called perfect. 
Noah, Gen. vi. 9.— Job, Job i. 1. 8.— ii. 3.— 
David, Ps. ci. 2. 6. Persons called righteous : 
Noah, Gen. vii. 1. — David, 1 Kings iii. 6. — 
Job, Job xxix. 14. — Zacharias and Elisabeth, 
Luke i. 6. — Abel, Heb. xi. 4. 



HYPOCRISY. 

XXX. Hypocrisy forbidden. Luke xii. 1. 
Jesus said, Beware of the leaven of the Pha- 
risees, which is hypocrisy. 

James iii. 17. The wisdom which is from 
above is without partiality, and without hypo- 
crisy. 

XXXI. Marks of hypocrites. 2 Kings x. 

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1 6. They say, come and see my zeal for the 
Lord. 

Job xii. 2. No doubt but ye are the people, 
and wisdom shall die with you. 

xv. 8. They restrain wisdom to themselves. 
Jer. viii. 8. 

Ps. xii. 2. They speak with a double heart. 
Jer. xii. 2. 

Prov. xx. 6. They proclaim their own good- 
ness. 

xxx. 12. They are pure in their own eyes, 
yet are not washed from their filthiness. 

Isa. lxv. 5. They say, Stand by thyself, 
come not near to me, for I am holier than thou. 
Luke xviii. 9. They trust in themselves that 
they are righteous, and despise others. 

lxvi. 5. They hate their brethren, and cast 
them out, and say, Let the Lord be glorified. 
Matt. vii. 4. They say, Let me pull the mote 
out of thine eye, &c. 

Matt. vi. 5. They pray standing in the syna- 
gogues, and in the corners of the streets, that 
they may be seen of men. Luke xviii. 11. In 
prayer they say, God, I thank thee, I am not 
as other men are, extortioners, &c. Matt, 
xxiii. 14. They devour widows' houses, and 
for a pretence make long prayers. 

Ver. 16. When they fast they disfigure their 
faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. 
Luke xviii. 12. I fast twice in the week, said 
the Pharisee. 

Ver. 2. When they give alms they sound a 
trumpet, that they may have glory of men. 

Luke xvi. 15. They justify themselves be- 
fore men. 

John v. 44. They receive honour one of 
another, and seek not the honour that cometb 
from God only. 

Matt, xxiii. 25. They make clean the out- 
side of the cup and platter, but within are full 
of extortion and excess. — Ver. 27. Like whited 
sepulchres, outwardly beautiful, but within are 
full of rottenness. — Ver. 28. Outwardly they 
appear righteous unto men, but within are full 
of hypocrisy and iniquity. 

xv. 8, 9. They honour God with their lips, 
but their heart is far from him. In vain they 
worship God, teaching for doctrines the com- 
mandments of men. 

xxiii. 13. They shut up the kingdom of hea- 
ven against men ; they neither go in themselves 
nor suffer others to go in. 

Ver. 15. They compass sea and land to 
make one proselyte, and make him two-fold 
more the child of hell than themselves. 

Ver. 23. They pay tithe of mint, anise and 
cummin, (all manner of herbs, Luke xi. 42,) 
and omit the weightier matters of the law, 
judgment, mercy, and faith. Luke xviii. 42. 

Ver. 24. They strain at a gnat and swallow 
a camel. 

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XXXII. Threats. Job viii. 13. The hypo- 
crite's hope shall perish. 

xiii. 16. A hypocrite shall not come before 
God. Ps. v. 5. 

xv. 34. The congregation of hypocrites 
shall be desolate. 

xvii. 8. The innocent shall stir up himself 
against the hypocrite. 

xx. 5. The joy of the hypocrite is but for a 
moment. 

xxvii. 8. What is the hope of the hypocrite, 
when God taketh away his soul 1 

xxxvi. 1 3. The hypocrites heap up wrath ; 
they cry not when God bindeth them. 

Isa. ix. 17. The Lord shall have no pleasure 
in their young men, neither shall he have mer- 
cy on their fatherless and widows ; for every 
one is a hypocrite and an evil-doer. 

x. 6. A hypocritical nation, the people of 
God's wrath. 

xxxiii. 14. Fearfulness hath surprised the 
hypocrites ; who among us shall dwell with 
devouring fire 1 who among us shall dwell 
with everlasting burnings 1 

Matt, xxiii. 33. Ye serpents ! ye generation 
of vipers ! how can ye escape the damnation 
of hell 1 

xxiv. 51. The Lord of the evil servant shall 
appoint him his portion with the hypocrites ; 
there snail be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

XXXIII. Hypocrites hurtful to men. Job 
xxxiv. 30. That the hypocrite reign not, lest 
the people be ensnared. 

Prov. xi. 9. The hypocrite with his mouth 
destroyeth his neighbour. See Isa. xxxii. 6. 
Mark xii. 14, 15. Prov. xxvii. 14. 



THE HEART. 

XXXIV. The heart of the righteous is to- 
ward God. Whole heart signifying sincerity 
in duties. Deut. xi. 13. Love the Lord your 
God, and serve him with all your heart, and 
with all your soul. Ch. xiii. 3. — xxx. 6. Matt, 
xxii. 37. Josh. xxii. 5. 1 Sam. xii. 20. 24. 

xxvi. 16. Thou shalt keep and do these 
statutes and judgments, with all thy heart and 
with all thy soul. 1 Kings ii. 4. — viii. 23. 

xxx. 2, 3. When thou shalt return to the 
Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with 
all thy soul ; then the Lord will turn thy cap- 
tivity, &c. 

2 Kings xxiii. 3. Josiah the king made a 
covenant before the Lord, to walk after the 
Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his 
testimonies and his statutes, with all their heart 
and all their soul. 2 Chron. xxxiv. 31. — 
f xv. 12. 

Ps. ix. 1. I will praise thee, Lord, with 



my whole heart. Ps. lxxxvi. 12. I will praise 
thee with all my heart. 

cxix. 2. Blessed are they that keep the Lord's 
testimonies, and seek him with the whole heart. 
Ver. 10. 

Ver. 34. Give me understanding and I shall 
keep thy law ; yea, I shall observe it with my 
whole heart. Ver. 69. 

Ver. 58. I entreated thy favour with my 
whole heart. Ver. 145. 

Prov. Hi. 5. Trust in the Lord with all 
thy heart, and lean not to thine own under- 
standing. 

Jer. xxiv. 7. They shall return to me with 
their whole heart. 

xxix. 13. Ye shall seek me, and find me 
(saith the Lord) when ye search for me with 
all your heart. 2 Chron. xv. 12. — xxii. 9. 

Acts viii. 37. If thou believest with all thy 
heart, &c. 

Col. iii. 23. Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily 
as to the Lord. 

XXXV. Pure heart. Ps.xxiv. 3,4. Who 

shall ascend into the hill of the Lord 1 and 
who shall stand in his holy place ? He that 
hath clean hands and a pure heart. 

Matt. v. 8. Blessed are the pure in heart, for 
they shall see God. See 1 Tim. i. 5. 2 Tim 
ii. 22. 1 Pet. i. 22. 

XXXVI. Perfect heart. 1 Kings viii. 61. 
Let your heart be perfect with the Lord your 
God, to walk in his statutes, and keep his com- 
mandments. 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. Serve God 
with a perfect heart and with a willing mind ; 
for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and under- 
standeth all the imaginations of the thoughts. 

1 Chron. xxix. 9. With a perfect heart the 
people offered willingly. 

2 Chron. xvi. 9. The eyes of the Lord run 
to and fro through the whole earth, to show 
himself strong in behalf of those whose heart 
is perfect with him. 

Ps. ci. 2. I will walk within my house with 
a perfect heart. 

Luke viii. 15. But that on the good ground, 
are they, which in an honest and good heart, 
having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth 
fruit with patience. 

See Instances. Asa, 1 Kings xv. 14. 2 
Chron. xv. 17. — Hezekiah, 2 Kings xx. 3. 
Isa. xxxviii. 3. — Want of a perfect heart in 
Solomon, 1 Kings xi. 4. — xv. 3. And in Ama- 
ziah, 2 Chron. xxv. 2. 

XXXVII. Upright heart. Ps.vii. 10. God 
saveth the upright in heart. 

xxxii. 11. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, 
ye righteous ; and shout for joy, all ye that are 
upright in heart. Ps. lxiv. 10. 



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xxxvi. 10. O continue thy loving-kindness 
to them that know thee, and thy righteousness 
to the upright in heart. 

xcvii. 11. Light is sown for the righteous, 
and gladness for the upright in heart. 

cxix. 7. I will praise thee with uprightness 
of heart, when I shall have learned thy right- 
eous judgments. See Job xxxiii. 3. 

XXXVIII. Single heart. Acts ii. 46. Eph. 
vi. 5. Col. iii. 22. 

XXXIX. Clean heart. Ps. Ii. 10. Create 
in me a cleaa heart, O God. 

lxxiii. 1. God is good to such as are of a 
clean heart. 

Prov. xx. 9. Who can say I have made my 
heart clean 1 

XL. Broken and contrite heart. Ps. xxxiv. 

1 8. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a 
broken heart, and saveth such as be of a con- 
trite spirit. 

Ii. 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken 
spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, 
thou wilt not despise. 

cix. 16. See prayers against those who 
would slay the broken in heart. Ver. 1 — 15. 

cxlvii. 3. The Lord healeth the broken in 
heart, and bindeth up their wounds. 

Isa. Ivii. 15. Thus saith the Lord, I dwell 
with him that is of a contrite and humble 
spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and 
to revive the heart of the contrite ones. 

lxi. 1. The Lord hath sent me to bind up 
the broken-hearted. Luke iv. 18. 

hcvi. 2. To this man will I look, even to him 
that is poor, and of a contrite spirit, and trem- 
bleth at my word. 

XLI. Duties respecting the heart. Deut. 
xxxii. 46. Set your hearts unto all the words 
which I command you. 

Josh. xxiv. 23. Incline your heart unto the 
Lord God of Israel. 

1 Sam. vii. 3. Prepare your hearts unto the 
Lord, and cerve him only. Job xi. 13. 

2 Chron. xxx. 18, 19. Lord, pardon every 
one that prepareth his heart to seek the Lord 
God of his fathers. 

Ezra vii. 10. Ezra prepared his heart to 
seek the law of the Lord, and to do it. 

Job xi. 13. 15. If thou prepare thy heart, 
and stretch out thy hands towards him, then 
shalt thou lift up thy face with joy. 

Ps. lxxvii. 6. I commune with mine own 
heart. Ps. iv. 4. 

Prov. iv. 23. Keep thy heart. Ch. xxiii. 

19. Guide thy heart, &c. 

Jer. iv. 4. Circumcise yourselves to the 
Lord, and take away the foreskins of your 
heart. — Ver. 14. Wash thy heart from wicked- 
ness, that thou may est be saved. Isa. i. 16. 



xxx. 21. Who is this that engaged his heart 
to approach unto me, saith the Lord 1 — Ver. 
22. Ye shall be my people, and I will be your 
God. 

Ezek. xviii. 31. Make you a new heart, and 
a new spirit ; for why will ye die, house of 
Israel 1 

Joel ii. 13. Rend your heart and not your 
garments, and turn again to the Lord. 

See James iv. 8. Purify your hearts. Ch. 
v. 8. Establish your hearts. 

Apply the heart. — To wisdom, Ps. xc. 12. 
To understanding, Eccl. vii. 25. Prov. ii. 2. 
To knowledge, Prov. xxii. 17. To instruc- 
tion, Prov. xxiii. 12. 

XLII. God taketh notice of the heart. This 
is to be considered as a motive to the forego- 
ing duties. Jer. xx. 12. Lord of hosts, 
that triest the righteous, and seest the reins 
and heart. 

1 Kings viii. 39. Lord, thou only knowest 
the hearts of the children of men. 2 Chron 
vi. 30. 

Ps. xliv. 21. God knoweth the secrets of the 
heart. 

Prov. xv. 11. Hell and destruction are be- 
fore the Lord ; how much more the hearts of 
the children of men. 

Luke xvi. 15. God knoweth your hearts. 

Acts i. 24. Thou, Lord, knowest the hearts 
of all men. 

Heb. iv. 12. The word of God is a discerner 
of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 
1 Chron. xxviii. 9. The Lord searcheth all 
hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations 
of the thoughts. 

Jer. xvii. 10. I the Lord search the heart 
and try the reins. Rom. viii. 27. He that 
searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind 
of the Spirit. Rev.- ii. 23. I am he which 
searcheth the reins and hearts. 

1 Chron. xxix. 17. I know, my God, that 
thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in up- 
rightness. Ver. 18, 19. 

Ps. vii. 9. The righteous God trieth the 
hearts and reins. 

xxvi. 2. Examine me, O Lord, and prove 
me, try my reins and my heart. 

Jer. xii. 3. Thou hast tried my heart to- 
ward thee. 1 Thess. ii. 4. God trieth the 
hearts. 

Ps. xvii. 3. Thou hast proved my heart, 
thou hast tried me. 

Prov. xxi. 2. The Lord pondereth the 
hearts. Ch. xxiv. 12. 

XLHI. God influenceih the hearts of the 
righteous. Ps. Ii. 10. Create in me a clean 
heart, O God, &c. 

Jer. xxiv. 7. I will give them a heart to 
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xxxii. 39. I will give them one heart, and 
one way, that they may fear me for ever. 
Ezek. xi. 19. I will give them one heart, and 

1 will put a new spirit within you, and I will 
take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will 
give them a heart of flesh. — Ver. 20. That they 
may walk in my statutes, and keep mine or- 
dinances and do them ; and they shall be my 
people, and I will be their God. Ch. xxxvi. 
26. See 1 Sam. x. 9. 2 Chron. xxx. 12. 

1 Chron. xxix. 18. Lord, prepare their 
heart unto thee. Ps. x. 17. Thou, Lord, wilt 
prepare their heart. Prov. xvi. 1. The prepa- 
rations of the heart in man, and the answer 
of the tongue is from the Lord. Ver. 9. Ch. 
xix. 21. 

Deut. xxx. 6. The Lord thy God will cir- 
cumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, 
to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, 
and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. 

2 Thess. iii. 5. 

1 Sam. x. 26. There went with Saul a band 
of men, whose hearts God had touched. 

Acts xvi. 14. The Lord opened the heart 
of Lydia, that she attended to the things spoken 
by Paul. 

xv. 9. God purifying their hearts by faith. 

Ps. cxix. 32. I will run the way of thy com- 
mandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. 
1 Kings iv. 29. God gave unto Solomon wis- 
dom and understanding exceeding much, and 
largeness of heart. 

xxxiii. 15. He fashioneth their hearts. 

1 Kings viii. 57, 58. The Lord our God be 
with us, as he was with our fathers ; let him 
not leave us nor forsake us ; That he may in- 
cline our hearts unto him, to walk in his ways, 
and to keep his commandments, and his sta- 
tutes, and his judgments. Ps. cxix. 36. In- 
cline my heart unto thy -statutes. Ver. 8. Ps. 
cxli. 4. 

Ps. lxxxvi. 11. Unite my heart to fear thy 
name. 

Isa. Ivii. 15. Thus saith the high and lofty 
One, that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is 
Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, 
with him also that is of a contrite and humble 
spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and 
to revive the heart of the contrite ones. 

Ps. xxvii. 14. Wait on the Lord, and he 
shall strengthen thy heart. Ps. xxxi. 24. — 
lxxiii. 26. Isa. xxxv. 4. 

1 Thess. iii. 12, 13. The Lord establish 
your hearts unblameable in holiness, before 
God, even our Father, at the coming of our 
Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. 2 Thess. 
ii. 17. 

Prov. xxi. 1. The king's heart is in the 
hand of the Lord, he turneth it, &c. Job xii. 
24. Ezra vi. 22. The Lord turned the heart 
?f the king of Assyria unto his people. 



Ps. cv. 25. He turned their heart to hate his 
people. 

Mai. iv. 6. He shall turn the heart of the 
fathers to the children, &c. Luke i. 17. 

Ezra vii. 27. Ezra said, Blessed be the lord 
God of our fathers, who hath put this in the 
king's heart, to beautify the house of the Lord. 
Neh. ii. 12. I told no man what God had put 
in my heart to do at Jerusalem. 

Jer. xxxii. 40. I will put my fear in their 
hearts, &c. Ch. xxxi. 33. I will put my law 
in their inward parts, and write it in their 
hearts. Heb. viii. 10. 

2 Cor. iii. 3. Ye are the epistle of Christ, 
written with the Spirit of the living God in 
fleshly tables of the heart. 

XLIV. God's judgments on the heart of the 
wicked. Exod. vii. 13. The Lord hardened 
Pharaoh's heart. Ch. ix. 12.— x. 1. 20. 27.— 
xi. 10. — xiv. 8. Exod. ix. 14. I will send 
my plagues upon thy heart. 

Deut. ii. 30. The Lord hardened the spirit 
of Sihon, king of Heshbon, and made his 
heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into 
the hand of Israel. 

xxviii. 28. The Lord shall smite thee with 
madness, and blindness, and astonishment of 
heart. Lev. xxvi. 16. 

xxix. 4. The Lord hath not given you a 
heart to perceive. 

Isa. xliv. 1 8. He hath shut their eyes that 
they cannot see, and their hearts that they 
cannot understand. 

Job xvii. 4. Thou hast hid their heart from 
understanding ; therefore shalt thou not exalt 
them. 

Eccl. iii. 11. He hath set the world in their 
heart. 

XLV. Satan's influences on the heart of 
the wicked. Instances thereof. See Satan's 
tempting Eve, Gen. iii. 1 to 6. — Tempting 
David to number the people, 1 Chron. xxi. 1. 
— He taketh away the word out of their heart, 
Matt. xiii. 19. — He put into the heart of Judas 
to betray Christ, John xiii. 2. — Put into the 
hearts of Ananias and Sapphira to lie, Acts v 
3. — He blinds the minds of unbelievers, 2 Cor. 
iv. 4. Eph. iv. 18. 

XLVI. An evil heart described. Gen. vi. 
5. Every imagination of the thoughts of man's 
heart, was evil continually. 

Prov. xx. 9. Who can say, I have made 
my heart clean ? 

Jer. xvii. 9. The heart is deceitful above 
all things, and desperately wicked, who can 
know it 1 

Matt. xv. 19, 20. Out of the heart proceed 
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thefts, false witness, blasphemies. These are 
the things which defile a man. Mark vii. 21, 

22, 23. 

XL VII. In Scripture the hearts of the 
wicked are described — as wicked. Prov. xxvi. 

23. Deut. xv. 9. 1 Kings ii. 44. 
Uncircumcised. Jer. ix. 26. 

Hard. 1 Sam. vi. 6. Prov. xxviii. 14. 
Zech. vii. 12. Mark xvi. 14. 

Stony. Ezek. xi. 19. — xxxvi. 26. 

Set to do evil. Eccl. viii. 11. Full of evil. 
Eccl. ix. 3. 

Froward. Prov. vi. 14. — xi. 20. Isa. 
lvii. 17. 

Perverse. Prov. xii. 8. — xxiii. 33. Eccl. 
xi. 9. 

Backsliding. Prov. xiv. 14. Far from 
God. Isa. xxix. 13. 

Departing from God. Jer. xvii. 5. Not 
right with God. Acts viii. 21. 

Whorish, idolatrous. Ezek. vi. 9. — xi. 21. 
— xiv. 4. 

Rebellious. Jer. v. 23. 

Full of iniquity. Ps. xli. 6. Isa. xxxii. 6. 

Full of evil imaginations. Deut. xxix. 
19. Ps. cxl. 2. 

Full of hypocrisy. Job xxxvi. 13. De- 
ceit. Prov. xii. 20. Ps. xii. 2. 

Fretting against God. Prov. xix. 3. Im- 
penitent. Rom. ii. 5. 

Full of pride. 2 Chron.xxvi. 16. Covet- 
Jer. xxii. 17. 2 Pet. ii. 14. 



CONSCIENCE. 

XL VIII. Keeping a good conscience. Acts 
xxiii. 1. Paul said, I have lived in all good 
conscience before God until this day. 

Rom. ix. 1. I say the truth in Christ, I lie 
not, my conscience also bearing me witness 
in the Holy Ghost. 

xiii. 5. Ye must needs be subject [to ma- 
gistrates] not only for wrath, but also for con- 
science' sake. 

2 Cor. i. 12. Our rejoicing is this, the tes- 
timony of our conscience, that in simplicity 
and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, 
but by the grace of God, we have had our 
conversation in the world. 

iv. 2. By manifestation of the truth, com- 
mending ourselves to every man's conscience, 
in the sight of God. Ch. v. 11. 

1 Tim. i. 5. The end of the commandment 
is charity, out of a pure heart, and of a good 
conscience, and of faith unfeigned. — Ver. 18, 
19. War a good warfare, holding faith and a 
good conscience. Ch. iii. 9. Holding the 
mystery of faith in a pure conscience. 

2 Tim. i. 3. I serve God with a pure con- 
science. 



Heb. x. 22. Having our hearts sprinkled 
from an evil conscience. 

xiii. 18. We trust we have a good con- 
science, in all things willing to live honestly. 

1 Pet. ii. 19. This is thank-worthy, if a 
man for conscience toward God endure grief, 
suffering wrongfully. 

iii. 15, 16. Sanctify the Lord God in your 
hearts. Having a good conscience; a good 
conversation in Christ. 

XLIX. A good conscience, how attained. 
Acts xxiv. 16. I exercise myself to have al- 
ways a conscience void of offence toward God 
and toward men. 

Heb. ix. 9. Gifts and sacrifices were offered 
[under the law] which could not make him 
that did the service perfect, as pertaining to 
the conscience. (Ch. x. 2.) Ver. 14. How 
much more shall the blood of Christ, who 
through the eternal Spirit offered himself 
without spot unto God, purge your conscience 
from dead works, to serve the living God. 
1 Pet. iii. 21. 

x. 22. Having the heart sprinkled from an 
evil conscience. 

L. Natural conscience ,• instances of the 
force thereof. John viii. 9. In the accusers 
of the woman before Christ. 

Rom. ii. 15. In the Gentiles, who have not 
the law. 

Acts xxiv. 25. In Felix, hearing Paul 
preach. 

1 Sam. xxiv. 5. 2 Sam. xxiv. 10. David's 
heart smote him. 

LI. A weak conscience not to be wounded. 
1 Cor. viii. 12. When ye sin against the 
brethren, and wound their weak conscience, 
ye sin against Christ. See ver. 7 to 10. Ch. 
x. 28, 29. 

LII. Of an evil conscience. 1 Tim. iv. 1, 
2. Some shall depart from the faith ; speaking 
lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience 



Tit. i. 15. Unto them that are defiled and 
unbelieving there is nothing pure, but even 
their mind and conscience is defiled. 

SERVING GOD. 

LIII. Commanded. Deut. vi. 13. Thou 
shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him. 

x. 12. O Israel, what doth the Lord thy 
God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy 
God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him ; 
and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul 1 Ver. 13. 

Ver. 20. The Lord thy God, him shalt thou 
serve, and to him shalt thou cleave. Matt 
iv. 10. 

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LIV. With the heart. See the last quoted 
text. Deut. x. 12. 

1 Chr.on. xxviii. 9. Serve him with a per- 
fect heart, and with a willing mind. 

Eph. vi. 6. Doing the will of God from the 
heart. — Ver. 5. In singleness of heart, as unto 
Christ. 

Ver. 7. With good will doing service, as to 
the Lord. See Deut. xi. 13, 14. — xiii. 4. — 
xxvi. 16. — xxxii. 46. Josh. xxii. 5. — xxiv. 
14, 15. 1 Sam. vii. 3.— xii. 14. 20. 24. 
1 Kings xi. 4. — xiv. 8. Ps. cxix. 69. 

LV. With suitable dispositions of heart. 
Josh. xxiv. 14. Fear the Lord, and serve him 
in sincerity and truth. Ver. 24. 31. 

Acts xx. 19. Serving the Lord with all hu- 
mility of mind. Ch. xxvi. 7. 

Luke i. 75. Serve him in holiness, and 
righteousness. 

Rom. i. 9. I serve God with my spirit in 
the gospel of his Son. 

vii. 6. We are delivered from the law, that 
we should serve in newness of spirit. 

xii. 1. Present your bodies a living sacrifice, 
holy and acceptable unto God, which is your 
reasonable service. 

Ver. 11. Fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. 

2 Tim. i. 3. I serve God with a pure con- 
science. 

Heb. ix. 14. The blood of Christ shall purge 
your conscience from dead works, to serve the 
living God. 

xii. 28. Let us have grace, whereby we may 
serve God with reverence and godly fear. Ps. 
ii. 11. 

Ps. e. 2. Serve the Lord with 
Eccl. ix. 10. With thy might. 

Acts xxvi. 7. Serving God instantly. 

Rev. vii. 15. In heaven they serve God day 
and night. 

GOD'S SERVANTS. 

LVI. God's servants. Promises to them. 
Exod. xxiii. 25. Ye shall serve the Lord, and 
he will bless thy bread, and thy water. Ch. 
xv. 26. Deut. xi. 13, 14. 

1 Kings viii. 23. Thou keepest covenant 
and mercy with thy servants, that walk before 
thee with all their heart. Gen. xxxii. 10. 

Job xxxvi. 11. If they obey and serve him, 
they shall spend their days in prosperity, and 
their years in pleasure. Ps. cxix. 165. Prov. 
hi. 17. 

Ps. xxxv. 27. Let the Lord be magnified, 
that hath pleasure in the prosperity of his 
servants. Ps. cxlvii. 11. — cxlix. 4. 

cii. 28. The children of thy servants shall 
Continue, and their seed shall be established 
before thee. Ps. lxix. 36. 



cv.6, 7. ye seed of Abraham, his servant; 
ye children of Jacob, his chosen : He is the 
Lord your God. Ver. 42. Isa. xii. 8, 9. 

Isa. xliv. 1, 2. Fear not, O Jacob, my ser 
vant. For I will pour water upon him that 
is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground. 
Ver. 26. 

xlv. 4. For Jacob my servant's sake I have 
called thee by name. 

xlviii. 20. The Lord hath redeemed his ser- 
vant Jacob. 

xlix. 3. Thou art my servant, O Israel, in 
whom I will be glorified. 

liv. 17. No weapon formed against thee 
shall prosper ; every tongue that shall rise 
against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn: 
this is the heritage of the servants of the 
Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith 
the Lord. 

lvi. 6, 7. The sons of the stranger that 
join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, &c. 
even them will I bring to my holy mountain, 
and make them joyful in my house of prayer. 

lxv. 8, 9. Thus saith the Lord, as the new 
wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, 
Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it : so will I 
do for my servants' sakes, that I may not de- 
stroy them all. And mine elect shall inherit 
my holy mountain, and my servants shall 
dwell there. 

Ver. 13, 14. Thus saith the Lord God, Be- 
hold, my servants shall eat, drink, and rejoice. 
They shall sing for joy of heart. 

lxvi. 13, 14. I will comfort you, and ye shall 
be comforted. And when ye see this, your 
heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flou- 
rish like an herb ; and the hand of the Lord 
shall be known toward his servants, and his 
indignation toward his enemies. 

Jer. xxx. 10, 11. Fear thou not, O my ser- 
vant Jacob, saith the Lord, neither be dismayed, 
O Israel ; for I will save thee from afar, and 
thy seed from the land of their captivity ; and 
Jacob shall return and be in rest and quiet, and 
none shall make him afraid. For I am with 
thee, saith the Lord, to save thee. Ch. xxix. 
10.— xlvi. 27, 28. 

Joel ii. 29. Upon the servants and upon the 
hand-maids, will I pour out my Spirit. Isa. 
xliv. 3. Acts ii. 17. 

Zeph. in. 9. I will turn to the people a pure 
language, that they may all call upon the name 
of the Lord, to serve him with one consent. 

Matt. xxiv. 45. Blessed is the faithful and 
wise servant. Ver. 46. 48. 50. 

xxv. 21. Well done, thou good and faithful 
servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. 
Ver. 23. 26. 30. 

Luke xii. 37. Blessed are those servants, 
whom the Lord, when he cometh, shall find 
watching. 



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Gal. iv. 7. Thou art no more a servant, but 
a son ; and if a son, then an heir of God, 
through Christ. 

Rev. vii. 3. Hurt not the earth, till we have 
sealed the servants of our God in their fore- 
heads. 

xix. 2. The Lord our God hath judged the 
great whore, which did corrupt the earth with 
her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of 
his servants at her hand. Deut. xxviii. 1 — 14. 
2 Kings ix. 7. Ps. lxxix. 10. — cxvi. 15. 

LVII. Prayers for them. 2 Sam. vii. 29. 
With thy blessing, let the house of thy ser- 
vant be blessed for ever. 

xxiv. 10. O Lord, take away the iniquity of 
thy servant. 

Neh. i. 11. Let thine ear be attentive to the 
prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy 
name. Job xlii. 8. Dan. ix. 17. 

Ps. xix. 13. Keep back thy servant from 
presumptuous sins. 

xxvii. 9. Put not thy servant away in anger. 

xxxi. 16. Make thy face to shine upon thy 
servant : save me for thy mercy's sake. 

lxix. 17. Hide not thy face from thy ser- 
vant, for I am in trouble : hear me speedily. 

lxxxvi. 2. my God, save thy servant, that 
trusteth in thee. Ver. 16. Dan. iii. 17. 28. — 
vi. 16. 

lxxxix. 50. Remember, Lord, the reproach 
of thy servants. 

xc. 13. Let it repent thee concerning thy 
servants. Ps. cxxxv. 14. Deut. xxxii. 36. 

"Ver. 16. Let thy work appear unto thy ser- 
vants, and thy glory unto their children. 

NOT SERVING GOD. 

LVHI. Not serving God. Threats. Deut. 
xxviii. 47, 48. Because thou servedst not the 
Loid thy God with.joyfulness and gladness of 
heart, for the abundance of all things : There- 
fore shalt thou serve thine enemies, in hunger 
and thirst, and nakedness and want of all 
things. Jer. xvii. 1 to 5. Neh. ix. 35, 36. 

Mai. iii. 14. Ye have said, It is vain to serve 
God : and what profit is it that we have kept 
his ordinance! — Ver. 18. Ye shall discern be- 
tween him that serveth God, and him that 
serveth him not. Job xxi. 15. 

Matt. xxiv. 50, 51. The Lord of the wicked 
servant, shall come in a day when he look- 
eth not for him, and in an hour when he is not 
aware, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint 
him his portion with hypocrites : there shall 
be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Ch: xxv. 
30. Cast the wicked and unprofitable servant 
into outer darkness: there shall be weeping 
and gnashing of teeth. See ver. 26. 

Luke xii. 47. That servant which knew his 
Lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither 



did according to his will, shall be beaten with 
many stripes. 

Rom. i. 25, 26. They served the creature 
more than the Creator. For this cause God 
gave them up to vile affections, &c. See 
Omission of good works. 

OBEDIENCE. 

LEX. Commanded. Eccl. xii. 13. Fear 
God, and keep his commandments : for tins is 
the whole duty of man. 

Jer. vii. 23. This thing commanded I your 
fathers, saying, Obey my voice ; and I will be 
your God, and ye shall be my people. Lev. 
xix. 37. 1 Sam. xv. 22. Jer. xi. 4. Deut 
vi. 24, 25.— vii. 12. 

Ezek. xx. 19. I am the Lord your God; 
walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, 
and do them. Ch. xxxvii. 24. 

1 Cor. vii. 19. Circumcision is nothing, and 
uncircumcision is nothing,' but keeping the 
commandments of God. Ps. cxix. 4. 

LX. Universal obedience required. Deut 
xxviii. 14. Thou shalt not go aside from any 
of the words which I command thee this day, 
to the right hand or to the left. 

Josh. i. 7. Observe to do according to all the 
law ; turn not from it to the right hand or to 
the left ; that thou mayest prosper whitherso- 
ever thou goest. 

1 Chron. xxviii. 8. Keep and seek for all 
the commandments of the Lord your God. 

Ps. cxix. 1. Blessed are the undefiled in the 
way. 

Ver. 6. I shall not be ashamed when I have 
respect unto all thy commandments. 

Matt. v. 19. Whosoever shall break one of 
these least commandments, and shall teach 
men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of 
heaven. 

Gal. iii. 10. It is written in the law, Cursed 
is every one that continueth not in all things 
that are written in the book of the law to do 
them. Deut. vii. 26. Jer. xi. 3. 

Col. iv. 12. I pray that ye may stand per- 
fect, and complete in all the will of God. 1 Pet. 
iv. 2. 

James ii. 10. Whosoever shall keep the 
whole law, and vet offend in one point, is guilty 
of all. 

LXI. With an high esteem of God's law. 
Ps. cxix. 128. I esteem all thy precepts right. 
Prov. iii. 17. Ways of pleasantness and paths 
of peace. 1 John v. 3. Not grievous. 

Ver. 173. I have chosen thy precepts. — 
Ver. 111. Thy testimonies have I taken as an 
heritage for ever ; for they are the rejoicing of 
my heart. See Rejoicing in God,, in his 
word. 



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Chap. XV. 



Ver. 97. how I love thy law. Ver. 159. 
See Love to God. 

Ver. 20. My soul breaketh for the longing 
it hath unto thy testimonies at all times. Ver. 
40. See Longing for God and the things of 
God. 

Ver. 1 1. Thy word have I hid in my heart, 
that I might not sin against thee. — Ver. 15. I 
will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect 
unto thy ways. See Meditation. 

Ver. 83. I do not forget thy statutes. Ver. 
55. 93. Ps. xviii. 22. 

Rom. vii. 22. I delight in the law of God 
after the inward man. Ps. i. 2. — xl. 8. — cxix. 
16. 70. 72. 77. 92. 143. 174. See Delight. 

LXII. With resolution of heart. Josh. xxiv. 
15. Joshua said, As for me and my house, we 
will serve the Lord. — Ver. 24. The people 
said, The Lord our God will we serve, and his 
voice will we obey. 

Ps. cxix. 57. O Lord, I have said that I 
would keep thy words. — Ver. 69. I will keep 
thy precepts with my whole heart. 

Ver. 106. I have sworn and I will perform 
it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. 

Ver. 112. I have inclined my heart to per- 
form thy statutes. — Ver. 117. I will have re- 
spect unto thy statutes continually.. Ver. 145. 
See 2 Kings xxiii. 3. 2 Chron. xv. 12. 15.— 
xxxiv. 31. Where the king and the people 
enter into a covenant, an oath and curse, to 
seek God. 

LXIII. Ability for obedience promised. 
Deut. xxx. 6. The Lord thy God will circum- 
cise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to 
love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and 
with all thy soul. — Ver. 8. And thou shalt 
obey the voice of the Lord, to do all his com- 
mandments. 

2 Chron. xxx. 12. The hand of God was to 
give them one heart, to do the commandment 
by the word of the Lord. Ps. ex. 3. Thy peo- 
ple shall be willing in the day of thy power. 

Isa. ii. 3. He will teach us of his ways, and 
we shall walk in his paths. Mic. iv, 2. 

Ezek. xi. 19, 20. I will give them one 
heart, and I will put a new spirit within them ; 
and I will take the stony heart out of their 
flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh : 
That they may walk in my statutes, and keep 
my commandments and do them ; and they 
shall be my people, and I will be their God. 
Cb. xxxvi. 26, 27. Jer. xxiv. 7.— xxxi. 33. 
— xxxii. 39. 

Zeph. iii. 9. I will turn to the people a pure 
language, that they may all call upon the 
name of the Lord, to serve him with one 
consent. 

John xv. 5. Jesus said, Without me ye can 
40 nothing. 



Acts v. 32. The Holy Ghost God hath 
given to them that obey him. 

2 Cor. xii. 9. The Lord said to Paul, My 
grace is sufficient for thee, for my strength is 
made perfect in weakness. 

Phil. ii. 13. God worketh in you, both to 
will and to do of his good pleasure. 1 Pet. iv. 
11. The ability God giveth. 

LXIV. Ability prayed for. 1 Kings viii. 
57, 58. Solomon prayed, The Lord our God 
be with us ; That he may incline our hearts 
unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep 
all his commandments, and his statutes, and 
his judgments. Ver. 61. 

1 Chron. xxii. 11, 12. David prayed, The 
Lord be with thee, my son. (Ch. xxix. 19.) 
And give thee wisdom and understanding, 
that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord. 

1 Kings iii. 9. 

xxix. 13, 14. David said, Our God, we 
thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. For 
all things come of thee, and of thine own 
have we given thee. See ver. II, 12. 

Ver. 18, 19. Keep this for ever in the ima- 
gination of the thoughts of the heart of thy 
people, and prepare their heart unto thee, to 
keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and 
thy statutes. 

Ps. lx. 12. Through God we shall do va- 
liantly. Ps. cviii. 13. 

cxix. 5. O that my ways were directed to 
keep thy statutes. — Ver. 32. I will run the 
way of thy commandments, when thou shalt 
enlarge my heart. 

Ver. 33. Teach me, O Lord, the way of 
thy statutes, and I shall keep it. — Ver. 34. 
Give me understanding, so shall I keep thy 
law. 

Ver. 36. Incline my heart unto thy testi- 
monies. Ver. 43, 44. 80. Let my heart be 
sound in thy statutes. 

Ver. 88. Quicken me, so shall I keep the 
testimony of thy mouth. 

cxliii. 10. Teach me to do thy will; for 
thou art my God. 

2 Thess. ii. 16, 17. Now our Lord Jesus 
Christ himself, and God, even our Father, who 
hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting 
consolation, and good hope through grace; 
comfort your hearts, and establish you in 
every good word and work. Col. i. 9. 

2 Thess. i. 11. 

Heb. xiii. 20, 21. Now the God of peace, 
that brought again from the dead our Lord 
Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep, 
through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 
make you perfect in every good work to do 
his will ; working in you that which is well 
pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; 
to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 



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LXV. Ability from God acknowledged. 
1 Cor. xv. 10. Paul said, By the grace of God 
I am what I am ; and his grace which was 
bestowed on me was not in vain : but I la- 
boured more abundantly than they all; yet 
not I, but the grace of God, which was with 
me. 

2 Cor. iii. 5. Our sufficiency is of God. 
Ch. xii. 10. Joel iii. 10. Isa. xxxv. 4. 

Phil. iv. 13. I can do all things through 
Christ which strengthened me. 

Eph. vi. 10. Be strong in the Lord, and in 
the power of his might. 

2 Tim. ii. 1. Be strong in the grace that is 
in Christ Jesus. See God doth lead, guide, 
strengthen, and uphold, &c. 

LXVI. Instances of obedience. Ps. cxix. 
22. I have kept thy testimonies. — Ver. 60. I 
made haste and delayed not to keep thy com- 
mandments. 

Ver. 63. I am a companion of them that 
fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. 
— Ver. 87. I forsook not thy precepts. 

Ver. 101. I have refrained my feet from 
every evil way, that I might keep thy word. — 
Ver. 102. I have not departed from thy judg- 
ments, for thou hast taught me. Ver. 129. 

Ver. 110. I erred not from thy precepts. — 
Ver. 168. I have kept thy precepts and thy 
testimonies, for all my ways are before thee. 

John iv. 34. Jesus said, My meat is to do 
the will of him that sent me. 

viii. 29. I do always the things that please 
him. » 

xv. 10. I have kept my Father's command- 
ments. 

xvii. 4. I have finished the work which 
thou gavest me to do. 

Phil. ii. 8. He became obedient unto death. 
Heb. v. 8. 

Heb. x. 7. I come to do thy will. Ps. xl. 
7, 8. 

John xiii. 15. Jesus said, I have given you 
an example. 

1 John ii. 6. He that saith he abideth in 
him, ought himself to walk even as he walked. 

Rom. vi. 17. Ye have obeyed from the heart 
that form of doctrine delivered unto you. 

Rev. iii. 8. I know thy works : thou hast 
kept my word. Ver. 10. 

xii. 17. The dragon went to make war 
with them which keep the commandments of 
God, and have the testimony of Jesus. 

xiv. 12. Here are they that keep the com- 
mandments of God and the faith of Jesus. 

Examples. Abraham, Gen. xviii. 19. — 
xxii. 18. — The children of Levi, Deut. xxxiii. 
9. 11. — Noah, Daniel, and Job, Ezek. xiv. 14. 
20. Job i. 8. — xxiii. 11. — Shadrach, Me- 
shaeh, and Abednego, Dan. iii. 26. — David, 
26 



1 Kings xiv. 8. — Jehoshaphat, ! Kings xxii. 
43. — Hezekiah, 2 Kings xviii. 6. — Josiah, 

2 Kings xxiii. 3. Ps. lxxviii. 7. 

LXVII. Promises to the obedient. Exod. 
xix. 5. If ye will obey my voice indeed, and 
keep my covenant, then shall ye be a peculiar 
treasure unto me above all people.; for all the 
earth is mine. 

xx. 6. I am the Lord, shewing mercy unto 
thousands of them that love me, and keep my 
commandments. Deut. v. 10. — vii. 9. Neh. 
i. 5. Jer. xxxii. 18. Dan. ix. 4. 

Lev. xviii. 5. Ye shall keep my statutes and 
my judgments ; which if a man do he shall 
live in them. Neh. ix. 29. Prov. iv. 4. — 
vii. 2. Ezek. xx. 11. 13. 21. Rom. x. 5. 
Gal. iii. 12. 

xxvi. 3 — 7. If ye walk in my statutes, and 
keep my commandments, and do them, then 
will I give rain in due season, and the land 
shall yield her increase. Ye shall eat bread 
to the full, and dwell in your land safely. I 
will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie 
down and none shall make you afraid. (Isa. 
i. 19.) And ye shall chase your enemies, and 
they shall fall before you by the sword. See 
to ver. 12, and Chap. xxv. 18, 19. 

Deut. iv. 1. Hearken, O Israel, to the 
, statutes and judgments which I teach you, for 
to do them, that ye may live, and go in and. 
possess the land. — Ver. 6. Keep and do them, 
for this is your wisdom and understanding in 
the sight of the nations. Ver. 7, 8. 30. 

Ver. 40. Thou shalt keep his statutes, that 
it may go well with thee, and with thy child- 
dren after thee. Ch. vi. 1, 2. 17, 18. 25.— 
xii. 28. 

v. 29. O that there were such a heart in 
them, &c. Ver. 33. 

xiii. 4. Ye shall keep his commandments, 
and obey his voice. — Ver. 17. That the Lord 
may turn from the fierceness of his anger, 
and shew thee mercy, and have compassion 
upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath 
sworn unto thy fathers. 

xxviii. 1. If thou shalt hearken diligently 
unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to ob- 
serve and to do all his commandments, the 
Lord thy God will set thee on high, above all 
nations of the earth. See various blessings 
promised to ver. 14th of this chapter, and in 
Lev. xxvi. 3 to 14, and Deut. vii. 12, 13, 14, 
15.— xi. 9. 13, 14, 15.— xxx. 8, 9. 

xxix. 9. Keep the words of this covenant 
and do them, that ye may prosper in all that 
ye do. 1 Kings ii. 3, 4. Jer. xxxviii. 20. 

xxx. 19, 20. I have set before you life and 
death, blessing and cursing : therefore choose 
life, that both thou and thy seed may live. 
That thou may est love the Lord thy God, and 



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that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou 
mayest cleave unto him, (for he is thy life and 
the length of thy days.) Ver. 16. Ch. v. 1. 
10.— viii. 2. 6. 11. 20.— xii. 1. 25,— xxx. 8 to 
16. 1 Sam. xii. 14. 1 Kings iii. 14. Prov. 
iii. 2. 

Ps. xix. 8. The statutes of the Lord are 
right. — Ver. 11. In keeping them there is a 
great reward. 

xxv. 10. All the paths of the Lord are 
mercy and truth, to such as keep his covenant 
and his testimonies. 

xxxvii. 34. Keep his way, and he shall 
exalt thee. 

1. 23. To him that ordereth his conversa- 
tion aright, I will shew the salvation of God. 

cxix. 2. Blessed are they that keep his tes- 
timonies. 

Prov. iii. 1, 2. Let thy heart keep my 
commandments, for long life and peace shall 
they add to thee. 

viii. 32. Blessed are they that keep my 
ways. 

xix. 16. He thatkeepeth the commandment, 
keepeth his own soul. 

xxix. 18 He that keepeth the law, happy 
is he. 

Isa. xlviii. 18. Thus saith the Lord, O that 
thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, 
then had thy peace been as a river, and thy 
righteousness as the waves of the sea. 

Jer. vi. 16. Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye 
in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, 
where is the good way, and walk therein ; and 
ye shall find rest for your souls. 

vii. 23. This thing commanded I your fa- 
thers, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be 
your God, and ye shall be my people ; walk 
ye in all my ways, that it may be well unto you. 

xxvi. 13. Obey the voice of the Lord your 
God, and he will repent him of the evil that 
he hath pronounced against you. 

Ezek. xviii. 5. 9. If a man be just, and do 
that which is right, and hath walked in my 
statutes, and kept my judgments, he shall 
surely live. Ver. 18, 19. Ch. xxxvii. 24. 

Matt. vii. 21. Jesus said, Not every one 
that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter 
info the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth 
the will of my Father which is in heaven. 

xii. 50. Whosoever shall do the will of my 
Father which is in heaven, the same is my 
brother, and sister, and mother. 

xix. 17. If thou wilt enter into life, keep 
the commandments. 

Luke xi. 28. Blessed are they that hear the 
word of God and keep it. 

John ix. 31. If any man be a worshipper 
of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. 

xiii. 17. If ye know these things, happy are 
ye if ye do them. 



Rom. ii. 13. Not the hearers of the law axe 
just before God, but the doers of the law shall 
be justified. 

1 John ii. 17. He that doeth the will of God 
abideth for ever. 

iii. 22. Whatsoever things we ask we re- 
ceive of him, because we keep his command- 
ments, and do those things that are pleasing 
in his sight. 

Rev. xxii. 14. Blessed are they that do his 
commandments, that they may have right to 
the tree of life, and may enter in through the 
gates into the city. 



DISOBEDIENCE 

LXVIII. Threats against the disobedient. 
Deut. xxviii. 15 — 19. If thou wilt not hearken 
unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe 
and to do all his commandments, and his sta- 
tutes, all these curses shall come upon thee 
and overtake thee : Cursed shalt thou be in 
the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 
Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 
Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the 
fruit of thy land, and the increase of thy kine, 
and the flocks of thy sheep. Cursed shalt 
thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt 
thou be when thou goest out. 

Ver. 20. The Lord shall send upon thee 
cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou 
settest thy hand unto for to do, until thou be 
destroyed, and until thou perish quickly, be- 
cause of the wickedness of thy doings, where- 
by thou hast forsaken me. See to the end of 
this chap. ; also the parallel place, Lev. xxvi. 
14 to 40., containing threatenings of many 
dreadful calamities. See also the following 
scriptures, wherein the disobedient are threat- 
ened with the evils of war, famine, pestilence, 
sickness, death, &c. &c. Neh. ix. 26. Isa. 
xxiv. 1 to 13.— xliii. 27, 28.— lxv. 12. Jer. 
vi. 19. 22, 23.— xxv. 4 to 9.— xxvi. 4. 6.— 
xxix. 17. 

Eph. ii. 2. The prince of the power of the 
air worketh in the children of disobedience. 

v. 6. The wrath of God cometh upon the 
children of disobedience. Col. iii. 6. 

1 Tim. i. 9. The law is made for the law- 
less and disobedient, 

1 Pet. ii. 7, 8. To them which be disobe- 
dient, Christ is a stone of stumbling and a 
rock of offence. See the threatenings against 
the wicked, ungodly, and other sins mentioned. 

OBEDIENCE TO CHRIST. 

LXIX. Obedience to Christ's commands. 
Matt, xxviii. 19, 20. Go ye and teach all na- 
tions, to observe all things whatsoever I have 



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commanded you : and, lo, I am with you 
always, unto the end of the world. 

John xiv. 15. If ye love me, keep my com- 
mandments. — Ver. 24. He that loveth me not 
keepeth not my sayings. Ver. 21. 23. 

xv. 14. Ye are my friends if ye do whatso- 
ever I command you. Ver. 10. 

1 Cor. ix. 21. Being under the law to 
Christ. 

James i. 22. Be ye doers of the word, and 
not hearers only. Ch. ii. 8. 12. 17. 

1 John ii. 3 — 5. Hereby do we know that 
we know bim, if we keep his commandments. 
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not 
his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is 
not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, 
verily in him is the love of God perfected. 

John viii. 31. If ye continue in my word, 
then are ye my disciples indeed. 

LXX. Promises to them that obey Christ. 
Matt. vii. 24, 25. Whosoever heareth these 
sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken 
him unto a wise man, which built his house 
upon a rock : And the rain descended, and 
the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat 
upon that house, and it fell not, for it was 
founded upon a rock. 

John viii. 51. If a man keep my sayings he 
shall never see death. 

xii. 26. If any man serve me, let him follow 
me; and where I am there shall also my ser- 
vant be. If any man serve me, him will my 
Father honour. 

Heb. v. 9. Christ became the author of 
eternal salvation to them that obey him. 

Rev. ii. 26. He that keepeth my words unto 
the end, to him will I give power over the na- 
tions. — Ver. 28. I will give him the morning 
star. Ver. 17. 

xi. 18. The time is come that thou shouldst 
give a reward unto thy servants the pro- 
phets, &c. 

LXXI. Promises to them that overcome 
temptations in their obedience to Christ. 
Rev. ii. 7. He shall eat of the tree of life. — 
Ver. 11. Shall not be hurt of the second death. 

Ver. 17. Hidden manna, and a white stone, 
and a new name, shall be given him. — Ver. 
26. Power over the nations given to him. 

iii. 5. He shall be clothed in white. — Ver. 
12. Shall be a pillar in the temple of God. — 
Ver. 21. Shall sit with Christ in his throne. 

xxi. 7. Shall inherit all things. 

DISOBEDIENCE TO CHRIST. 

LXXII. Disobedience to Christ. Threats. 
Matt. vii. 26, 27. Every one that heareth these 
sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be 
likened unto a foolish man, which built his 



house upon the sand, and the rain descended, 
and the floods came, and the winds blew, and 
beat upon that house, and it fell ; and great 
was the fall thereof. 

Luke vi. 46. Why call ye me, Lord, Lord, 
and do not the things that I say 1 

xix. 27. Those mine enemies that would 
not that I should reign over them, bring hither 
and slay before me. 

Rom. x. 16. They have not all obeyed the 
gospel. Isa. liii. 1. 

xvi. 18. Some serve not our Lord Jesus 
Christ, but their own belly. 

Gal. iii. 1. Who hath bewitched you, that 
ye should not obey the truth 1 

2Thess. i. 7—10. The Lord Jesus Christ 
shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty 
angels, in flaming fire, taking vengeance on 
them that know not God, and that obey not 
the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ : who 
shall be punished with everlasting destruction 
from the presence of the Lord, and from the 
glory of his power ; when he shall come to be 
glorified in his saints, and admired in all them 
that believe. 

1 Pet. iv. 17. What shall be the end of them 
that obey not the gospel 1 See Ps. ii. 12. 
Deut. xviii. 18, 19. Rev. xii. 5. — xix. 15 
See Christ's kingly office. 

WORKS. 

LXXIII. God will render to mankind ac- 
cording to their works, good or bad. Job 
xxxiv. 10, 11. Far be it from God that he 
should do wickedness. For the work of a man 
will he render unto him, and cause every man 
to find according to his ways. 

Ps. Ixii. 12. The Lord rendereth unto every 
man according to his work. 

Eccl. xii. 14. God will bring every man's 
work into judgment. 

1 Cor. iii. 13. Every man's works shall be 
made manifest. 

Isa. iii. 10, 11. Say ye to the righteous, that 
it shall be well with him ; for they shall eat 
the fruit of their doings. Woe unto the 
wicked ! it shall be ill with him ; for the re- 
ward of his hands shall be given him. 

Jer. xvii. 10. I the Lord search the heart 
and try the reins ; even to give every man ac- 
cording to his ways, and according to the fruit 
of his doings. Pro v. xxi v. 12. 

xxxii. 19. Thine eyes are upon all the ways 
of the sons of men, to give every one according 
to his ways, and according to the fruit of his 
doings. 

Matt. xvi. 27. The Son of man shall come 
in his glory, with his angels ; and then shall 
he reward every man according to his 
works. 



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Rom. ii. 6. God will render to every man 
according to his deeds. 

2 Cor. v. 10. We must all appear before the 
judgment seat of Christ ; that every one may 
receive the things done in his body, according 
to that he hath done, whether it be good or 
bad. 

Gal. vi. 7. Whatsoever a man soweth that 
shall he also reap. 

Eph. vi. 8. Whatsoever good things any 
man doeth, the same shall he receive of the 
Lord. 

1 Pet. i. 17. God, without respect of per- 
sons, judgeth according to every man's work. 

Rev. ii. 23. All the churches shall know 
that I am he which searcheth the reins and 
hearts ; and I will give unto every one of you 
according unto your works. 

xx. 12. I saw the dead, small and great, 
stand before God ; and the books were opened, 
and another book was opened, which is the 
Book of Life ; and the dead were judged out 
of those things which were written in the 
books, according to their works. 

xxii. 12. Behold I come quickly, and my 
reward is with me, to give every man accord- 
ing as his work shall be. See this reward 
prayed for against the wicked, Neh. vi. 14. 
Ps. xxviii. 4. 2 Tim. iv. ] 4. Threatened 
against the wicked, Jer. xxi. 14. — xxv. 14. 
Ezek. vii. 27. — xxiv. 14. Mic. vii. 13. 2 Cor. 
xi. 15. 

LXXIV. Good works commanded. Matt. 
v. 16. Let your light so shine before men, that 
they may see your good works, and glorify 
your Father which is in heaven. 1 Pet.ii. 12. 
15. 

Col. i. 10. Walk worthy of the Lord unto 
all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work. 
John xv. 8. Herein, saith Christ, is my Fa- 
ther glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall 
ye be my disciples. 

1 Tim. ii. 8 — 10. I will that women adorn 
themselves with good works. 

v. 10. Let a widow be taken into the num- 
ber, having followed every good work. 

2 Tim. ii. 21. If a man purge himself from 
these sins, he shall be a vessel sanctified unto 
honour, and meet for the master's use, and pre- 
pared unto every good work. 

Tit. ii. 7. In all things shewing thyself a 
pattern of good works. 

iii. 1. Put them in mind to be ready to every 
good work. — Ver. 8. These things I will that 
thou affirm constantly, that they who have be- 
lieved in God, might be careful to maintain 
good works : these things are good and pro- 
fitable unto men. — Ver. 14. Let ours also 
learn to maintain good works for necessary 



Heb. x. 24. Let us consider one another, to 
provoke unto love and to good works. Sea 
James iii. 13. 

LXXV. Ability for performing good 
works, promised. Isa. xxvi. 12. Lord, thou 
wilt ordain peace for us, for thou hast wrougii 
all our works in us. 2 Cor. v. 5. 

lxi. 8. I will direct their work in truth, saith 
the Lord. 

2 Cor. ix. 8. God is able to make all grace 
abound toward you, that ye always, having 
all sufficiency in all things, may abound to 
every good work. 

Eph. ii. 10. We are God's workmanship, 
created in Christ Jesus unto good works, 
which God hath before ordained that we should 
walk in them. 

iii. 20. His power worketh in us. Eph. 
i. 19. 

Phil. i. 6. He that hath begun a good work 
in you, will perform it until the day of Christ. 

ii. 12, 13. Work out your salvation with fear 
and trembling ; for it is God that worketh in 
you, both to will and to do of his good plea- 
sure. 

2 Thess. ii. 16, 17. Our Lord Jesus Christ, 
and God, even our Father, comfort your hearts, 
and establish you in every good word and 
work. 

2 Tim. iii. 16, 17. The Scripture is profit- 
able for doctrine, for reproof, for correction and 
instruction in righteousness, that the man of 
God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto 
all good works. 

iv. 18. The Lord will deliver me from every 
evil work, and preserve me to his heavenly 
kingdom. 

Tit. ii. 14. Christ gave himself for us, that 
he might redeem us from all iniquity, and 
purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous 
of good works. 

Heb. ix. 14. The blood of Christ shall purge 
your conscience from dead works, to serve the 
living God. 

xiii. 20, 21. Now the God of peace, that 
brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, 
that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the 
blood of the everlasting covenant, make you 
perfect in every good work to do his will, 
working in you that which is well-pleasing in 
his sight, through Jesus Christ : to whom be 
glory for ever and ever. Amen. See Ability 
for obedience. Also see, God doth strengthen, 
lead, guide, &c. 

LXXVI. Promises to the performance of 
good works. Heb. vi. 10. God is not un- 
righteous, to forget your work and labour of 
love. 

Rom. ii. 10. Glory, honour and peace, to 
every one that worketh good. 



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Gal. vi. 4. Let every man prove his own 
work, and then shall he have rejoicing in him- 
self, and not in another. 

James i. 25. A doer of the work shall be 
blessed in his deed. 

ii. 17. Faith without works is dead. See 
ver. 14 to 24. 

Rev. xiv. 1 3. Blessed are the dead that die 
in the Lord ; they rest from their labours, and 
their works do follow them. See 2 Chron. xv. 
7. — xxxi. 20. 21. Isa. xlix. 4. Jer. xxxi. 16. 
Rev. ii. 2. 9. 13. 19. 26. 28.— hi. 1. 8. 15. 

LXXVII. Examples of good works. Acts 
x. 38. Jesus went about doing good. John x. 
32. See examples of obedience in Ch.' 2d and 
3d of Rev. 

LXXVIII. Omission of good works. 
Threats. Luke xii. 47. That servant which 
knew his Lord's will and did it not, shall be 
beaten with many stripes. 

James i. 22. Be ye doers of the word, and 
not hearers only, deceiving your ownselves. 

See the parable of the talent hid in the 
earth, Matt. xxv. 25, 26. 30. — Christ's sentence 
against the wicked, for omitting duty, Matt. 
xxv. 41, 42. — The unfruitful tree cut down, 
Matt. iii. 10. — vii. 19. Luke hi. 9. — xiii. 6, 7. 
John xv. 2. — The barren fig-tree cursed, Matt. 
xxi. 19. — 'The parable of the seed sown not 
bearing fruit, Matt. xiii. 19. Mark iv. 4. 
Luke viii. 5. — The servant's professing obe- 
dience, but not working, Matt. xxi. 30. — The 
sin and folly of not being rich toward God, 
Luke xii. 20, 21. James iv. 17. Jude 12. 
Deut. xxxii. 32. Heb. vi. 8. 

DOING GOOD. 

LXXIX. Shunning evil and doing good 
commanded. Ps. xxxiv. 14. Depart from evil, 
and do good. Ps. xxxvii. 3. 8. 27. Isa. lvi. 
2.— i. 16. 1 Pet. iii. 11. 

Ps. xcviir 10. Ye that love the Lord hate 
evil. 

Matt. xii. 12. It is lawful to do well on the 
sabbath days. 

2 Cor. xiii. 7. I pray God that ye do no evil. 
1 Pet. ii. 15. It is the will of God, that with 

well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance 
of foolish men. 

iii. 11. Eschew evil and do good. Ver. 17. 

iv. 15. Let none of you suffer as an evil- 
doer. 

3 John ver. 11. Follow not that which is 
evil, but that which is good. 

Examples. Job i. 1. Job feared God and 
eschewed evil. Ver. 8. Ch. ii. 3. 

Ps. cxix. 101. I have refrained my feet from 
every evil way. 

Acts x. 38. Jesus went about doing good. 



LXXX. Promises to them that do good, 
that do well. Gen. iv. 7. If thou doest well, 
shalt thou not be accepted ? 

Matt. xxiv. 46. Blessed is that servant, 
whom his Lord shall find so doing. 

Rom. ii. 7. To those who seek for glory, 
honour, and immortality, by a patient continu- 
ance in well-doing, God will give eternal life. 
— Ver. 1 0. Glory, honour, and peace to every 
man that worketh good. 

Gal. vi. 9. Let us not be weary in well- 
doing, for in due season we shall reap if we 
faint not. 

Eph. vi. 8. Whatsoever good thing any man 
doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord. 

1 Pet. iv. 19. Let them that suffer according 
to the will of God, commit the keeping of their 
souls to him in well-doing. 

EVIL-DOERS. 

LXXXI. Evil-doers and their works to be 
avoided. Exod. xxiii. 2. Thou shalt not fol- 
low a multitude to do evil. — Ver. 24. Thou 
shalt not do afte? their works. Lev. xviii. 3. 

Ps. xxvi. 5. I have hated the congregation 
of evil-doers ; I will not sit with the wicked. 

ci. 3. I hate the work of them that turn 
aside ; it shall not cleave to me. — Ver. 8. 

cxix. 115. Depart from me, ye evil-doers, for 
I will keep the commandments of my God. 

cxli. 4. Incline not my heart to any evil 
thing, to practise wicked works with men that 
work iniquity. 

Isa. lvi. 2. Blessed is the man that keepeth 
his hands from doing evil. ' 

Matt, xxiii. 3. Do ye not after the works of 
the Scribes and Pharisees, for they say and do 
not. 

Rom. xii. 2. Be not conformed to this world. 

Eph-. iv. 17. Walk not as other Gentiles. 

1 Pet. iv. 3. The time past of our life may 
suffice us, to have wrought the will of the 
Gentiles. 

Rev. xviii. 4. I heard a voice, saying, Come 
out, my people, that ye be not partakers of her 
sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 
See Isa. Iii. 11.- 2 Cor. vi. 17, Where we are 
commanded to avoid evil company. See also 
Ps. i. 1, 2. — cxxv. 5. Prov. i. 15. — iv. 14.— 
xvi. 29. — xxii. 25. 

LXXXII. Doing evil, the character of the 
wicked. Ps. xxxvi. 3. The wicked hath left 
off to be wise, and to do good. Ps. xiv. 3. — 
liii. 1. 3. Rom. iii. 12. 

Prov, ii. 14. The wicked rejoice to do evil. 
Mic. vii. 3. They do evil with both hands. 

Eccl. viii. 11. Because sentence against an 
evil work is not executed speedily ; therefore 
the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them 
to do evil. 

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Jer. iv. 22. My people are wise to do evil, 
Dut to do good they have no knowledge. 

xiii. 23. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, 
or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do 
good, that are accustomed to do evil. 

Rom. vii. 19. The good that I would I do 
not ; but the evil which I would not, that I do. 
— Ver. 21. I find a law in my members, that 
when I would do good evil is present with me. 

LXXXIII. Threats against evil-doers. 
2 Sam. iii. 39. The Lord shall reward the doer 
of evil according to his wickedness. 

Job viii. 20. God will not help evil-doers. 

Ps. xxxiv. 16. The face of the Lord is 
against them that do evil. 1 Pet. iii. 12. Mic. 
iii. 4. 

xxxvii. 9. Evil-doers shall be cut off. 

Isa. i. 4. A seed of evil-doers, children that 
are corrupters. 

Ver. 15. When ye make many prayers I 
will not hear. See threats from ver. 5 to 16. 

xiv. 20. The seed of evil-doers shall never 
be renowned. 

xxxi. 2. God will arise against the house of 
evil-doers. Ps. xciv. 1 6. 

Jer. iv. 4. Thus saith the Lord, Circumcise 
yourself to the Lord, lest my fury come forth 
like fire, and burn that none can quench it, 
because of the evil of your doings. Ch. xxi. 
12. Ezek. xxxvi. 17. Jer. xxvi. 3. — xliv. 
22. 2Kingsxxii. 17. 

xviii. 10. If a nation do evil in my sight, I 
will repent me of the good wherewith I said I 
would benefit them. 

Ezek. xxxvi. 19. According to their way, 
and according to their doings, I judged them. 
Hos. iv. 9.— xii. 2. Zech. i. 6. 

Hos. vii. 2. Their own doings have beset 
them about. Jer. iv. 18. 

Rom. ii. 9. Tribulation and anguish shall 
be upon every soul of man that doeth evil. 
See Deut. iv. 25, 26.— xxxi. 29. Isa. i. 4. 18. 
20. 22.— lix. 6.— Ixvi. 18. Jer. vii. 13. 20.— 
xxxii. 30. — xliv. 8. Ezek. xxi. 24. — xxxiii. 
26. 29. 



WORKS OF DARKNESS. 

LXXXIV. Darkness and the works thereof. 
Ps. lxxxii. 5. The wicked walk in darkness. 

Prov. ii. 13. Evil men leave the paths of 
uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness. 

iv. 1 9. The way of the wicked is as dark- 
ness. 

John iii. 19. Men love darkness rather than 
light, because their deeds are evil. 

Rom. i. 21, 22. Their foolish heart was 
darkened. — They became fools. 

Eph. iv. 18. Having the understanding 
darkened. Matt. vi. 23. 



1 John ii. 9. 11. He that hateth his brother 
is in darkness. 

Rev. xvi. 10. The kingdom of the beast was 
full of darkness. 

LXXXV. Threats. Isa. v. 20. Woe to 

them that call evil good, and good evil ; that 
put darkness for light, and light for darkness. 

xxix. 15. Woe to them whose works are in 
the dark. 

1 Cor. iv. 5. The Lord will bring to light 
the hidden things of darkness. 



NOT IN DARKNESS. 

LXXXVI. The righteous walk not in 
darkness. John viii. 12. He that followeth 
Christ shall not walk in darkness. Ch. xii. 35. 

Acts xxvi. 18. The Lord said to Paul, I 
send thee to open men's eyes, and turn them 
from darkness to light, and from the power of 
Satan unto God. 

Rom. xiii. 12. Let us cast off the works of 
darkness. 

2 Cor. vi. 14. What communion hath light 
with darkness 1 

Eph. v. 11. Have no fellowship with the 
unfruitful works of darkness. 

vi. 12. We wrestle against the rulers of the 
darkness of this world. 

Col. i. 13. God hath delivered us from the 
power of darkness. 1 Pet. ii. 9. 

1 Thess. v. 4, 5. Ye are not in darkness. 
Ye are all the children of light, and of the day. 

1 John i. 6. If we say that we have fellow- 
ship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, 
and do not the truth. 



DEAD WORKS. 

LXXXVII. The wicked, and their works, 
called dead,- the righteous are alive from the 
dead. Rom. vi. 13. Yield yourselves unto 
God as those that are alive from the dead. 

Eph. ii. 1. You hath he quickened who 
were dead in trespasses and sins. 

v. 14. Awake, thou that sleepest, arise from 
the dead, and Christ shall give thee light 

Col. ii. 13. You being dead in your sins, 
hath he quickened. 

1 Tim. v. 6. She that liveth in pleasure is 
dead while she liveth. 

Heb. vi. I. Repentance from dead works. 

ix. 14. The blood of Christ shall purge your 
conscience from dead works, to serve the living 
God. 

Jude 12. The wicked are as trees twice 
dead. 

Rev. iii. 1. Thou hast a name that thou 
livest, and art dead. 



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WORKS OF THE DEVIL, CHILDREN 
OF THE DEVIL. 

LXXXVIII. Works of the devil, children 
of the devil. John viii. 44. To the wicked 
Jesus said, Ye are of your father the devil, and 
the lusts of your father ye will do. 

Acts xiii. 1 0. Paul said, O thou child of the 
devil, thou enemy of all righteousness. 

1 Tim. iv. 1. Some will depart from the 
faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doc- 
trines of devils. 

1 John iii. S. He that committeth sin is of 
the devil. — Ver. 10. In this the children of 
God are manifest, and the children of the 
devil ; whosoever doeth not righteousness is 
not of God. 

LXXXIX. The righteous have no fellowship 
with the children of the devil. 1 Cor. x. 20. 
I would not that ye should have fellowship 
with devils. Ver. 21. 

Eph. iv. 27. Neither give place to the devil. 

James iv. 7. Resist the devil, and he will 
flee from you. 



WORKS OF THE FLESH. 

XC. Works of the flesh, living after the 
flesh. Rom. vii. 5. When we were in the 
flesh, the motions of sin did work in our mem- 
bers to bring forth fruit unto death. 

Ver. 18. In my flesh dwelleth no good 
thing. — Ver. 25. With the flesh I serve the 
law of sin. 

viii. 6. To be carnally minded is death. — 
Ver. 7. The carnal mind is enmity against 
God. — Ver. 13. If ye live after the flesh, ye 
6hall die. 

xiii. 14. Put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and 
make no provision for the flesh to fulfil the 
lusts thereof. 

2 Cor. vii. 1. Let us cleanse ourselves from 
all filthiness of flesh and spirit. 

Gal. v. 17. The flesh lusteth against the 
Spirit. — Ver. 19. The works of the flesh are 
adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lascivious- 
ness, &c. — Ver. 24. They that are Christ's 
have crucified the flesh. 

vi. 8. He that soweth to his flesh, shall of 
the flesh reap corruption. 

Eph. ii. 1 — 3. Ye were dead in trespasses 
and sins, wherein in time past ye walked, ac- 
cording to the course of this world, in the lusts 
of your flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh 
and of the mind ; and were by nature children 
of wrath. Ver. 1 1 . 

Col. ii. 11. Putting off the body of the sins 
of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ. — 
Ver. 13. You being dead in your sins hath he 
quickened. 



Ver. 18. Let no man beguile you, vainly 
puffed up by his fleshly mind. 

1 Pet. ii. 11. Abstain from fleshly lusts 
which war against the soul. 

iv. 2. Live not in the flesh, to the lusts oi 
men, but to the will of God. 

2 Pet. ii. 20. If after they have escaped the 
pollutions of the world, through the know- 
ledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 
they are again entangled therein and overcome, 
the latter end is worse with them than the be- 
ginning. 

,1 John ii. 16. The lust of the flesh, the lust 
of the eye, and the pride of life, is not of the 
Father. 

XCI. Lusts of the flesh forbidden to 
Christians. Rom. vi. 12. Let not sin reign 
in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in 
the lusts thereof. Ver. 13. 

xiii. 14. Put ye on the Lord Jesus, and 
make not provision for the flesh to fulfil the 
lusts thereof. 

Gal. v. 16, 17. Walk in the Spirit, and ye 
shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh. For the 
flesh lusteth against the Spirit. Ver. 24. 
They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh 
with the affections and lusts. 

Eph. iv. 22. Put off the old man, which is 
corrupt according to the deceitful lusts. 

2 Tim. ii. 22. Flee youthful lusts ; but fol- 
low righteousness, faith, &c. 

Tit.ii. 12. Denying ungodliness and worldly 
lusts, we should live soberly, righteously and 
godly, in this present world. 

1 Pet. i. 14. As obedient children, not 
fashioning yourselves according to the formei 
lusts in your ignorance. 

ii. 11. I beseech you, as strangers and pil 
grims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which wai 
against the soul. 

iv. 2. Live no longer 'to the lusts of men 
but to the will of God. — Ver. 3. The time 
past of our life may suffice us to have wrought 
the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in 
lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revelling, 
banquetings, and abominable idolatries. 

2 Pet. i. 4. There are given to us exceeding 
great and precious promises ; that by these ye 
might be partakers of the divine nature, hav- 
ing escaped the corruption that is in the world 
through lust. 

1 John ii. 16. All that is in the world, the 
lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the 
pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the 
world. — Ver. 17. The world passeth away 
and the lust thereof. 

XCn. Lusting after women. Prov. vi. 
25. Lust not after beauty in thy heart. 
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man to lust after her, hath committed adultery 
with her already in his heart. 

XCIII. Lusting after meats and drinks. 
See instances in the Jews punished. Numb. 
xi. 4. 34. Ps. lxxviii. 18. 30.— lxxxi. 12.— 
cvi. 14. 1 Cor. x. 6. 

XCIV. The evil of lusts. John viii. 44. 
They are of the devil. 1 John ii. 16. They 
are of the world. Mark iv. 19. They choke 
the word. 

Eph. ii. 2, 3. They prevail in the children 
of disobedience and wrath. 

1 Thess. iv. 5. In those who know not God. 
Tit. iii. 3. 

James i. 14. By them men are drawn away 
to sin, and enticed. Ver. 15. 2 Pet. ii. 18. 

iv. 1. From them proceed wars and fight- 
ings among men. Ver. 2, 3. 5. Because of 
them prayers are not answered. 

2 Tim. iv. 3. Through them men pervert 
the gospel. Ch. iii. 6. 2 Pet. iii. 3. Jude 
16. 18. 

1 Tim. vi. 9. They drown men in destruc- 
tion and perdition. 

CORRUPTION OF SIN. 

XCV. Corruption prevailing. Gen. vi. 

11. The earth was corrupt before God. — Ver. 

12. For all flesh had corrupted their way upon 
the earth. 

Exod. xxxii. 7, 8. The Lord said unto 
Moses, Thy people have corrupted themselves. 
(Deut. ix. 12.) They have turned aside 
quickly out of the way. Deut. xxxi. 29. 

Deut. xxxii. 5. They have corrupted them- 
selves; their spot is not the spot of God's 
children ; they are a perverse and crooked 
generation. — Ver. 6. Do ye thus requite the 
Lord 1 O foolish people, and unwise. Judg. 
ii. 19. 

Matt. vii. 17. A corrupt tree bringeth forth 
evil fruit. Ver. 18. Ch. xii. 33. 

Rev. xix. 2. The great whore did corrupt 
the earth, with her fornication. See Isa. i. 4. 
Hos. ix. 9. Zeph. iii. 7. 

XCVI. Confession of corruption. Neh. i. 
7. We have dealt very corruptly against 
thee, and have not kept thy commandments, 
&c. Ezek. xx. 44. Pardon promised. 



THE RIGHTEOUS NOT CORRUPT. 

XCVII. The righteous not corrupt. Eph. 
iv. 22 — 24. Put off the old man, which is 
corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and 
put on the new man, which after God is 
created in righteousness and true holiness. 

2 Pet. i. 4. God hath given to us exceeding 



great and precious promises, that by these y& 
might be partakers of the divine nature, hav 
ing escaped the corruption that is in the world 
through lust. See 1 Pet. i. 22, 23. 



DEFILEMENT OF SIN. 

XCVIII. Defilement of sin. Matt. xv. 18. 
Those things which proceed out of the mouth, 
come forth from the heart, and defile the man 
Ver. 11. 

Ver. 19, 20. For out of the heart proceed 
evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornica- 
tions, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. These 
are the things which defile a man. 

XCIX. Threats. Lev. xviii. 25. The land 
is defiled, therefore I do visit the iniquity 
thereof upon it. — Ver. 28. The land shall 
spue you out, when ye defile it, as it spued 
out the nations before you. 

Num. xxxv. 34. Defile not the land where- 
in I dwell, for I the Lord dwell among the 
children of Israel. Ezek. xliii. 7, 8. 

Isa. xxiv. 5, 6. The earth is defiled under 
the inhabitants thereof, because they have 
transgressed the law, changed the ordinance, 
&c. Therefore hath the curse devoured the 
earth. 

Rev. xxi. 27. There shall in no wise enter 
into the kingdom of heaven any thing that 
defileth, &c. See Ezek. xxxvi. 17, 18. Hos. 
v. 3. 6. Tit. i. 15. Heb. xii. 15. Rev. iii. 
4. Thou hast a few names, which have not 
defiled their garments. 

UNCLEANNESS. 

C. Un cleanness of sin. Isa. vi. 5. I dwell 
in the midst of a people of unclean lips. 

Ezek. xliv. 23. Cause them to discern be- 
tween the clean and unclean. Ch. xxii. 26. 

Matt, xxiii. 27. Ye are full of all unclean- 
ness. 

Rom. vi. 1 9. Ye yielded your members ser- 
vants to uncleanness. 

Gal. v. 19. The works of the flesh, are un 
cleanness. 

Eph. iv. 19. Who being past feeling, have 
given themselves over to lasciviousness, to 
work all uncleanness with greediness. Rom. 
i. 24. 

2 Pet. ii. 9, 10. The Lord knoweth how to 
deliver the godly out of temptations, and to 
reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment 
to be punished. But chiefly them that walk 
after the flesh, in the lust of uncleanness. 

CI. Confession of uncleanness. Isa. lxiv. 
6. We are all as an unclean thing, and our 
righteousnesses as filthy rags. Ch. i. 5, 6. 



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CII. Promises against uncleanness of sin. 
Isa. xxxv. 8. A highway shall be in the 
land, called the way of holiness, the unclean 
shall not pass over it. 

lii. 1. Put on thy beautiful garments, O Je- 
rusalem, the holy city ; there shall no more 
come into thee, the uncircumcised and the 
unclean. 

Ezek. xxxvi. 29. I will save you from all 
your uncleannesses. 

Zech. xiii. 1. There shall be a fountain 
opened for sin and uncleanness. 

CIII. Directions. Eph. v. 3. Uncleanness, 
let it not be named among you. 

Col. iii. 5. Mortify fornication, uncleanness. 
I Thess. iv. 7. 

CIV. Threats. Ezek. xxxix. 24. Accord- 
ing to their uncleanness have I done unto 
them. 

Eph. v. 5. No whoremonger, nor unclean 
person, nor covetous man who is an idolater 
hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ 
and of God. 

POLLUTION. 

CV. Pollution. Ezek. xvi. 6. 22. I saw 
thee polluted in thine own blood, and said 
unto thee, Live. 

Zeph. iii. 1. Woe to the city that is filthy 
and polluted. 

2 Pet. ii. 20. If after they have escaped the 
pollutions of the world, through the know- 
ledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 
they are again entangled therein and over- 
come, the latter end is worse with them than 
the beginning. 

The wicked pollute God's name. See 
Ezek. xx. 9. Isa. xlviii. 11. Jer. xxxiv. 16. 
Ezek. xiii. 19.— xxxix. 7. Mai. i. 7.— They 
polluted God's house. See 2 Chron. xxxvi. 
14. Ezek. xliv. 7. Zeph. iii. 4. — They pol- 
luted God's Sabbaths. See Isa. lvi. 2. Ezek. 
xx. 13 to 24. 

FILTHINESS. 

CVI. Filthiness. Ezra ix. 11. The land 
is unclean, with the filthiness of the people. 
Lam. i. 9. 

Prov. xxx. 12. There is a generation that 
are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not 
washed from their own filthiness. Rev.xvii.4. 

CVII. Directions. 2 Cor. vii. 1. Let us 
cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of flesh 
and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 

Eph. v. 4. Let not filthiness be once named 
amongst you. 

Col. iii. 8. Put off all filthy communication. 
James i. 21. 

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2 Pet. ii. 7. Lot was vexed with the filthy 
conversation of the wicked. 

Ezra vi. 21. The children of Israel separated 
themselves from the filthiness of the heathen, 
to seek the Lord God of Israel. 

CVIII. Promises. Isa. iv. 3, 4. Every one 
in Zion shall be called holy, when the Lord 
shall have washed away the filth of the 
daughters of Zion. 

Ezek. xxxvi. 25. From all your filthiness 
will I cleanse you. Ch. xxii. 15. — xxiv. 13. 

CIX. Threats. Rev. xxii. 11. He that is 
filthy let him be filthy still. 

Ezek. xxiv. 13. Thou shalt not be purged 
from thy filthiness. 

VILENESS. 

CX. Vileness of sin. 1 Sam. iii. 13. I 
will judge Eli's house for ever, for the iniquity 
which he knoweth ; because his sons made 
themselves vile, and he restrained them not. 

Ps. xii. 8. The wicked walk on every side 
when vile men are exalted. Ps. xciv. 20. 

xv. 4. In the eyes of the righteous, a vile 
person is despised. 

Jer. xv. 19. Take forth the precious from 
the vile. 

Rom. i. 26. 28. They did not like to retain 
God in their knowledge, wherefore God gave 
them over to vile affections. He gave them 
over to a reprobate mind. 

CXI. Confession of vileness. Job xl. 4. 
Behold I am vile, what shall I answer thee? 
I will lay my hand upon my mouth. Gen. 
xxxii. 10. Ezra ix. 6. 

ABOMINABLENESS. 

CXII. Abominableness of sin. Jobxv. 16. 
How abominable and filthy is man, that drink- 
eth iniquity like water ! 

Ps. xiv. 1. They have done abominable 
works : none doeth good. Ps. liii. 1. 

Jer. xliv. 4. I sent unto you my servants, 
the prophets, saying, Do not this abominable 
thing that I hate. (Ezek. xxiii. 36.) Ver. 7. 
Wherefore commit ye this great evil against 
your souls 1 

Ezek. xviii. 24. When the righteous doeth 
according to the abominations that the wicked 
man doeth, he shall die. 

xxxiii. 29. They shall know that I am the 
Lord, when I have laid the land desolate for 
all their abominations. 

Rev. xxi. 8. The fearful and unbelieving, 
and the abominable, &c. shall have their part 
in the lake that burneth with fire and brim- 
stone. — Ver. 27. There shall in no wise enter 
into the kingdom of heaven, any thing that de- 
fileth or worketh an abomination, 

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These things are an abomination in the 
sight of God, viz. The sacrifice, the way, the 
thoughts of the wicked, Prov. xv. 8, 9. 26. — 
He that justifieth the wicked, Prov. xvii. 15. — 
The froward, Prov. iii. 32.— xi. 20.— He that 
turneth away his ear from hearing the law, 
Prov. xxviii. 9. — Those that deny God in 
works, Tit. i. 16. 



THE JUST. 

CXIII. Promises to the just, and prayers 
for them. Ps. vii. 9. O let the wickedness 
of the wicked come to an end, but establish 
the just. 

Prov. iii. 33. The curse of the Lord is in 
the house of the wicked, but he blesseth the 
habitation of the just. 

iv. 18. The path of the just, is as the shining 
light, that shineth more and more unto the 
perfect day. 

x. 6, 7. Blessings are upon the head of the 
just, but violence covereth the mouth of the 
wicked. The memory of the just is blessed, 
but the name of the wicked shall rot. 

xi. 9. Through knowledge shall the just be 
delivered. 

xii. 13. The just shall come out of trouble. 
— Ver. 21. There shall no evil happen to the 
just. 

xiii. 22. The wealth of the sinner is laid up 
for the just. Job xxvii. 16, 17. 

xvii. 15. He that justifieth the wicked, and 
he that condemneth the just, even they both 
are an abomination to the Lord. — Ver. 26. 
To punish the just is not good. 

xxiv. 16. A just man falleth seven times, 
and riseth up again : but the wicked shall fall 
into mischief. 

Isa. xxvi. 7. Thou dost weigh the path of 
the just. 

Ezek. xviii. 5. 9. If a man be just, and do 
that which is lawful and right, he shall surely 
live. 

Hab. ii. 4. The just shall live by faith. 
Rom. i. 17. Gal. iii. 11. Heb. x. 38. 

Lukei. 17. He shall turn the disobedient to 
the wisdom of the just. 

xiv. 13. When thou makest a feast, call the 
poor, &c. Thou shalt be recompensed at the 
resurrection of the just. Ver. 14. 

Heb. xii. 23. The spirits of just men made 
perfect. 

2 Pet. ii. 7. God delivered just Lot, vexed 
with the filthy conversation of the wicked. 



THE UNJUST. 

' CXIV. Threatenings against the unjust. 
Prov. xi. 7. When a wicked man dieth his ex- 



pectation shall perish ; and the hope of unjust 
men perisheth. 

xxix. 27. An unjust man is an abomination 
to the just. 

2 Pet. ii. 9, 10. The Lord knoweth how to 
deliver the godly out of temptations, and to 
reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment 
to be punished. But chiefly them that walk 
after the lusts of the flesh. 

CXV. The unjust hurtful in the earth. 
Ps. xliii. 1. O God, deliver me from the unjust 
man. 

Isa. xxvi. 10. In the land of unrighteous- 
ness will he deal unjustly. 

Zeph. iii. 5. The unjust knoweth no shame. 

Luke xvi. 10. He that is unjust in that 
which is least, is unjust also in much. 

1 Cor. vi. 1. Dare any of you go to law be- 
fore the unjust 1 ? 

N. B. Just and unjust, in the above-men- 
tioned passages, are taken from a more uni- 
versal character than merely acts of civil 
justice between man and man. 

GOOD MEN. 

CXVI. The general character of a good 
man's walk or life. Gen. v. 22. He walketh 
with God. Gen. vi. 9. 

xvii. 1. Walketh before God. Ch. xxiv. 
40. — xlviii. 15. 1 Sam. ii. 35. 1 Kings iii. 
6. — viii. 25. — ix. 4. Ps. lvi. 13.— cxvi. 9. 
Isa. xxxviii. 3. 

Matt. vi. 10. He doeth the will of God. 
Heb. x. 36. 

Ps. xl. 8. He delighteth to do God's will. 

Eph. vi. 6. He doeth God's will from the 
heart. 

Col. iv. 12. He stands complete and perfei t 
in the will of God. 

1 Pet. iv. 2. He lives to the will of God. 

Exod. xvi. 4. He walked in God's law. 

Ezek. xi. 20. In God's commandments, sta- 
tutes and judgments. Ps. lxxxix. 30. Ezek. 
xviii. 9. — xx. 19. — xxxvii. 24. Zech. x 12. 
Luke i. 6. Gal. vi. 16. 

Ps. cxxviii. 1. In God's ways. Ps. <Jxix. 3. 
— cxliii. 8. Isa. ii. 3. Jer. vi. 16. Hos. xiv. 9. 

xxvi. 3. In God's truth. Ps.lxxxvi.il. 
Isa.ii. 5. — xxxviii. 3. 2 John 4. 6. 3 John 3, 4. 

Col. i. 1 0. Worthy of God, to please him. 
1 Thess. iv. 1. 

ii. 6. Walk in Christ. 1 John ii. 6. Walk 
as Christ walked. 

Gal. v. 16. Walk after the Spirit. Rom 
viii. 14. Led by the Spirit. 

Eph. v. 8. In the light. John viii. 12.— 
xii. 35. 1 John i. 7. 

iv. 1. Worthy of his vocation. 1 Cor. vii. 17. 

Rom. vi. 4. Walketn in newness of life. 
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Prov. xxviii. 26. Walketh wisely. Eph. 
v. 15 Col. iv. 5. 

Rom. xiii. 13. Honestly, or honourably. 
1 Thess. iv. 12. 

To which may be added the several dispo- 
sitions of the heart, and duties of life toward 
God and man, to which promises are made. 

CXVII. Promises to the good. 2 Chron. 
xix. 1 1. The Lord shall be witk the good 
man. Ps. i. 3. Whatsoever he doeth shall 
prosper. 

Ps. xxxvii. 23. The steps of a good man 
are ordered by the Lord. 

cxii. 5, 6. A good man sheweth favour, and 
lendeth ; he will guide his affairs with, discre- 
tion. He shall not be moved for ever. 

Prov. ii. 20, 21. Walk in the way of good 
men, and keep the paths of the righteous. 
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and 
the perfect shall remain in it. 

xii. 2. A good man obtaineth favour of the 
Lord, but a man of wicked devices will he 
condemn. 

xiii. 22. A good man leaveth an inheritance 
to his children's children, and the wealth of 
the sinner is laid up for the just. 

xiv. 14. The backslider in heart shall be 
filled with his own ways, but a good man shall 
be satisfied from himself. — Ver. 19. The evil 
bow before the good, and the wicked at the 
gates of the righteous. 

Eccl. ii. 26. God giveth to a man that is 
good in his sight, wisdom and knowledge, and 
joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to 
gather and to heap up, that he may give to 
him that is good before God. 

Matt. xxv. 21. Christ will say, Well done, 
good and faithful servant, enter into the joy 
of thy Lord. 

Rom. v. 7. For a good man some would 
even dare to die. 



EVIL MEN. 

CXVm. Evil men. Ps. x. 15. Lord, 
Dreak thou the arm of the evil man. 

cxl. 1. Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil 
man. 

Prov. ii. 10 — 12. When wisdom entereth 
into thy heart, discretion shall preserve thee ; 
to deliver thee from the way of the evil man. 

iv. 14, 15. Enter not in the path of the 
wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn away from it and 
pass away. 

xvii. 11. An evil man seeketh only rebellion. 

xxiv. 1. Be not thou envious against evil 
men, neither desire to be with them. Ver. 19,20. 

xxviii. 5. Evil men understand not judg- 
ment. 



xxix. 6. In the transgression of an evil man 
is a snare. 

Matt. xii. 35. An evil man, out of the evil 
treasure of his heart, bringeth fortlr. evil 
things. 

2 Tim. hi. 13. Evil men shall wax worse 
and worse. 

PERVERSENESS. 

CXIX. Perverseness charged upon sinners. 
Deut. xxxii. 5. They have corrupted them- 
selves, their spot is not the spot of God's child- 
ren : they are a perverse and crooked genera- 
tion. 

1 Kings viii. 47. We have sinned and done 
perversely, we have committed wickedness. 

Job ix. 20. If I say I am perfect, my mouth 
shall prove me perverse. 

xxxiii. 27. I have sinned and perverted that 
which was right, and it profited me not. 

Jer. iii. 21. They have perverted their way, 
and have forgotten the Lord their God. 

xxiii. 36. They have perverted the words 
of the living God. 

Ezek. ix. 9. The city is full of perverseness, 
for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth, 
and the Lord seeth not. 

Matt. xvii. 1 7. Jesus said, faithless and 
perverse generation. 

CXX. Threat. Numb. xxii. 32. The angel 
said to Balaam, I went out to withstand thee, 
because thy way is perverse. 

Prov. x. 9". He that perverteth his ways 
shall be known. 

xi. 3. The perverseness of transgressors 
shall destroy them. 

xii. 8. He that is of a perverse heart shall 
be despised. 

xxviii. 6. Better is the poor that walketh in 
his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his 
ways, though he be rich. 

Ver. 18. He that is perverse in his ways 
shall fall at once. 

Mic. iii. 9. Hear ye that pervert all equity. 
Ver. 12. Zion for your sakes shall be plough- 
ed as a field. 

Perverse lips. Prov. iv. 24. — viii. 8. — xv. 
4. — xix. 1. — xvii. 20. Isa. lix. 3. 

FROWARDNESS. 

CXXI. Threats against the froward. 
Deut. xxxii. 20. I will hide my face from 
them; they are a very froward generation, 
children in whom is no faith. 

Job v. 13. The counsel of the froward is 
carried headlong. 

Ps. xviii. 26. With the pure thou wilt show 
thyself pure, and with the froward thou wilt 
shew thyself froward. 2 Sam. xxii. 27. 



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Prov. iii. 32. The froward is abomination 
to the Lord. Ch. xi. 20. 

xvii. 20. He that hath a froward heart find- 
eth no good. 

xxi. 8. The way of man is froward and 
strange ; but as for the pure, his work is right. 

xxii. 5. Thorns and snares are in the way 
of the froward ; but he that doth keep his soul 
shall be far from them. 

Isa. lvii. 17. I smote him, he went on fro- 
wardly in the way of his heart. 

CXXII. The righteous not froward. Ps. 
ci. 4. A froward heart shall depart from me. 

Prov. viii. 8. All the words of wisdom's 
mouth are in righteousness, there is nothing 
froward or perverse in them. Ch. vi. 12. A 
wicked man walketh with a froward mouth. 
See froward tongue, froward mouth. 

x. 31. The froward tongue shall be cut 
out. 

Ver. 32. The mouth of the wicked speaketh 
frowardness. Ver. 30. 

xvi. 28. A froward man soweth strife. See 
Ch. xvii. 20. 

STUBBORNNESS, 

CXXIII. Stubbornness, the stiff-necked in 
their own ways, and ways of their own sight 
and eyes. Exod. xxxii. 9, 10. The Lord said, 
it is a stiff-necked people. Let me alone, that 
my wrath may wax hot against them, that I 
may consume them. 

xxxiii. 3. 5. The Lord said, I will not go 
up in the midst of thee, lest I consume thee, 
for thou art a stiff-necked people. Deut. ix. 
6. 13. 

Deut xxix. 19, 20. If any say, I shall have 
peace, though I walk in the imagination of 
my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst, the 
Lord will not spare him, but the anger of the 
Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that 
man, and all the curses that are written in this 
book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall 
blot out his name from under heaven. 

1 Sam. xv. 23. Stubbornness is an iniquity 
and idolatry. 

Jer. vii. 24. They hearkened not, nor in- 
clined their ear, but walked in the counsels 
and in the imagination of their evil heart, and 
went backward and not forward. Ver. 25, 26. 

Vet. 29. The Lord hath rejected and for- 
saken the generation of his wrath. 

xxxi. 18. Ephraim said, Thou hast chas- 
tised me as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke. 

Acts vii. 51. Ye stiff-necked and uncircum- 
cised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the 
Holy Ghost. Deut. x. 16. 2 Chron. xxx. 8. 

The same thing implied in the expres- 
sion of walking after the counsel or the 
imagination of an evil heart ,- as in the fol- 



lowing scriptures. Eccl. xi. 9. O young man 
walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the 
sight of thine eyes ; but know, that for all 
these things God will bring thee into judg- 
ment. 

Jer. iii. 17. Neither shall they walk any 
more after the imagination of their evil heart. 
Ch. ix. 14.— xi. 8.— xiii. 10.— xvi. 12.— xvii. 
23.— xxiii. 17. 

REVOLTING. 

CXXIV. The wicked are revolters. Isa. i. 
5. Why should ye be stricken any more ] ye 
will revolt more and more. 

xxxi. 6. The children of Israel have deep- 
ly revolted. 

Jer. v. 23. This people hath a revolting and 
rebellious heart. Ch. vi. 28. 

Hos. ix. 15. I will love them no more ; all 
their princes are revolters. 

REBELLION. 

CXXV. Rebellion against God forbidden. 
Numb. xiv. 9. Rebel not against the Lord ; 
the Lord is with us. Ps. lxxviii. 8. 

Josh. xxii. 29. The people said, God forbid 
that we should rebel against the Lord, and turn 
from following him. 

Threats. 1 Sam. xii. 15. If ye will rebel 
against the commandment of the Lord, then 
shall the hand of the Lord be against you, as 
it was against your fathers. 

xv. 23. Rebellion is as the sin of witch- 
craft ; stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. 

Neh. ix. 26, 27. They were disobedient and 
rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind 
their backs, and wrought great provocations. 

Therefore thou deliveredst them into the 

hands of their enemies, who vexed them. 

Ps. lxviii. 6. Rebels dwell in a dry land. 

cvii. 11, 12. Because they rebelled against 
the words of God, and contemned the counsels 
of the Most High ; therefore he brought down 
their heart with labour ; they fell down, and 
there was none to help. See Numb. xx. 24. — 
— xxvii. 14. Deut. i. 26. 43.— ix. 7. 23, 24. 
— xxxi. 27. 

Isa. i. 2. I have nourished and brought up 
children, and they have rebelled against me. — 
Ver. 9. Except the Lord had left us a very 
small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, 
and like unto Gomorrah. Ver. 19, 20. 

xxx. 1. Woe to the rebellious children, saith 
the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me : 
and that cover with a covering, but not of my 
Spirit. — Ver. 9. This is a rebellious people, 
lying children, that will not hear the law of 
the Lord. 

Isa. xlv. 9. Woe to him that striveth with 
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Ixiii. 10. They rebelled and vexed his holy 
Spirit, therefore he was turned to be their 
enemy, and he fought against them. 

lxv. 2, 3. I have spread out my hands all 
the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh 
in a way that was not good, after their own 
thoughts. A people that provoketh me to 
anger continually to my face. — Ver. 6. I will 
recompense into their bosom their iniquities. 

Jer. iv. 17, 18. Enemies are against her 
round about, because she hath been rebellious 
against me, saith the Lord. Thy way and thy 
doings have procured these things unto thee. 

Lam. i. 13. From above he hath sent fire 
into my bones, &c. — Ver. 18. The Lord is 
righteous, for I have rebelled against his com- 
mandment. 

iii. 42, 43. We have transgressed and re- 
belled. Thou hast covered with anger, and 
persecuted us. 

Ezek. xx. 8. They rebelled against me; 
then I said, I will pour out my fury upon 
them, to accomplish my anger against them. 
Ver. 13. 21. 38. 

Dan. ix. 5. We have sinned, and have com- 
mitted iniquity, and have done wickedly, and 
have rebelled even by departing from thy pre- 
cepts, and from thy judgments. 

Hos. vii. 13, 14. Woe unto them that rebel 
against me. Ch. xiii. 16. 

ENEMIES, ADVERSARIES. 

CXXVI. Enemies, adversaries of the 
Lord. Deut. xxxii. 43. God will render ven- 
geance to his adversaries. 

1 Sam. ii. 10. The adversaries of the Lord 
shall be broken to pieces. 

Ps. xxxvii. 20. The enemies of the Lord 
shall be as the fat of lambs, into smoke shall 
they consume away. 

lxviii. 1. Let God arise, let his enemies be 
scattered. (Ps. lxxxiii. 1, 2.) Ver. 21. God 
shall wound the head of his enemies. 

xcvii. 3. A fire goeth before him, and 
burneth up his enemies round about. 

Isa. i. 24. I will ease me of mine adversa- 
ries, and avenge me of mine enemies, saith 
the Lord. 

lix. 18. According to their deeds, he will 
repay fury to his adversaries. 

lxiv. 2. Make thy name known to thine ad- 
versaries. 

Ixvi. 6. A voice of noise from the city, a 
voice of the Lord, that rendereth recompense 
to his enemies. — Ver. 14. The indignation of 
the Lord shall be known toward his enemies. 

Jer. xlvi. 10. This is the day of the Lord 
God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he 
may avenge him of his adversaries. 

Nah. i. 2. The Lord will take vengeance 



on his adversaries ; he reserveth wrath for his 
enemies. — Ver. 8. Darkness shall pursue his 
enemies. 

Heb. x. 27. Fiery indignation shall devour 
the adversaries. Ver. 13. 

CXXVII. Deliverance from enmity against 
God. Rom. v. 10. When we were enemies, 
we were reconciled by the death of his Son. 

Col. i. 21. You who were enemies in your 
mind by wicked works, hath he reconciled. 

THE WICKED. 

CXXVIII. God's threatenings against the 
wicked. Exod. xxiii. 7. I will not justify the 
wicked. Nah. i. 3. The Lord will not acquit 
the wicked. 

Deut. xxviii. 20. The Lord shall send upon 
thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that 
thou settest thy hand unto for to do ; until 
thou be destroyed, and until thou perish 
quickly, because of the wickedness of thy 
doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. 

2 Sam. iii. 39. The Lord will reward the 
doer of evil, according to his wickedness. Ps. 
xxviii. 4. — xciv. 23. Isa. xiv. 16. 

2 Chron. vi. 23. Judge thy servants, by re- 
quiting the wicked, by recompensing his way 
upon his own head. 

Job x. 3. God will not shine upon the 
counsel of the wicked. 

xx. 23. God shall cast the fury of his wrath 
upon the wicked, and rain it upon them. 

xxi. 17. How oft is the candle of the wicked 
put out ! and how oft cometh their destruction 
upon them ! God distributeth sorrows in his 
anger. 

Ver. 19, 20. God layeth up his iniquity for 
his children ; he rewardeth him, and he shall 
know it. His eyes shall see his destruction, 
and he shall drink of the wrath of the Al- 
mighty. 

xxvii. 13. This is the portion of a wicked 
man from God. See to ver. 22. For God 
shall cast upon him, and not spare. 

xxxvi. 6. God preserveth not the life of 
the wicked. 

Ps. v. 4. Thou art not a God that hast 
pleasure in wickedness. Ps. xi. 5. 

vii. 11. God is angry with the wicked every 
day. 

ix. 5. Thou hast destroyed the wicked, 
thou hast put out their name for ever. 

x. 15. Break thou the arm of the wicked. 
Ps. xxxvii. 17. The arms of the wicked shall 
be broken. 

xi. 6. Upon the wicked God shall rain 
snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible 
tempest; this shall be the portion of their 
cup. Jer. xxiii. 19. — xxx. 23. 

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wicked. — Ver. 4. Give them according to their 
deeds. Ver. 5. The Lord shall destroy them 
and not build them up. 

lxxiii. 18. Thou didst set the wicked in 
slippery places. 

Ixxv. 8. For in the hand of the Lord there 
is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of 
mixture, and he poureth out of the same ; but 
tne dregs thereof all the wicked of the earth 
shall wring them out, and drink them. 

xciv. 3. Lord, how long shall the wicked 
triumph 1 — Ver. 23. God shall bring upon 
them their own iniquity. 

cvii. 34. God turneth a fruitful land into 
barrenness, for the wickedness of them that 
dwell therein. Jer. xii. 4. 

cxix. 119. Thou puttest away all the wicked 
of the earth like dross. 

cxxix. 4. The Lord hath cut asunder the 
cords of the wicked. 

cxxxix. 19. Surely thou wilt slay the 
wicked, O God. , 

cxl. 8. Grant not, Lord, the desires of the 
wicked. 

cxlv. 20. All the wicked will the Lord 
destroy. 

cxlvi. 9. The way of the wicked he turneth 
upside-down. 

cxlvii. 6. The Lord casteth the wicked 
down to the ground. 

Prov. iii. 33. The curse of the Lord is in 
the house of the wicked. 

vi. 18. The Lord doth hate a heart that de- 
viseth wicked imaginations. Ch. xii. 2. 

x. 3. God casteth away the substance of 
the wicked. 

xv. 8, 9. 26. The sacrifice of the wicked, 
the way of the wicked, the thoughts of the 
wicked, are an abomination to the Lord. Ch. 
xxi. 27. 

Ver. 29. The Lord is far from the wicked. 

xvi. 4. The Lord hath made the wicked for 
the day of evil. Mai. iv. 1. 

xxi. 12. God overthroweth the wicked for 
his wickedness. Isa. xiii. 11. 

Isa. xi. 4. With the breath of his lips, God 
shall slay the wicked. 2 Thess. ii. 8. 

xiv. 5. The Lord hath broken the staff of 
the wicked. 

lvii. 21. There is no peace, saith my God, 
to the wicked. Ch. xlviii. 22. — lix. 8. 

Jer. i. 16. I will utter my judgments (saith 
the Lord) against them, for all their wicked- 
ness. 

ii. 33. Thou hast taught the wicked ones 
thy ways. — Ver. 35. Behold, I will plead with 
thee, saith the Lord. 

vii. 12. See what I did to Shiloh, for the 
wickedness of my people. 

xiv. 16. I will pour their wickedness upon 
them. 



xxv. 31. God shall give them that are 
wicked to the sword. Ezek. xxxi. 11. 

xxxiii. 5. For their wickedness I have hid 
my face from this city. 

xliv. 9. Have ye forgotten the wickedness 
of your fathers, and the wickedness of your 
kings? &c. — Ver. 1 1. 1 will set my face against 
you for evil. 

Hos. vii. 1, 2. I remember all their wicked- 
ness. 

ix. 15. For the wickedness of their doings 
I will drive them out of my house. 

Joel iii. 13. Put ye in the sickle, &c. for 
their wickedness is great. 

Jonah i. 2. Cry against Nineveh, for their 
wickedness is come up before me. 

Hab. iii. 13. Thou woundedst the head out 
of the house of the wicked. 

Zeph. i. 3. I will consume man and beast, 
and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked. 

Mai. iv. 1. Behold, the day cometh that 
shall burn as an oven, and all the proud, yea, 
and all that do wickedly shall be stubble ; and 
the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith 
the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them 
neither root nor branch. Prov. xvi. 4. 

Matt. xxiv. 51. The Lord of the evil servant 
shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his 
portion with hypocrites ; there shall be weep- 
ing and gnashing of teeth. Ch. xviii. 32. 34. 

CXXIX. Threatening against the wicked, 
of evils as the consequences of wickedness 
under the providential government of God. 
Job iv. 8. They that plough iniquity and sow 
wickedness, reap the same. Prov. xxii. 8. 
Gal. vi. 7, 8. 

viii. 22. The dwelling-place of the wicked 
shall come to nought. Ch. xxi. 28. 

xi. 20. The eyes of the wicked shall fail. 

xv. 20. The wicked man travaileth with 
pain all his days. — Ver. 24. Trouble and an- 
guish shall make him afraid. See to ver. 31. 

xviii. 5, 6. The light of the wicked shall be 
put out, and the spark of his fire shall not 
shine. The light shall be dark in his taber- 
nacle. See to ver. 21. 

Ver. 21. Surely such are the dwellings of 
the wicked. 

xx. 5. The triumphing of the wicked is 
short. See to ver. 29. 

Ver. 12. Though wickedness be sweet in 
his mouth. — Ver. 16. He shall suck the poison 
of asps. 

Ver. 29. This is the portion of a wicked 
man from God, and the heritage appointed 
unto him by God. Ch. xxvii. 13 to 23. 

xxi. 7. Wherefore do the wicked live, be- 
come old, yea, are mighty in power ? — Ver. 
16. Ch. xxii. 18. Ch. xxiv. 24. They are 
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low : they are taken out of the way, and cut 
off as the tops of the ears of corn. 

Ver. 17. How oft is the candle of the wicked 
put out. (Prov. xiii. 9.— xxiv. 20.) Ver. 30. 
The wicked is reserved to the day of destruc- 
tion ; they shall be brought forth to the day of 
wrath. Prov. xvi. 4. 

xxii. 15, 16. Hast thou marked the old way, 
which wicked men have trodden! Which 
were cut down out of time, whose foundation 
was overthrown with a flood. 

xxiv. 20. The worm shall feed sweetly on 
him, and he shall be no more remembered ; 
and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. 

xxvii. 7. Let mine enemy be as the wicked. 
— Ver. 13. This is his portion. 

Ver. 14 — 17. If his children be multiplied, 
it is for the sword ; and his offspring shall not 
be satisfied with bread. Though he heap up 
silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the 
clay : (Hab. ii. 5.) He may prepare it, but 
the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall 
divide the spoil. 

Ver. 18. He buildeth his house as a moth, 
and as a booth that the keeper maketh. — Ver. 
20, 21. Terrors take hold on him as waters, a 
tempest stealeth him away in the night. The 
east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; 
and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. 

xxxi. 3. Is not destruction to the wicked ! 
and a strange punishment to the workers of 
iniquity 1 Ps. liii. 5. 

xxxviii. 15. From the wicked their light is 
withholden. 

Ps. ix. 16. The wicked is snared in the 
work of his own hands. Ps. x. 2. 

Ver. 17. The wicked shall be turned into 
hell, and all the nations that forget God. 

xxxi. 1 7. Let the wicked be ashamed ; let 
them be silent in the grave. 

xxxii. 10. Many sorrows shall be to the 
wicked. 

xxxiv. 21. Evil shall slay the wicked, and 
they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. 

xxxvii. 1 0. Yet a little while and the wicked 
shall not be. — Ver. 17. The arms of the wicked 
shall be broken. 

Ver. 20. The wicked shall perish, and the 
enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of rams. 
Ps. lviii. 7. 

Ver. 28. The seed of the wicked shall be 
cut off. 

Ver. 35. I have seen the wicked great in 
power. — Ver. 38. But the end of the wicked 
shall be cut off. Ver. 34. 

lv. 15. Let death seize upon the wicked. 

lviii. 10. The righteous shall wash his feet 
in the blood of the wicked. 

xcii. 7. When the wicked spring as the 
grass ; it is that they shall be destroyed for 
ever. Ver. 11. Ps. xciv. 3. 13. 



cvi. 18. A fire was kindled, the flame burned 
up the wicked. 

cxix. 155. Salvation is far from the wicked. 

cxli. 10. Let the wicked fall into their own 
nets. 

Prov. ii. 22. The wicked shall be cut off 
from the earth, and the transgressors shall be 
rooted out of it. 1 Sam. xii. 25. 

iv. 19. The way of the wicked is as dark- 
ness, they know not at what they stumble. 

v. 22. His own iniquity shall take the 
wicked himself, and he shall be holden with 
the cords of his sin. 

x. 2. Treasures of wickedness profit no- 
thing. Ver. 3. 

x. 7. The name of the wicked shall rot. 

Ver. 24. The fear of the wicked shall come 
upon him. — Ver. 27. His years shall be short- 
ened. Ps. lv. 23. 

Ver. 30. The wicked shall not inhabit the 
earth. 

xi. 5. The wicked shall fall by his own 
wickedness. 

Ver. 8. The righteous is delivered out of 
trouble ; but the wicked cometh in his stead. 

Ver. 21. The wicked shall not be unpunish- 
ed. — Ver. 31. The wicked and the sinner 
shall be recompensed in the earth. 

xii. 3. A man shall not be established by 
wickedness. — Ver. 7. The wicked are over- 
thrown, and are not. 

Ver. 13. The wicked is snared by the trans- 
gression of his lips. 

Ver. 21. The wicked shall be filled with 
mischief. 

Ver. 26. The way of the wicked seduceth 
them. 

xiii. 5. A wicked man is loathsome, and 
cometh to shame. 

Ver. 6. Wickedness overthroweth the 
sinner. 

Ver. 25. The belly of the wicked shall want. 

xiv. 11. The house of the wicked shall be 
overthrown. 

Ver. 1 7. A man of wicked devices is hated. 

Ver. 19. The wicked bow at the gates of the 
righteous. 

Ver. 32. The wicked is driven away in his 
wickedness. 

xv. 6. In the revenues of the wicked is 
trouble. 

xviii. 3. When the wicked cometh, then 
cometh contempt. 

xxi. 18. The wicked shall be a ransom for 
the righteous. 

xxiv. 16. The wicked shall fall into mis- 
chief. — Ver. 20. The candle of the wicked 
shall be put out. 

xxvi. 26. The wickedness of the wicked 
shall be shewed before the whole congrega- 
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xxviii. 1. The wicked flee when no man 
pursueth. Job xv. 21. 

Ver. 4. Such as keep the law contend with 
the wicked. 

Eccl. viii. 8. Wickedness shall not deliver 
those given to it. 

Ver. 10. I saw the wicked buried, and they 
were forgotten. — Ver. 13. It shall not be well 
with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his 
days. 

Isa. iii. 11. Woe to the wicked, it shall be 
ill with him ; the reward of his hands shall be 
given him. 

ix. 18. Wickedness burnetii as the fire. 

xlvii. 10, 11. Thou hast trusted in thy 
wickedness. Therefore shall evil come upon 
thee. 

lvii. 20. The wicked are like the troubled 
sea when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up 
mire and dirt. 

Jer. ii. 19. Thine own wickedness shall 
correct thee, and thy backslidings shall re- 
prove thee. 

iii. 2, 3. Thou hast polluted the land with 
thy wickedness : therefore there hath been no 
latter rain. 

iv. 1 8. Thy ways and thy doings have pro- 
cured these things unto thee : this is thy 
wickedness because it is bitter. 

v. 25, 26. Your iniquities and your sins 
have withholden good things from you. For 
among my people are found wicked men. 

vi. 6, 7. This is the city to be visited : for 
as a fountain casteth out her waters, so she 
casteth out her wickedness. 

xii. 1. Wherefore doth the way of the 
wicked prosper] 

Ver. 4. How long shall the land mourn, and 
the herbs of the field wither ? for the wicked- 
ness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are 
consumed, &c. 

xliv. 2, 3. The cities are a desolation, be- 
cause of their wickedness. 

Ezek. iii. 18. The wicked man shall die in 
his wickedness. Ver. 1 9. Ch. xxxiii. 8, 9. 13. 

xviii. 20. The wickedness of the wicked 
shall be upon him. — Ver. 24. When the 
righteous turneth away from his righteousness, 
and committeth iniquity, and doeth according 
to all the abominations that the wicked man 
doeth, shall he live 1 all his righteousness that 
he hath done shall not be mentioned : in his 
trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his 
sins that he hath sinned, in them shall he die. 
Ver. 26, 27. 

xxxiii. 8. wicked man, thou shalt surely 
lie. 

Hos. x. 13, 14. Ye have ploughed wick- 
edness, ye have reaped iniquity. Therefore 
shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all 
*hy fortresses shall be spoiled. 



Nah. L 19. There is no healing of thy 
bruise, for on whom hath not thy wickedness 
passed 1 

Matt. xiii. 49, 50. At the end of the world, 
the angels shall sever the wicked from among 
the just ; and shall cast them into a furnace 
of fire ; there shall be wailing, and gnashing 
of teeth. 

SINNERS, 

CXXX. Sinners ,- God's threatening* 
against them. Exod. xxxii. 33, 34. .The 
Lord said to Moses, Whosoever hath sinned 
against me, him will I blot out of my book. I 
will visit their sin upon them. 

xxxiv. 7. God will by no means clear the 
guilty. 

Josh. xxiv. 19. He is a jealous God, he will 
not forgive their transgressions nor their sins. 

2 Chron. vi. 22, 23. If a man sin against 
his neighbour ; then judge thy servants by re- 
quiting the wicked. 

Ps. xc. 7, 8. We are consumed by thine 
anger, and by thy wrath we are troubled. 
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our 
secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 

Prov. viii. 36. He that sinneth against me, 
wrongeth his own soul. Numb. xvi. 38. 

Eccl. ii. 26. To the sinner God giveth 
travail. 

Isa. xiii. 9. The Lord shall destroy the sin- 
ners of the land out of it. 

xxx. 1. Woe unto rebellious children, saith 
the Lord, &c. who add sin to sin. 

Jer. ii. 35. I will plead with thee, saith the 
Lord, because of thy sins. 

xv. 13. Thy substance will I give to thine 
enemies, because of thy sins. Ch. xvii. 
3.— 1. 14. 

Ezek. xiv. 13. When the land sinneth, I 
will break the staff of bread. 

xviii. 4. The soul that sinneth it shall die. 
Ver. 20. 

xxi. 24. In all your doings, your sins ap- 
pear, &c. ; ye shall be taken, &c. 

xxviii. 16. Thou hast sinned, therefore I 
will cast thee as profane out of the mountain 
of God. 

Hos. iv. 7. They sinned against me, there- 
fore will I change their glory into shame. — 
Ver. 9. I will punish them for their ways. 

ix. 9. I will visit their sin. 

Amos v. 12. I know your manifold trans- 
gressions, and your mighty sins. 

ix. 8. The eyes of the Lord are upon the 
sinful kingdom, and he will destroy it from 
off the face of the earth. — Ver. 10. The sin- 
ners of my people shall die by the sword. 

Mic. vi. 13. I will make thee desolate be- 
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John xvi. 8. The Spirit shall reprove the 
world of sin. 

2 Pet. ii. 4. God spared not the angels that 
sinned, but cast their, down to hell. 

Jude 15. The Lord cometh to execute judg- 
ment, and to convince ungodly sinners of their 
ungodly deeds. 

CXXXI. Sinners threatened with various 
evils under the providence of God. Deut. 
xxiv. 16. Every one shall die for his own sin. 
Lev. xxii. 9. 2 Kings xiv. 6. 2 Chron. xxv. 
4. Ezek. xviii. 20. 

Job xx. 11. His bones are full of the sin 
of his youth, which shall lie down with him 
in the dust. 

Ps. i. 5. Sinners shall not stand in the con- 
gregation of the righteous. 

xxxviii. 3. There is no rest in my bones 
because of my sins. 

Prov. xiii. 21, 22. Evil pursueth sinners. 
Their wealth is laid up for the just. 

xiv. 34. Sin is a reproach to any people, 
xxiv. 9. The scorner is an abomination 
among men. 

Isa. i. 28. The destruction of the transgres- 
sors, and of the sinners shall be together, and 
they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed, 
xxxiii. 14. The sinners in Zion are afraid : 
who among us shall dwell with everlasting 
burnings 1 

lxv. 20. The sinner being an hundred years 
old, shall be accursed. 

Jer. xl. 3. Because ye have sinned against 

the Lord, this is come upon you. Ch. xliv. 23. 

1. 7. Their enemies prevailed, and said, We 

offend not, because they have sinned. Zeph. 

i. 17. 

Lam.i.8. Jerusalem hath grievously sinned, 
therefore she is removed, all that honoured her 
despise her. Ezek. xvi. 52. 

v. 7. Our fathers have sinned and are not, 
and we have borne their iniquities.^ Ver. 16. 
Woe unto us that we have sinned. 

Ezek. xxxiii. 10. If our sins be upon us, 
&c. how should we live 1 — Ver. 12. The 
righteous shall not be able to live in the day 
that he sinneth. 

Hos. xiii. 2, 3. They sin more and more. 
They shall be as the morning cloud, and the 
early dew that passeth away ; as the chaff 
that is driven with the whirlwind out of the 
floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney. 

Mic. i. 5. For the sins of the house of Is- 
rael is all this evil. 

Rom. ii. 12. As many as have sinned with- 
out law shall perish without law. 

v. 14. Death reigned from Adam to Moses, 
even over them that had not sinned after the 
similitude of Adam's transgressions. — Ver. 12. 
21. Sin reigned unto death. 
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vi. 23. The wages of sm is death. 

vii. 5. The motions of sins did work in 
our members to bring forth fruit unto death. 
— Ver. 9. Sin revived and I died. — Ver. 11. 
Sin slew me. 

1 Cor. xv. 56. The sting of death is sin. 

2 Thess. ii. 3. The man of sin is the son 
of perdition. 

1 Tim. i. 9. The law is made for sinners. 

Heb. x. 26, 27. If we sin wilfully after we 
have received the knowledge of the truth, 
there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin : but 
a certain fearful looking-for of judgment, and 
fiery indignation, that shall devour the adver- 
saries. Ch. vi. 4 — 6. 

James i. 15. Sin when finished bringeth 
forth death. 

1 John v. 16. There is a sin unto death. 
Matt. xii. 31. 

TRANSGRESSORS. 

CXXXII. Transgressors ,- threatening 
against them. Prov. xi. 3. The perverseness 
of transgressors shall destroy them. Ver. 6. 

xiii. 2. The soul of the transgressors shall 
eat violence. Ver. 15. 

xx vi. 10. The great God that formed all 
things, rewardeth transgressors. 

Isa. xxiv. 5, 6. The earth is defiled under 
the inhabitants thereof, because they have 
transgressed : Therefore hath the curse de- 
voured the earth. — Ver. 20. The transgres- 
sion of the earth shall be heavy upon it. 

lxvi. 24. The men that have transgressed 
against me, their worm shall not die, neither 
shall their fire be quenched, and they shall be 
an abhorring to all flesh. 

Jer. xxxiv. 18. 20. I will give the men that 
have transgressed into the hand of their 
enemies. 

Ezek. xiv. 10, 11. They shall bear the 
punishment of their iniquity ; that they may 
no more go astray, nor be polluted with their 
transgressions. 

xx. 38. I will purge from among you the 
rebels, and them that transgress. 

xxxix. 24. According to their uncleanness, 
and according to their transgressions have I 
done unto them, and hid my face from them. 

Hos. vii. 13. Woe unto them, for they have 
fled from me ; destruction unto them, for they 
have transgressed against me. 

Matt. xv. 3. Why do ye transgress the 
commandments of God by your tradition 1 

Acts i. 25. Judas by transgression fell from 
the ministry. 

Heb. ii. 2, 3. If the word spoken by angels 
was steadfast, and every transgression received 
a just recompense of reward ; how shall we 
escape if we neglect so great salvation, 1 
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1 John iii. 4. Sin is the transgression of 
the law. 

2 John 9. Whosoever transgresseth, and 
abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not 
God. 

See particular calamities threatened against 
transgressors in the civil state, Prov. xxviii. 
2. — In the church, Isa. xliii. 27. — Destruction 
by wild beasts, Ezek. v. 17. — From famine 
and pestilence, Amos iv. 2 to ver. 10. 

INIQUITY. 

CXXXfll. Iniquity forbidden. Job xxii. 
23. Put iniquity far from thy tabernacles. 

xxxvi. 10. God commanded that they re- 
turn from iniquity. 

Jer. xxxvi. 3. It may be that they will re- 
turn every one from his evil way, that I may 
forgive their iniquity. 

Ezek. xviii. 8. 17. He that hath withdrawn 
his hands from iniquity, he shall not die for 
the iniquity of his father. 

Dan. iv. 27. Break off thy sins by right- 
eousness, and thine iniquity by shewing mercy 
to the poor. 

Zeph. iii. 13. The remnant shall not do 
iniquity. 

Acts iii. 26. God sent his Son to bless you, 
in turning every one from his iniquity. 

Rom. vi. 19. Yield your members servants 
to righteousness. 

2 Tim. ii. 19. Let every one that nameth 
the name of Christ, depart from iniquity. 

Tit. ii. 14. Christ gave himself for us, that 
he might redeem us from all iniquity. 

Heb. i. 9. Thou hast loved righteousness, 
and hated iniquity. 

CXXXIV. God's threatenings against the 
workers thereof. Gen. xliv. 16. Judah said 
unto Joseph, God hath found out the iniquity 
of thy servants. 

Lev. xviii. 25. The land is denied, therefore 
I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it ; the 
'and doth vomit out her inhabitants. 

2 Sam. vii. 14. If he commit iniquity I will 
chasten him with the rod of men. Ps.lxxxix.32. 

Job xiii. 26. Thou writest bitter things 
against me, and makest me to possess the ini- 
quity of my youth. 

xiv. 17. My transgression is sealed up in a 
bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. 

Ps. v. 5. Thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 

xc. 8. Thou settest our iniquities before 
thee, our secret sins in the light of thy coun- 
tenance. Job x. 6. 14. — xxxiv. 22. 

xciv. 1 6. Who will stand up for me against 
the workers of iniquity 1 — Ver. 23. God shall 
bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall 
cut them off in their own wickedness. 



cxxv. 5. Such as turn aside, God shall lead 
forth with the workers of iniquity. 

Isa. xiii. 11. I will punish the wicked for 
their iniquity. 

xxii. 14. This iniquity shall not be purged 
from you, till ye die, saith the Lord of hosts. 

xxvi. 21. The Lord cometh out of his place 
to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their 
iniquity. 

xxxi. 2. God will arise against the house of 
evil-doers, and against the help of them that 
work iniquity. 

lix. 2. Your iniquities have separated be- 
tween you and your God, and your sins have 
hid his face from you. 

lxiv. 7. Thou hast consumed us because of 
our iniquities. 

Jer. ii. 22. Thine iniquity is marked before 
me, saith the Lord. 

ix. 5. They weary themselves to commit 
iniquity. — Ver. 9. Shall not my soul be avenged 
on such a nation 1 

xi. 10, 11. They are turned back to the ini- 
quities of their forefathers. I will bring evil 
upon them that they shall not escape. 

xiv. 10. I will now remember their iniqui- 
ty, and visit their sins. Hos. viii. 13. — ix. 9. 

xvi. 10. Wherefore hath the Lord pro- 
nounced all this great evil against us ? — Ver. 
17,18. Mine eyes are upon all their ways, 
neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes. 
I will recompense their iniquity. 

xxv. 12. I will punish that nation for their 
iniquity, and make it a desolation. 

xxx. 14, 15. I have wounded thee for the 
multitude of thine iniquity, and because thy 
sins are increased. For the multitude of thine 
iniquity, I have done these things unto thee. 
Hos. ix. 7. 

xxxvi. 31. I will punish him [Jehoiachim] 
and his seed, and his servants, for their ini- 
quity. 

Ii. 6. Flee out of Babylon ; be not cut off 
in her iniquity ; for this is the time of the Lord's 
vengeance. Gen. xix. 15. 

Ezek. ix. 9, 10. The iniquity of the house 
of Israel and Judah is exceeding great. Mine 
eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity. 

xvi. 49, 50. This was the iniquity of thy 
sister Sodom, pride, idleness, fulness of bread, 
&c. Therefore I took them away as I saw 
good. Ver. 52. 

xxi. 23. God will call to remembrance the 
iniquity, that they may be taken. Ver. 24, 25. 
29. Chap. xxix. 16. 

xxviii. 18. Thou hast defiled thy sanctua- 
ries by the multitude of thine iniquities ; there- 
fore I will bring forth a fire, and it shall de- 
vour thee, and bring thee to ashes. 

Amos iii. 2. I will punish you for all your 
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Hab. i. 3. Why dost thou shew me iniqui- 
ty? — Ver. 13. The Lord cannot look on ini- 
quity. 

Matt. vii. 23. Christ will say in the day of 
judgment, Depart from me, ye that work 
iniquity. 

xiii. 41, 42. He shall cast them who do 
iniquity into a furnace of fire. 

Rev. xviii. 5, 6. Babylon's sins have reach- 
ed unto heaven, God hath remembered her 
iniquities. Reward her even as she rewarded 
you, and double unto her double. 

CXXXV. The punishment of iniquity 
threatened under the providential government 
of God, intermixed with instances thereof. 
Gen. iv. 13. Cain said, My punishment (or 
iniquity) is greater than I can bear. 

xv. 1 6. The iniquity of the Amorites is not 
yet full. 

Lev. xxvi. 39. They shall pine away in their 
iniquity, in your enemies' lands, and the ini- 
quities of their fathers. Ezek. xxiv. 23. 

Job xx. 27. The heaven shall reveal the 
wicked man's iniquity, and the earth shall rise 
up against him. — Ver. 22. Every hand of the 
wicked shall come upon him. 

xxi. 19. God layeth up his iniquity for his 
children. 

Ps. vii. 14. The wicked travaileth with ini- 
quity. 

xxxi. 1 0. My life is spent with grief, and 
my years with sighing; my strength faileth 
because of mine iniquity. 

xxxvii. 1, 2. The workers of iniquity shall 
be cut down. Ps. xxxvi. 12. 

xcii. 7. When the wicked spring as the 
grass, and the workers of iniquity do flourish, 
it is that they shall be destroyed for ever. 
Ver. 9. 

cvi. 43. They were brought low for their 
iniquity. 

cvii. 17. Fools because of their transgres- 
sion, and because of their iniquities are af- 
flicted. 

Prov. v. 22. His own iniquities shall take the 
wicked himself, and he shall be holden with 
the cords of his sins. 

x. 29. Destruction shall be to the workers of 
iniquity. 

Isa. v. 18. Woe unto them that draw ini- 
quity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were 
with a cart-rope. 

xxix. 20. AH that watch for iniquity are 
cut off. 

xxx. 13. Iniquity shall be to you as a breach 
ready to fall. 

1. 1 . For your iniquities ye have sold your- 
Belves. 

lxiv. 6. Our iniquities like the wind have 
taken us away. 



Jer. v. 25. Your iniquities have turned away 
these things, and your sins have withholden 
good things from you. 

xiii. 22. For the greatness of thine iniquity 
are thy skirts discovered, &c. 

xxxi. 30. Every one shall die for his own 
iniquity. Ezek. hi. 18, 19, &c. 

Lam. iv. 6. The punishment of the iniqui- 
ty of my people is greater than the sin of 
Sodom. 

Ezek. iv. 16, 17. They shall drink water by 
measure, and with astonishment. They shall 
want bread and water and consume away for 
their iniquity. 

xxxii. 27. Their iniquity shall be upon their 
bones. 

xxxiii. 6. He is taken away in his iniquity. 
— Ver. 8. He shall die in his iniquity. Ver. 
9. 13. 18. 

xxxix. 23. The house of Israel went into 
captivity for their iniquity. 

Dan. ix. 16. For our sins, and the iniqui- 
ties of our fathers, we are become a reproach. 

Hos. xiv. 1. Israel, return unto the Lord; 
for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. 

Mic. ii. 1. Woe to them that devise iniquity, 
and work evil upon their beds. 

Hab. ii. 12. Woe to him that buildeth a 
town with blood, and establisheth a city by ini- 
quity. Mic. iii. 10. 

Matt, xxiii. 28. Ye are full of hypocrisy and 
iniquity. — Ver. 30. Woe unto you. 

COMMANDMENT FIRST. 

CXXXVI. Idolatry forbidden. Exod. xx. 
3. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 
Ch. xxxiv. 14. Ps. lxxxi. 9. Hos. xiii. 4. 
1 Cor. viii. 4, 5. 

xxiii. 13. Make no mention of the name of 
other gods. (Josh, xxiii. 7.) — Ver. 24. Thou 
shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve 
them. 

Deut. iv. 15. Take good heed unto your- 
selves. — Ver. 19. Lest when thou seest the 
sun and the moon, and the stars, even all the 
host of heaven, thou shouldst be driven to wor- 
ship and serve them. 

vi. 14. Ye shall not go after the gods of the 
people which are round about you. Judg. 
vi. 10. 

xii. 30. Inquire not after their gods, saying, 
How did these nations serve their gods \ even 
so will I do likewise. Jer. v. 7. 

CXXXVII. Enforced by threat enings as 
preventives. Exod. xxii. 20. He that sacrifi- 
ceth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, 
he shall be utterly destroyed. Lev. xx. 5. 

Deut. viii. 19. If thou at all do forsake the 
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serve them, and worship them, I testify against 
you this day, that ye shall surely perish. 

1 Kings ix. 6, 7. If you or your children 
shall turn aside, and serve other gods, and wor- 
ship them, then will I cut off Israel out of the 
land which I have given them. Ver. 9. See 
Deut. xxviii. 15. 36. 64. — xxix. 18 to 28. — 
xxx. 17, 18. — xxxi. 16, 17. Josh, xxiii. 16. — 
xxiv. 20. 2 Chron. vii. 19, 20. Ps. xvi. 4.— 
xliv. 20, 21. Jer. xvi. 13.— xxii. 9. 

CXXXVIII. Judgments inflicted upon 
transgressors of this command. Deut. xxxii. 
15. Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked ; he for- 
sook God that made him. 

Deut. xxxii. 16, 17. They provoked him to 
jealousy with strange gods. They sacrificed 
to devils, to gods whom they knew not, to 
new gods that came newly up. 

Ver. 19, 20. And the Lord abhorred them, 
and said, I will hide my face from them. — 
Ver. 22, 23. A fire is kindled in mine anger. 
I will heap mischiefs upon them. Ver. 24, 
25, 26. 35. 

Judg. ii. 11, 12. The children of Israel did 
evil in the sight of the Lord. They followed 
other gods, of the gods of the people round 
about them, and bowed themselves unto them. 

Ver. 14. And the anger of the Lord was 
against Israel, and he delivered them into the 
hands of the spoilers that spoiled them, and 
he sold them into the hands of their enemies 
round about, so that they could no longer 
stand before their enemies. — Ver. 15. Whi- 
thersoever they went out the hand of the 
Lord was against them for evil, and they were 
greatly distressed. Ver. 17. 20. 23. Ch. hi. 
7, 8.— x. 6, 7. 13, 14. Jer. xi. 10.— xiii. 10. 

v. 8. They chose new gods ; then was war 
in the gates. 

x. 6, 7. The children of Israel did evil in 
the sight of the Lord, and served the gods of 
the Philistines. And the anger of the Lord 
was kindled against Israel, and he sold them 
into the hands of the Philistines. 

Ver. 10. They cried unto the Lord. — Ver. 
13, 14. The Lord said, Ye have forsaken me, 
and served other gods. Let the gods which 
ye have chosen deliver you in the time of your 
tribulation. 

2 Kings xvii. 7, 8. The children of Israel 
feared other gods, and walked in the statutes 
of the heathen. (Jer. xliv. 3 to 28.) Ver. 
18. Therefore the Lord was very angry with 
Israel, and removed them out of his sight. 

xxii. 17. Because they have forsaken me, 
and have burnt incense to other gods, there- 
fore my wrath shall be kindled against this 
place, and shall not be quenched. Jer. i. 16. 
— xix. 4. 

Ps. cvi. 28. They joined themselves to 



Baal-peor. — Ver. 29. The plague brake in 
upon them. 

Jer. v. 1 9. As ye have served other gods in 
your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land 
not yours. 

vii. 9, 10. Will ye walk after other gods, 
and come and stand before me in this house 1 
— Ver. 15. I will cast you of my sight. — Ver 
20. Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, Be- 
hold mine anger and my fury shall be poured 
out upon this place, &c. Ver. 30 to 34. Ch. 
viii. 2. — xix. 3 to 14. 

xi. 10. They went after other gods to serve 
them.— Ver. 11. Thus saith the Lord, I will 
bring evil upon this place. — Ver. 14. There- 
fore pray not for this people. Isa. lvii. 3. 5. 
13. Jer. xliv. 21, 22, 23.— iii. 3. 6. 8. 20. 

Ezek. xx. 32, 33. Ye say, We will be as 
the heathen, as the families of the countries. 
As I live, saith the Lord, surely with a stretch- 
ed-out arm, and with fury poured out, will I 
rule over you. Ch. viii. 16 — 18. Zeph. i. 
3, 4, 5. 

CXXXIX. God's judgments upon parti- 
cular transgressors of this command. On 
Solomon, 1 Kings xi. 1. 9. 11. 33. — Jero- 
boam, 1 Kings xii. 28. — xiv. 2. 17. — Baasha, 

1 Kings xvi. 3. 1 2. — Ahab, 1 Kings xvi. 30. 
— xxi. 21.— xxii. 34. 38. 2 Kings x. 11.— 
Ahaziah, 2 Kings i. 2. 16, 17. Jehoram, 

2 Chron. xxi. 11. 14. 19.— Manasseh, 2 Kings 
xxi. 3, 4, 5, 6. 2 Chron. xxxiii. 2 to 15. — 
Amaziah, 2 Chron. xxv. 14 to 20. 

CXL. Covenants and intermarriages with 
the heathen inhabitants of Canaan forbidden 
to the Jews, lest they should thereby be en- 
snared to their idolatry. Exod. xxiii. 32. 
Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor 
with their gods. Ver. 33. Deut. vii. 2. 
Numb, xxxiii. 55. 

xxxiv. 12. Take heed to thyself, lest thou 
make a covenant with the inhabitants of the 
land, lest it be a snare unto thee. — Ver. 15. 
And go a-whoring after their gods, and do 
sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee and 
thou eat of his sacrifice. — Ver. 16. And thou 
take of their daughters unto thy sons, and 
their daughters go a-whoring after their gods, 
and make thy sons go a-whoring after their 
gods. Deut. vii. 3, 4. Ch. xx. 17, 18. Josh, 
xxiii. 12, 13. Judg. ii. 1, 2. — iii. 5. to 8. 

Transgressed in making a covenant with 
the Gibeonites, Josh. ix. 14, 15. This cove- 
nant confirmed for their punishment. 2 Sam. 
xxi. 1. 

CXLI. Making covenants and intermar- 
riages with the transgressors of this command 
punished. Numb. xxv. 2, 3, 4. They called 
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and the people did eat, and bowed down to 
their gods. And Israel joined himself to 
Baal-peor, and the anger of the Lord was 
kindled against Israel. And the Lord said to 
Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and 
hang them up before the Lord. — Ver. 8, 9. 
The plague was stayed. — Those that died in 
the plague were twenty and four thousand. 

Judg. i. 21. 27 to 34. They did not drive 
out the inhabitants. 

ii. 1 — 4. The angel of the Lord said, Ye 
have not obeyed my voice ; wherefore I will 
not drive them out before you, but they shall 
be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall 
be a snare unto you. When the angel of the 
Lord spake these words, the children of Israel 
lifted up their voice and wept. 

iii. 6. The children of Israel dwelt among 
the Canaanites, and they took their daughteis 
to be their wives, and gave their daughters to 
their sons, and served their gods. — Ver. 8. 
Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled 
against Israel, and he sold them into the hand 
of the king of Mesopotamia. 

1 Kings xi. 1. Solomon loved many strange 
wives. — Ver. 4. When he was old his wives 
turned away his heart after other gods. — Ver. 
9. And the Lord was angry with Solomon, 
and said, I will rend the kingdom from thee. 
Ver. 11.33. 

xvi. 31. Ahab took to wife Jezebel, the 
daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians. 
Ch. xxi. 25. There was none like unto Ahab, 
which did sell himself to work wickedness, 
whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. 

2 Kings v. 17, 18. Naaman asks pardon 
for being present at idolatrous worship, though 
he joined not in it. 

CXLII. Strange gods to be put away. 
Gen. xxxv. 2. Jacob said unto his household, 
Put away the strange gods that are among 
you. Ver. 4. Jos. xxiv. 14. 23. 1 Sam. 
vii. 3. 

Judges x. 16. They put away the strange 
gods, and served the Lord ; and his soul was 
grieved for the misery of Israel. 

2 Kings xxiii. 4, 5. Josiah put down the 
idolatrous priests. See to ver. 26. 

2 Chron. xxxiii. 15. Manasseh put away 
the strange gods. 

Hos. xiv. 3. Neither will we say to the 
work of our hands, Ye are our gods. See 
Deut. xxxii. 12. Dan. iii. 12. 

CXLIII. Transgressors of this command- 
ment among the people of Israel, and the en- 
ticers thereto, to be put to death by the hands 
of men. 

Deut. xiii. 1, 2. 5. If there arise among 
you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and 
giveth a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the 



wonder come to pass, whereof he spake, say- 
ing, Let us go after other gods ; that prophet, 
or that dreamer, shall be put to death. Ch. 
xviii. 20. 1 Sam. xxvi. 19. 

xiii. 6. 8, 9. If thy brother, the son of thy 
mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the 
wife of thy bosom, or thy friend which is as 
thine own soul, entice thee, saying, Let us go 
and serve other gods ; thou shalt not consent 
unto him, neither shalt thine eye pity him, 
neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou 
conceal him, but thou shalt surely kill him ; 
thy hand shall be first upon him to put him 
to death, and afterward the hand of all the 
people. 

Ver. 12 — 16. If thou shalt hear say, in one 
of thy cities, Certain men, the children of Be- 
lial, are gone out, and have withdrawn the in- 
habitants of the city, saying, Let us go serve 
other gods ; then thou shalt make search dili- 
gently, and if it be truth, thou shalt smite the 
inhabitants of that city with the edge of the 
sword, and destroy it utterly ; it shall be an 
heap for ever. Deut. xvii. 2 to 8. 1 Kings 
xviii. 40. Job xxxi. 26—28. 

CXLIV. Threatenings against strange 
gods. Exod. xii. 12. Against the gods of 
Egypt will I execute judgment. Numb, 
xxxiii. 4. Upon the gods of Egypt the Lord 
executed judgments. 

Zeph. ii. 11. The Lord will famish all the 
gods of the earth. 

CXLV. Strange gods are vanity. Judg. 
vi. 31. Joash said, If Baal be a god, let him 
plead for himself. 

1 Kings xviii. 21. Elijah said, If the Lord 
be God, follow him ; but if Baal, then follow 
him. 

Ver. 27. Elijah mocked the priests of Baal, 
saying, Cry aloud : for he is a god : either he 
is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a 
journey, or, peradventure, he sleepeth and 
must be awaked. — Ver. 29. There was neither 
voice nor any to answer. 

2 Kings xix. 18. They were no gods. Ch. 
xviii. 35. 

1 Chron. xvi. 26. All the gods of the peo- 
ple are idols. 

Isa. xli. 23. Shew the things to come here- 
after, that we may know that ye are gods. 
Ver. 24. 

Acts xix. 26. Paul persuaded, saying, That 
they are no gods that are made with hands. 

Rom. i. 25. They worshipped and served 
the creature. 

Gal. iv. 8. Did service to them which by 
nature are no gods. 

CXLVI. Against inquiring concerning 
future events, from those who by nature are 
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no gods. Isa. xli. 23. Shew the things to 
come hereafter, that we may know that ye are 
gods. 

2 Kings i. 2. Ahaziah sent to inquire of the 
god of Ekron if he should recover. — Ver. 4. 
Therefore, thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt 
surely die. 

Instance. Saul. 1 Sam. xxviii. 7. — His 
punishment. 1 Chron. x. 13. 

COMMANDMENT SECOND. 

CXLVII. Images, the use of them forbid- 
den, with preventive threatenings. Exod. 
xx. 4, 5. Thou shalt not make unto thee any 
graven image, nor any likeness of any thing 
that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth 
beneath, or that is in the water under the earth : 
Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor serve 
them : for I the Lord thy God, am a jealous 
God. Ch. xxxiv. 17. Lev. xix. 4. — xxvi. 1. 
30. Deut. iv. 16, 17, 18, 19. 25.— v. 8.— 
xvi. 22. 

Deut. xxvii. 15. Cursed be the man that 
maketh a graven or a molten image, an abomi- 
nation to the Lord. 

Ps. xcvii. 7. Confounded be all they that 
serve graven images. 

Isa. xlii. 8. My glory will I not give to an- 
other ; nor my praise to graven images. 

Rev. xiv. 9, 10. If any man worship the 
beast and his image, the same shall drink of the 
wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out 
without mixture into the cup of his indigna- 
tion, and he shall be tormented with fire and 
brimstone, in the presence of the holy angels, 
and in the presence of the Lamb, &c. 

CXLVIII. God's judgments upon the 
breakers of this commandment. 

Exod. xxxii. 4. Aaron made a molten calf. 
Deut. ix. 12. 16. Neh. ix. 18. Ps. cvi. 19. 
The Lord plagued the people, because of the 
calf which Aaron made. Exod. xxxii. 35. 

1 Kings xiv. 9. Thou [Jeroboam] hast made 
thee molten images, to provoke me to anger. 
— Ver. 10. I will bring evil upon the house of 
Jeroboam. Ch. xvi. 3. 

xiv. 22, 23. Judah did evil in the sight of 
the Lord, and they provoked him to jealousy 
with their sins. They built them high places, 
and images, and groves, on every high hill, 
and under every green tree. — Ver. 25, 26. 
And it came to pass that Shishak, king of 
Egypt, came against Jerusalem : And he took 
away the treasures of the house of the Lord, 
and the treasures of the king's house ; he took 
away all the shields of gold, which Solomon 
had made. 

2 Kings xvii. 16 — 18. They made molten 
images, even two calves, and made a grove, 



and worshipped all the host of heaven, and 
served Baal. They caused their sons and 
their daughters to pass through the fire, and 
used divination and enchantments. Therefore 
the Lord was angry with Israel, and removed 
them out of his sight. Ver. 20. 

2 Chron. xxviii. 2, 3. Ahaz made molten 
images for Baalim. He burnt his children in 
the fire, after the abomination of the heathen, 
&c. — Ver. 5. Wherefore the Lord delivered 
him into the hands of the king of Syria. 

xxxiii. 7. Manasseh set a carved image in 
the house of God. — Ver. 9. He made Judah 
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err. — Ver. 
11. Wherefore the Lord brought upon them 
the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, 
which took Manasseh and bound him with 
fetters, and carried him to Babylon. 2 Kings 
xxi. 7. 12. 

Ver. 22. Amon sacrificed to all carved 
images. — Ver. 24. And his servants conspired 
against him, and slew him. 

Ps. lxxviii. 58, 59. They provoked him to 
anger with their high places, and moved him 
to jealousy with their graven images. And 
God was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel. — 
Ver. 62. He gave his people over to the sword. 

Jer. viii. 19. 22. Why have they provoked 
me to anger with their graven images 1 Why 
is not the health of the daughter of my people 
recovered 1 

1. 37, 38. A sword is upon their treasures. 
For it is a land of graven images ; they are 
mad upon their images. 

Ezek. vii. 20. They made the images of 
their abominations in the house of the Lord. 
— Ver. 21. I will give it into the hands of the 
wicked for a spoil, and they shall pollute it. 
Ch. vi. 4.— v. 13. 

viii. 12. Seest thou what the ancients of Is- 
rael do in the dark, every one in the house of 
his imagery ] — Ver. 18. Therefore will I deal 
in fury, mine eye shall not spare, neither will 
I have pity ; though they cry in mine ears 
with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them. 

xvi. 17. 27. Thou madest thyself images, 
(See to ver. 30.) Therefore I have delivered 
thee into the hand of them that hate thee. 

See Ezek. xxiii. throughout ; Israel's apos- 
tasy and punishment. 

Dan. iii. 1. 5. The king made an image. 
He commanded to worship it. Ch. iv. 25. 
They shall drive thee from among men ; thy 
dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. 

Hos. x. 1. According to the goodness of his 
land they have made goodly images. — Ver. 10. 
It is my desire that I should chastise them. 
Ch. ii. 13. 

xi. 2. They sacrificed unto Baalim, and 
burnt incense to graven images. Ver. 5. The 
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xiii. 2. They sin more and more, and have 
made them molten images of their silver. — 
Ver. 3. Therefore they shall be as the chaff 
that is driven with the whirlwind. 

Amos v. 26. Ye have borne the tabernacle 
of your Moloch, and Chiun, your images. — 
Ver. 27. Therefore will I cause you to go into 
captivity. 

Rom. i. 23, 24. They changed the glory of 
God into an image. Wherefore God gave 
them up, &c. 

See Rev. xiii. 14. — xix. 20. — xvi. 2. See 
also Lev. xxvi. 14. 30. Isa. xxi. 9. — xxvii. 9. 
Jer. xliii. 10. 13.— 1. 2.— li. 47. 52. Ezek. vi. 
4. 6. — xxx. 13. Hos. iii. 4. Mic. i. 7. — v. 13. 

CXLIX. Images, no representation of God. 
Deut. iv. 12. The Lord spake unto you out 
of the midst of the fire, ye heard the voice of 
the words, but saw no similitude. — Ver. 15, 
16. Take therefore heed unto yourselves, lest 
ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven 
image, the similitude of any figure, the like- 
ness of male or female. Ver. 17, 18, 19. 

Isa. xl. 18. To whom will ye liken God, or 
what likeness will ye compare unto him? 
Ver. 25. Ch. xlvi. 5. 

Acts xvii. 29. We ought not to think that 
the Godhead is like unto gold or silver, or 
stone, graven by art and man's device. 

Images are vanity. Isa. xl. 19, 20. — xli. 29. 
— ocliv. 9, 10 to 18.— xlv. 20. Jer. x. 8. 14. 
Hab. ii. 18, 19. 

CL. They were commanded to be broken. 
Deut. vii. 5. Ye shall destroy their altars, and 
break down their images, and cut down their 
groves, and burn their graven images with fire. 

Numb, xxxiii. 52. Ye shall drive out all the 
inhabitants of the land from before you, and 
destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their 
molten images, and quite pluck down all their 
high places. Exod. xxiii. 24. — xxxiv. 13. 
Deut. vii. 5. 25. Isa. xxx. 22.— xvii. 8. 

CLI. Images were broken down. Exod. 
xxxii. 20. Moses burnt the calf which they 
had made in the fire. 

2 Sam. v. 21. David burnt their images. 

2 Kings iii. 2. Jehoram put away the images 
of Baal. 

x. 26. Jehu and his men burnt the images 
of Baal. Ch. xi. 18. 

xviii. 4. Hezekiah removed the high places, 
and brake the images, and cut down the groves, 
and brake in pieces the brazen serpent which 
Moses had made, for the children of Israel did 
burn incense to it. 

xxiii. 14. Josiah brake in pieces the images, 
and cut down the groves, &c. Ver. 19. 24. 

2 Chron. xiv. 3. Asa brake down the 
images. Ver. 5. 



CLII. Instances of images used by apos- 
tates, as outward symbols in worship offered 
to the true God. The golden calf, Exod. xxxii. 
4, 5. Neh. ix. 18. Micah's image, Judg. xvii. 
3. — ver. 13. Ch. xviii. 31. Jeroboam's calves, 
1 Kings xii. 26 to 33. 

CLIII. Worship to images refused, though 
commanded by kings. Dan. iii. 18. Refused 
by Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. 

1 Kings xix. 18. By seven thousand in Is 
rael. Rom. xi. 4. Rev. xv. 2. — xx. 4. 

CLIV. Threats against idols and idolaters. 
Isa. ii. 8, 9. Their land is full of idols : they 
worship the work of their own hands, that 
which their own fingers have made. The 
mean man boweth down, and the great man 
humbleth himself, therefore forgive them not. 
Ch. xxvii. 11. 

Ver. 18. The idols he shall utterly abolish. 
— Ver. 20, 21. In that day shall a man cast 
his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which 
they made, each one for himself to worship, to 
the moles and to the bats; to go into the 
clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the 
ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the 
glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake 
terribly the earth. 

xix. 1. The Lord rideth upon a swift 
cloud, and shall come into Egypt : the idols of 
Egypt shall be moved at his presence. — Ver. 3. 
They shall seek to the idols, and to the charm- 
ers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and 
to the wizards. See to ver. 18. Their pu- 
nishment. 

xlv. 1 6. They shall go to confusion that are 
makers of idols. 

Zeph. i. 3. I will consume, saith the Lord, 
the stumbling-blocks with the wicked. Ezek. 
xiv. 4. 7. 

Ver. 4, 5. I will cut off the remnant of Baal 
from this place, and them that worship the 
host of heaven, and that swear by the Lord, 
and that swear by Malcham. See threats to 
ver. 18. 

Zech. xiii. 2. Thus saith the Lord, I will 
cut off the names of idols out of the land of 
Egypt. Ezek. xxx. 13. 

1 Cor. vi. 9. Idolaters shall not enter the 
kingdom of God. Eph. v. 5. 

Rev. xxi. 8. Idolaters shall have their por- 
tion in the lake which burneth with fire and 
brimstone. 

xxii. 15. Without [the heavenly Jerusalem] 
are dogs and sorcerers, and whoremongers, 
and murderers, and idolaters, &c. 

CLV. Promises, warnings, and exhorta- 
tions against idolatry. Ezek. xviii 5, 6. 9. 
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eyes to idols, he shall live. — Ver. 17. He shall 
not die for the iniquity of his father. 

xxxvi. 25. From all your idols will I 
cleanse you. Ch. xxxvii. 23. Isa. xxxi. 7. — 
xxvii. 9. 

Acts xv. 20. Write to them that they ab- 
stain from idolatry. — Ver. 29. That they ab- 
stain from meats offered to idols. Ch. xxi. 25. 
Rev. ii. 14. 20. 

1 Cor. v. 11. I have written unto you, If 
any man that is called a brother, be a fornica- 
tor, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a 
drunkard, or an extortioner, with such a one 
do not eat. 

Against eating with idolaters at their sacri- 
fices, see 1 Cor. viii. 4 to 13. Ch. x. 19, 20. 

x. 7. Neither be ye idolaters, as some of the 
Jews were. — Ver. 14. Flee from idolatry. 

2 Cor. vi. 16. What agreement hath the 
temple of God with idols ] 

1 John v. 21. Little children, keep yourselves 
from idols. 

Idols are vanity. See Isa. xlvi. 1. — xlviii. 

5. Zech. x. 2. — Idolatries abominable, Ezek. 
viii. 6. 1 Pet. iv. 3. — Sacrificing to devils, 
1 Cor. x. 20. Rev. ix. 20. 

CLVI. God's judgments upon idolaters. 
Ps. cvi. 35, 36. They learned the works of the 
heathen; and served their idols. — Ver. 40. 
Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled 
against his people. See Isa. ii. 8, 9, and to 
ver. 22. 

Isa. lvii. 4, 5. Are ye not children of trans- 
gression, a seed of falsehood ; inflaming your- 
selves with idols 1 — Ver. 10. Thou art wearied 
in the greatness of thy way. — Ver. 12. Thy 
works shall not profit thee. 

Ezek. vi. 5. I will lay the dead carcasses of 
the children of Israel before their idols. Ver. 

6. 9. 13. 

viii. 10. I saw the idols of Israel pourtrayed 
upon the wall. — Ver. 18. I will deal in fury; 
mine eye shall not spare. 

xiv. 3. These men have set up their idols in 
their heart. — Ver. 4, 5. Thus saith the Lord, 
every man of the house of Israel, thai setteth 
Up his idols in his heart, and cometh to the 
prophet, I the Lord will answer him that 
cometh, according to the multitude of his 
idols : that I may take the house of Israel in 
their own heart, because they are estranged 
from me through their idols. Ver. 6. 8. 9. 

xvi. 36. 38. Thus saith the Lord God, Be- 
cause thy filthiness was poured out, and thy 
nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms 
with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thine 
abominations : I will judge thee as women that 
break wedlock. Ver. 37. 

xx. 7. Then said I, Defile not yourselves 
with idols; but they rebelled against me. — 



Ver. 8. Then said I, I will pour out my fury 
upon them. See to ver. 40. 

xxii. 3. Thus saith the Lord, The city 
maketh idols against herself to defile herself. 
— Ver. 4. Therefore have I made thee a re- 
proach. See chap, xxiii. throughout. 

xxxiii. 25. Thus saith the Lord, Ye lift up 
your eyes unto your idols, and shall ye pos- 
sess the land] See also ver. 27, 28. 

xxxvi. 18. I poured out my fury upon them 
because of their idols. 

xliv. 10. Israel went astray from me after 
their idols. — Ver. 12. Therefore have I lifted 
up mine hand against them. 

Hos. iv. 17. Ephraim is joined to idols, let 
him alone. 

In the following places, and most of thos6 
quoted from Ezek. idolatry is reproved and 
threatened under the name of whoredom, fil- 
thiness, and abomination, viz. Hos. i. 2. — ii. 2. 
— iv. 10. 13.— v. 3.— vi. 10.— ix. 1. Nah.iii. 
4. Rev. xvii. 1. 15. — xix. 2. Idolatry to be 
purged. See Commandment first. 

CLVII. Upon magicians. Exod. 7th, 8th, 
and 9th chapters. Dan. ii. 2. 

Sorcerers. Mai. iii. 5. I will be a swift 
witness against the sorcerers. 

Rev. xxi. 8. Sorcerers shall have their por- 
tion in the lake that burneth with fire and brim- 
stone. 

xxii. 15. Without [the new Jerusalem] are 
dogs and sorcerers. Isa. xlvii. 9. — lvii. 3. Jer. 
xxvii. 9, 10. Rev. ix. 21. — xviii. 23. Acts 
viii. 9. Simon. Acts xiii. 6. 8. Elymas. 

CLVIII. Enchanters. Lev. xix. 26. Ye 
shall not use enchantments nor observe times. 

Numb, xxiii. 23. No enchantment against 
Jacob ; no divination against Israel. 

CLIX. Soothsayers. Isa. ii. 6. Thou hast 
forsaken thy people, the house of Jacob, be- 
cause they are replenished from the east, and 
are soothsayers like the Philistines, and please 
themselves in the children of strangers. 

Mic. v. 12. Thou shalt have no more sooth- 
sayers. Josh. xiii. 22. Dan. ii. 27.— v. 7. 1 1 . 
Acts xvi. 16. 

CLX. Observers of times. Lev. xix. 26. 
Ye shall not observe times. 

Deut. xviii. 10. There shall not be found 
among you an observer of times. — Vr. 14. 
These nations hearkened to observers of 
times, and to diviners, but the Lord thy God 
hath not suffered thee to do so. 

Gal. iv. 10, 11. Ye observe days and months, 
and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest 
I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. 2 
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CLXI. Witches. Exod. xxii. 18. Thou 
shalt not suffer a witch to live. 

Deut. xviii. 10 — 12. There shall not be 
found among you, one that useth divina- 
tion, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, 
or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with 
familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer : 
for all these things are an abomination to the 
Lord. 

See Instances. Balaam, Numb. xxiv. 1. — 
Israel, 2 Kings xvii, 17. Isa. xlvii. 9. 12. — 
Manasseh, 2 Kings xxi, 6. Exod. vii. 11. 22. 
— viii. 7. 18. Jer. xxvii. 9. 

Gal. v. 20- The works of the flesh are 
witchcraft. See 1 Sam. xv. 23. 2 Kings ix. 
22. 2 Chron. xxxiii. 6, Mic. v. 12. Nah. 
iii 4, 5. 

CLXII. Wizards, Lev. xix. 31. Regard 
not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek 
after wizards to be defiled by them. 

xx. 6. The soul that turneth after such I will 
surely cut him off. (Isa. viii. 19.) Ver. 27. A 
wizard shall surely be put to death. Deut. 
xviii. 11. 1 Sam. xxviii. 3.9. 2 Kings xxi. 
fi. — xxiii. 24. Isa. xix. 3. 

To which may be added as breaches of this 
■command. Col. ii. 18. Worshipping of an- 
gels. Rev. xix. 10. 

Acts xii. 23. Giving undue honours to men. 

xiv. 13. Sacrificing unto men. 

1 Cor. x. 20. Sacrificing to devils. Lev. 
xvii. 7. 

Col. iii. 5. Covetousness is idolatry 

Phil. iii. 1 9. Whose God is their belly. 

It is called, going a-whoring. Lev. xvii. 7. 
Ezek. xvi. 15. 28.— xx. 30.— xxiii. 8. 17. 43. 
And in many other places, as may be observed 
from the Scriptures in the foregoing sections. 

CLXIII. Diviners ,- instances thereof. 
Numb. xxii. 7. The elders of Moab departed 
with the rewards of divination in their hand, 
and came to Balaam. 

Ezek. xxi. 21. The king of Babylon stood 
to use divination. 

Deut. xviii. 14. These nations hearkened to 
diviners. 1 Sam. vi. 2. 

Ver. 10. There shall not be found among 
you one that useth divination. Gen. xliv. 5. 
1 Sam. xxviii. 8. Acts xvi. 16. 

CLXIV. They are deceivers and false pro- 
phets. Jer. xiv. 14. They prophesy unto you 
a false divination. 

xxvii. 9, 10. Hearken not to your diviners, 
your dreamers, your enchanters, your sorce- 
rers. They prophesy a lie unto you. 

xxix. 8, 9. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 

Let not your diviners deceive you, neither 

hearken to your dreams, which ye cause to be 

dreamed. For they prophesy falsely unto you 

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in my name ; I have not sent them, saith the 
Lord. Ezek. xii. 24.— xxi. 29.— xxii. 28. 
Mic. iii. 7. 1 U Zech. x. 2. 

CLXV. Threatenings against them. Isa. 
xliv. 25, 26. The Lord, that frustrateth the 
tokens of liars, and maketh diviners mad, that 
turneth wise men backward, and maketh their 
knowledge foolish ; that confirmeth the word 
of his servant, and performeth the counsel of 
his messengers. 

Ezek. xiiL 9. My hand shall be upon the 
prophets that see vanity, and divine lies. 
Ver. 23. 

CLXVI. Familiar spirits forbidden, with 
threatenings against them, and those that 
consult them. Lev. xix. 31. — xx. 6. 27. Isa. 
viii. 19. 

They were put away by Saul, 1 Sam. xxviiL 
3. 9.— By Josiah, 2 Kings xxiii. 24.— They 
were consulted by Saul, 1 Sam. xxviii. 7, 8. 
1 Chron. x. 13. — By Manasseh, 2 Kings xxi. 
6. 2 Chron. xxxiii. 6. — By the Egyptians, 
Isa. xix. 3. — They mutter and peep out of 
the dust, Isa. xxix. 4. 

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CLXVII. Profaning the name of God. 
Exod. xx. 7. Thou shalt not take the name 
of the Lord thy God in vain : for the Lord 
will not hold him guiltless that taketh hi* 
name in vain. Deut. v. 11. 

Lev. xviii. 21. Neither shalt thou profane 
the name of thy God. Ch. xix. 12. — xx. 3. 
—xxi. 6.— xxii. 2. 32. 

CLXVIII. Swearing falsely. Lev. xix. 
12. Ye shall not swear by my name falsely. 

Jer. vii. 9, 10. Will ye swear falsely, and 
come and stand before me in this house 1 — 
Ver. 15. I will cast you out of my sight. 

xxiii. 10. Because of swearing the land 
mourneth. 

Hos. iv. 2, 3. By swearing and lying, and 
killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, 
they break out, and blood toucheth blood. 
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every 
one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with 
the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of 
heaven ; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall 
be taken away. 

Zech. v. 3, 4. This is the curse that goeth 
forth ; every one that sweareth shall be cut 
off according to it. It shall enter the house 
of the thief, and into the house of him that 
sweareth falsely ; and it shall remain in the 
midst of his house, and shall consume it with 
the timber thereof, and the stones thereof. 

viii. 17. Love no false oath — It is an abo~ 
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Mai. iii. 5. I will be a swift witness against 
the sorcerers and adulterers, against false 
swearers, saith the Lord of hosts. Isa. xlviii. 
I. Jer. v. 2. 9. Hos. x. 4. 1 Tim. i. 10. 
Instance, Matt. xxvi. 72. 74. 

Lev. v. 1 to 6. Fake swearers enjoined to 
make confession, offer sacrifice. Ch. vi. 2 to 
6, and to make restitution to those they have 
injured. 

CLXIX. Swearing by the creatures. Matt. 
v. 34 — 36. Swear not at all ; neither by hea- 
ven, nor by the earth, nor by Jerusalem, nor 
by thy head. Ver. 33. Jam. v. 12. Matt, 
xxiii. 16 to 22. 

Instances. Gen. xlii. 15, 16. By the life of 
Pharaoh. 1 Sam. xx. 3. As thy soul liveth. 
Ch. xxv. 26. 2 Sam. xi. 11. 

CLXX. Swearing by other gods. Josh, 
xxiii. 7. Neither make mention of the name 
of their gods, nor cause to swear by them. 

Jer. v. 7. How shall I pardon thee for this ? 
thy children have forsaken me, and have 
sworn by them that are no gods. Hos. iv. 15. 
Amos viii. 14. Zeph. i. 4, 5. 

CLXXI. Swearing in common conversa- 
tion forbidden. Matt. v. 34. Swear not at 
all ; neither by heaven, &c. Ver. 35, 36. 

James v. 12. Above all things, my brethren, 
swear not ; neither by heaven, neither by the 
earth, neither by any other oath : but let your 
yea be yea ; t and your nay, nay, &c. 

CLXXII. Swearing to commit sin, or to 
encourage it. 

Instances. 1 Sam. xxviii. 10. Saul to the 
witch of Endor. 

Ps. cii. 8. David's enemies 

Acts xxiii. 2i. Paul's enemies. 

CLXXIII. Rash, unnecessary swearing. 
Instances. — Israel, Judg. xxi. 1 to 18. — Saul, 
1 Sam. xiv. 24. 39. 45. — David, 1 Sam. xxv. 
22. — Joab, 2 Sam. xix. 7. — Herod, Mark 
vi. 23. 

CLXXIV. The positive part of this com- 
mandment .- God only is to be sworn by. 
Deut. vi. 13. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy 
God and serve him, and shalt swear by his 
name. Ch. x. 20. 

Isa. lxv. 16. He that sweareth shall swear 
by the God of truth. 

Jer. xii. 16. If they learn the ways of my 
people, to swear by my name, &c. then shall 
they be built, &c. 

Heb. vi. 16. Men verily swear by the 
greater. 1 Kings viii. 31. Ps. lxiii. 11. 

CLXXV. The nature and duty of an 
4ath. Jer. iv. 2. Thou shalt swear, The Lord 



liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteous- 
ness. 

Heb. vi. 16. An oath for confirmation is an 
end of all strife. 2 Chron. vi. 22. 

CLXXVI. Such oaths to be carefully kept. 
Ps. xv. 1. Lord who shall abide in thy taber- 
nacle ] who shall dwell in thy holy hill 1 — 
Ver. 4. He that sweareth to his own hurt, 
and changeth not. 

xxiv. 3, 4. Who shall ascend into the hill 
of the Lord ! and who shall stand in his holy 
place 1 He that hath clean hands and a pure 
heart ; who hath not lifted up his soul unto 
vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 

CLXXVII. The things to be sworn to, are, 
truth and duty. Deut. xxix. 10. You stand 
this day all of you before the Lord your God. 
— Ver. 12. That thou shouldst enter into the 
covenant of the Lord thy God, and into his 
oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with 
thee this day. Ver. 13, 14. 

2 Chron. xv. 12. They entered into a cove- 
nant to seek the Lord God of their fathers, 
with all their heart, and with all their soul. — 
Ver. 14, 15. And they sware unto the Lord 
with a loud voice. And all Judah rejoiced at 
the oath; and the Lord gave them rest on 
every side. 

Ezra x. 5. Ezra made the chief priest and 
Levites, and all Israel, to swear to a covenant 
with God. Ver. 3. 

Neh. x. 29. They entered into a curse and 
into an oath, to walk in God's law. 

Isa. xix. 18. Five cities in the land of 
Egypt shall speak the language of Canaan, 
and swear to the Lord of hosts. 

xlv. 23. Unto me, every knee shall bow, 
and every tongue shall swear. See Neh. xiii. 
25. Ps. cxix. 106. — cxxxii. 2. Ezek. xvi. 
59. Dan. ix. 11. Hab. iii. 9. 

CLXXVIII. Duty towards men sworn to. 
Articles of peace ratified by oath. Gen. xxi. 
23. Abraham and Abimelech sware both. 
Ver. 24. 31. 

xxvi. 31. Abimelech and Isaac sware one 
to another. 

xxxi. 53. Jacob sware [to Laban] by the 
fear of his father Isaac. 

Josh. ii. 12. The spies sware to Rahab. Ch. 
vi. 22. 

ix. 15. Joshua and the princes of the con- 
gregation, sware to the Gibeonites. Ver. 19, 
20. 2 Sam. xxi. 2. 

1 Sam. xix. 6. Saul sware that he would 
not slay David. 

xx. 42. Jonathan and David sware. 2 Sam. 
xxi. 7. See also Judg. xv. 12. — 1 Sam. xxx. 
15. 2 Sam. xix. 23. 2 Kings xxv. 24. Jer. 
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CLXXIX. The breach of such oaths pu- 
nished. 2 Sam. xxi. 1.9. 2 Chron. xxxvi. 
13. Ezek. xvii. 16. 

CLXXX. Private compacts ratified by 
oath. Gen. xxiv. 2. 9. 37. 41. Abraham 
takes an oath of his servant, concerning a wife 
to his son Isaac. 

xxv. 33. Esau sells his birth-right upon oath. 

xlvii. 29, 30, 31. Jacob takes an oath of 
Joseph concern'ig his burial. 

1. 25. Joseph takes an oath of the children 
of Israel to carry his bones out of Egypt. 
Exod. xiii. 19. 

1 Kings i. 13. 29. David by oath fixed So- 
lomon to be his successor. 

2 Kings xi. 4. Jehoiada takes an oath of 
the rulers to conceal Joash from his enemies. 

Neh. v. 12. Nehemiah takes an oath of the 
priests to do justice to injured persons. 

CLXXXI. Oaths sworn to kings. Eccl. 
viii. 2. I counsel thee to keep the king's com- 
mandment, and that in regard of the oath of 
God. 

Oaths exacted by kings from the people. 
See 1 Kings ii. 42. — xviii. 10. 

CLXXXII. The oath of a single person de- 
cides controversy. Exod. xxii. 10, 11. In 
cases of property, where no other evidence 
can be had. 

Numb. v. 12 to 22. A woman's oath in 
case of jealousy, without evidence against her. 

CLXXXIII. The duty and lawfulness of 
swearing upon proper occasions, is urged not 
only from the foregoing Scriptures, but also 
from the following examples. 

CLXXXIV. God promised upon oath, to 
bless Abraham, and to multiply his offspring. 
Gen. xxii. 15 — 17. The angel of the Lord 
called unto Abraham, and said, By myself 
have I sworn, saith the Lord, that in blessing 
I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will 
multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and 
as the sand which is upon the sea-shore. 
Exod. xxxii. 13. Deut. xiii. 17. 

CLXXXV. To give the land of Canaan. 
Gen. xxiv. 7. Abraham said, the Lord God of 
heaven sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed 
will I give this land. Ch. xii. 7. 

xxvi. 2, 3. The Lord appeared unto Isaac, 
and said, I will be with thee, and will bless 
thee ; for unto thee and unto thy seed, will I 
give all these countries, and I will perform the 
oath which I sware unto Abraham, thy father. 
Ch.xxii. 16.— 1.24. 

CLXXXVI. To fulfil his covenant. Deut 
vii. 12. If ye hearken to these judgments, 
and keep and do them, the Lord thy God will 



keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy, 
which he sware unto thy fathers. Ch. iv. 31. 
— vii. 8. — viii. 18. — ix. 5. — xxviii. 9. 

To continue the seed of David, Ps. lxxxix. 
3, 4. I have sworn unto David my servant: 
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and will 
build up thy throne to all generations. Ver. 
35. 49. 

CLXXXVII. Tfie perpetuity of Christ's 
priesthood. Heb. vii. 21. The Lord sware, 
and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever, 
after the order of Melchizedek. Ps. ex. 4. 
See Isa. xlv. 22, 23. 

CLXXX VIII. To fulfil his threat en ings 
against the unbelieving and disobedient. Heb. 
iii. 1 8. To whom sware he, that they should 
not enter into his rest, but to them that be- 
lieved not 1 See Numb. xiv. 23. — xxxii. 10, 
11. Judg. ii. 15. Jer. xlix. 13.— Ii. 14. 
Amos vi. 8 ; also Lev. xxvi. and Deut. xxviii. 
referred to in these threatenings. 

CLXXXIX. Example 2d. Jesus Christ 
answers upon oath, Matt. xxvi. 63, 64, ten- 
dered to him by the high priest. 

CXC. Example 3d. The angel. Rev. x. 5, 
6. The angel lifted up his hand to heaven, 
and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, 
That there shall be time no longer, &c. 

CXCI. Example Uh. Asseverations of 
sincerity, which are equal to an oath among 
Christians. Rom. i. 9. God is my witness. 
Phil. i. 8. God is my record. 

2 Cor. i. 23. I call God for a record upon my 
soul. 

xii. 19. We speak before God, in Christ 
Ch. ii. 17. 

Gal. i. 20. Behold, before God, I lie not 

1 Tim. v. 21. I charge thee before God. 

CXCII. Ancient forms of swearing among 
men were — By lifting up the hand. Gen 
xiv. 22. Abraham said, I have lifted up my 
hand to the Lord. See Deut. xxxii. 40. Rev 
x. 5. 

By putting the hand under the thigh of 
him that administereth the oath. Gen. xxiv. 
2, 3. 9. 

The usual expressions were : lSam. xxv. 
34. 1 Kings xvii. 1. As the God of Israel liveth. 
1 Kings xviii. 15. 2 Kings iii. 14. As the 
Lord of hosts liveth. Ch. v. 16. 2 Kings ii. 
2. As the Lord liveth and as thy soul liveth, 
Ch. iv. 30. 1 Sam. xx. 3. As thy soul liveth 
Ch. xxvi. 16. 2 Sam. xi. 11. 

CXCHI. Blasphemy forbidden. Col. iii 
8. Put off all these, anger, wrath, malice 
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CXCIV. Occasions of it to be avoided. 
2Sam.xii. 14. Nathan said to David, Because, 
by this deed, thou hast given great occasion 
to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the 
child that is born unto thee shall surely die. 
Isa. Hi. 5. Ezek. xxxvi. 20. Mai. ii. 17. 
Rom. ii. 24. 

1 Tim. vi. 1. Let as many servants as are 
under the yoke, count their masters worthy of 
all honour, that the name of God and his doc- 
trine be not blasphemed. Tit. ii. 5. 

CXCV. From whence it proceeds. Matt. 
xv. 19. Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, 
murders, adulteries, thefts, false witness, blas- 
phemies. Mark vii. 21, 22. Gen. vi. 5. — 
viii. 21. 

CXCVI. Instances of blasphemers andtheir 
punishments. Lev. xxiv. 10. The son of an 
Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyp- 
tian, and a man of Israel strove together. — Ver. 
11. And the Israelitish woman's son blas- 
phemed the name of the Lord, and cursed. — 
Ver. 14. The Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
Bring forth him that hath cursed without the 
camp, and let all the congregation stone him. 

Ver. 16. He that blasphemeth the name of 
the Lord shall surely be put to death. 

2 Kings xviii. 32, 33, and xix. 10. The 
king of Assyria's blasphemy. Ch. xix. 35, 
36, 37. His punishment. 

Ps. lxxiv. 10. O Lord, shall the enemy 
blaspheme thy name for ever? — Ver. 18. Re- 
member, O Lord, that the foolish people have 
blasphemed thy name. 

Isa. lxv. 7. Your iniquities, and the iniqui- 
ties of your fathers together, saith the Lord, 
which have burnt incense upon the mountains, 
and blasphemed me upon the hills ; therefore 
will I measure their former work into their 
bosoms. Ezek. xx. 27. — xxxv. 12. 

Luke xxii. 65. Many other things blas- 
phemously spake they against Jesus. 

Acts xxvi. 11. I [Paul] compelled them to 
blaspheme. 1 Tim. i. 13. I was a blasphemer, 
and a persecutor, and injurious ; but I ob- 
tained mercy, because I did it ignorantly. 

xviii. 6. The Jews opposed and blasphemed. 
Ch. xiii. 45. 

1 Tim. i. 20. Of whom is Hymeneus and 
Philetus, whom I have delivered unto Satan, 
that they may learn not to blaspheme. 

2 Tim. iii. 1, 2. In the last days perilous 
times shall come. For men shall be lovers of 
their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, 
blasphemers. 

James ii. 7. Do not rich men blaspheme 
that worthy name by the which ye are called 1 

Rev. ii. 3. I know the blasphemy of them, 
which say they are Jews and are not. 

xiii. 1 Tfee beast had upon his heads the 



name of blasphemy. — Ver. 5, 6. There was 
given to him a mouth, speaking great things, 
and blasphemies. And he opened his mouth 
in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his 
name and his tabernacle, and them that dwell 
in heaven. 

xvi. 9. Men were scorched with great heat, 
and blasphemed the name of God. Ver. 11.21. 

CXCVII. Blasphemy against the Holy 
Ghost; its punishment. Matt. xii. 31. All 
manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven 
unto men ; but the blasphemy against the 
Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 
Mark iii. 29. Luke xii. 10. 1 John v. 16. 

CXC VIIL Persons unjustly accused and 
put to death for blasphemy. 1 Kings xxi. 10. 

13. Naboth. Acts vi. 11. 13. Stephen. 

Jesus Christ: See Matt. ix. 3. — xxvi. 65. 
Mark ii. 7. Luke v. 21. John x. 33. 36. 

CXCIX. Of vows : they are religiously 
to be fulfilled. Numb. xxx. 2. If a man vow a 
vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind 
his soul with a bond, he shall not break his 
word ; he shall do according to all that pro- 
ceeded out of his mouth. 

Deut. xxiii. 21, 22. When thou shalt vow 
a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not 
be slack to pay it ; for the Lord thy God will 
surely require it of thee, and it would be a 
sin in thee. But if thou shalt forbear to 
vow, it shall be no sin in thee. 

Prov. xx. 25. It is a snare after vows to 
make inquiry. 

Eccl. v. 4, 5. When thou vowest a vow 
unto God, defer not to pay it ; for he hath no 
pleasure in fools ; pay that which thou hast 
vowed. Better is it that thou shouldst not vow, 
than that thou shouldst vow and not pay. See 
Job xxii. 27. Ps. xxii. 25.— I. 34. — lvi. 12.— 
Ixi. 5. 8. — Ixxvi. 11. — cxvi. 14. 18. Jer. xliv. 
25. Nah. i. 15. 

CC. Vows to do duty. Instances. Gen 
xxviii. 20. Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God 
will be with me, and keep me in the way that 
I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment 
to put on, then shall the Lord be my God. 
Ver. 21. Ch. xxxi. 13. Numb. xxi. 2. 1 Sara, 
i. 1 1. 28. Ps. cxxxii. 2. Jonah i. 16.— ii. 9 

CCI. Sinful voivs. Judg. xi. 30 to 39. 
Jephtha's vow. Mai. i. 14. To vow a corrupt 
thing. 

Lev.xxvii. The redemption of things vowed. 

Numb. xxx. 3, &c. A woman's vow in 
her virginity, and married state, in what cases 
binding. 

vi. 2, &c. Of a Nazarite's vow. See also 
Judg. xiii. 5. 7. — xvi. 17. Lam. iv. 7. Amos 
ii. 11, 12. 



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CCII. Of the Sabbath. Exod. xx. 8. 
Remember the Sabbath-day to keep it holy, 
&c. Ver. 9, 10, 11. 

xxxi. 13. Verily my Sabbaths ye shall keep; 
for it is a sign between me and you, that ye 
may know that I am the Lord that doth sanc- 
tify you. Gen. ii. 2, 3. Deut. v. 12—15. 
Ezek. xx. 12.— xliv. 24. 

C CIII. The Sabbath a day of rest from ser- 
vile work. Exod. xx. 10. In it thou shalt not 
do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daugh- 
ter, thy man servant, nor thy maid servant, nor 
thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy 
gates. — Ver. 11. 

xvi. 23. The Lord said, To-morrow is the 
rest of the holy Sabbath. — Ver. 29. Let no 
man go out of his place on the seventh day, to 
gather manna. 

xxiii. 12. Six days shalt thou do thy work, 
in the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine 
ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy 
handmaid, and the stranger may be refreshed. 
Ch. xxxiv. 21.— xxxv. 2, 3. Deut. v. 14, 15. 

Jer. xvii. 21, 22. Thus saith the Lord, Take 
heed to yourselves, and bear no burthen on 
the Sabbath-day, nor bring it in by the gates 
of Jerusalem. Neither carry forth a burthen 
out of your houses on the Sabbath-day, neither 
do ye any work. Luke xxiii. 56. Heb. iv. 9. 

CCIV. The duties of the Sabbath,- wor- 
shipping God, reading, hearing his luord, 
$c. Lev. xix. 30. Ye shall keep my Sab- 
baths, and reverence my sanctuary : I am the 
Lord. Ch. xxvi. 2. 

Ezek. xlvi. 3. The people shall worship be- 
fore the Lord in the Sabbaths. 

Mark vi. 2. When the Sabbath-day was 
come, Jesus began to teach in the synagogue. 

Luke iv. 16. Jesus, as his custom was, went 
into the synagogue on the Sabbath-day, and 
stood up for to read. — Ver. 31. He came to 
Capernaum and taught them on the Sabbath- 
days. Ch. xiii. 10. 

Acts xiii. 14 — 16. The disciples went into 
the synagogue on the Sabbath-day. After the 
reading of the law and the prophets, Paul stood 
up and said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear 
God, give audience. 

Ver. 27. The prophets are read every Sab- 
bath-day. 

Ver. 42. The Gentiles besought that these 
words might be preached unto them the next 
Sabbath. — Ver. 44. The next Sabbath-day 
came almost the whole city together to hear 
the word of God. 

xv. 21. Moses hath ir every city them that 
preach him, being read in the synagogues 
every Sabbath-day. 



xvii. 2, 3. Paul, as his manner was, went 
in unto them, and three Sabbaths reasoned 
with them out of the Scriptures ; opening and 
alleging that Christ must needs have suffered. 
Ch. xviii. 4. Paul reasoned in the synagogue 
every Sabbath. 

CCV. Works of charity and mercy to be 
done on the Sabbath-day. Instances. Matt, 
xii. 1. Jesus went on the Sabbath-day through 
the corn ; and his disciples, being an hungered, 
began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat. 
Mark ii. 23. 

xii. 2, 3. The Pharisees said, Thy disciples 
do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath. 
Jesus said, Have ye not read what David did 1 
— Ver. 5. Have ye not read in the law, &c.1 
— Ver. 7. I will have mercy and not sacrifice. 

Ver. 12. It is lawful to do well on the Sab- 
bath-days. — Ver. 13. He healed the withered 
hand. Mark iii. 2. 4. Luke vi. 9. 

Mark ii. 27. The Sabbath was made for 
man, and not man for the Sabbath. 

Luke xiii. 15, 16. The Lord said, Doth not 
each of you loose his ox or his ass on the 
Sabbath-day 1 (Ch. xiv. 3. 5.) And ought 
not this woman to be loosed from her bond on 
the Sabbath-day 1 See John v. 8, 9, 10. 18.— 
vii. 22. — ix. 14. 

CCVI. Promises to them that keep the 
Sabbath. Isa. lvi. 2. Blessed is the man that 
keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it. 

Ver. 4, 5. Thus saith the Lord to the eu- 
nuchs that keep my Sabbaths, and choose the 
things that please me, and take hold of my 
covenant; Even unto them will I give in mine 
house, and within my walls, a place and a 
name, better than of sons and of daugh- 
ters, &c. 

Ver. 6. 7. Also the sons of the stranger that 
join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and 
to love the name of the Lord, to be his ser- 
vants, every one that keepeth the Sabbath 
from polluting it, and taketh hold of my cove- 
nant ; even them will I bring to my holy 
mountain, and make them joyful in my house 
of prayer. 

lviii. 13, 14. If thou turn away thy foot 
from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on 
rny holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, 
the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt 
honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor 
finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine 
own words ; then shalt thou delight thyself in 
the Lord, and I will cause thee to ride upon 
the high places of the earth, and feed thee 
with the heritage of Jacob. 

CCVII. The care of God's people to sanc- 
tify the Sabbath themselves, and to prevent 
the profaning of it by others. Neh. x. 29. 



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They entered into an oath and into a curse, 
to walk in God's law. — Ver. 31. And if the 
people of the land bring ware, or any victuals, 
on the Sabbath-day to sell, not to buy it of 
them on the Sabbath. 

xiii. 15. In those days I saw in Judah, 
some treading wine-presses on the Sabbath, 
and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses ; as 
also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of 
burthens which they brought into Jerusalem 
on the Sabbath-day; and I testified against 
them, in the day wherein they sold victuals. 

Ver. 16 — 18. There dwelt men of Tyre also 
therein, which brought fish, and all manner of 
ware, and sold on the Sabbath unto the child- 
ren of Judah, and in Jerusalem. Then I con- 
tended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto 
them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and 
profane the Sabbath-day ] Did not your fathers 
thus, and did not our God bring all this evil 
upon us, and upon this city 1 yet ye bring 
more wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sab- 
bath. 

Ver. 19 — 21. And it came to pass, that 
when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark 
before the Sabbath, I commanded that the gates 
should be shut, and not be opened till after the 
Sabbath ; and some of my servants I set at the 
gates, that there should no burthen be brought 
in on the Sabbath-day. So the merchants and 
sellers of all kind of ware, lodged without Je- 
rusalem once or twice. Then I testified against 
them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about 
the wall ? if ye do so again I will lay hands on 
you. From that time forth came they no more 
on the Sabbath. 

Ver. 22. And I commanded the Levites, that 
they should cleanse themselves, and that they 
should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the 
Sabbath. 

CCVIII. Threatenings against Sabbath- 
breakers. Exod. xxxi. 1 4. Ye shall keep the 
Sabbath : every one that defileth it, shall surely 
be put death. — Ver. 15. Whosoever doeth any 
work on the Sabbath-day, he shall surely be 
put to death. Ch. xxxv. 2. 

Numb. xv. 32—36. While the children of 
Israel were in the wilderness, they found a 
man that gathered sticks on the Sabbath-day, 
and they brought him to Moses and Aaron, 
and they put him in ward. And the Lord said 
unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to 
death ; all the congregation shall stone him 
with stones without the camp. And all the 
congregation brought him without the camp, 
and stoned him with stones, and he died as 
the Lord commanded Moses. 



Jer. xvii. 27. If ye will not hearken unto 
me, to hallow the Sabbath, &c. 

Ezek. xx. 15, 16. I would not bring them 
into the land which I had given them ; be- 
cause they walked not in my statutes, but 
polluted my Sabbaths. 

Ver. 23, 24. I lifted up mine hand unto 
them in the wilderness, that I would scatter 
them among the heathen, and disperse them 
through the countries ; because they had 
despised my statutes and polluted my Sab- 
baths. 

xxii. 8. Thou hast profaned my Sabbaths. 
— Ver. 14. Can thy heart endure, or can thy 
hands be strong, in the days that I will deal 
with thee? 

Ver. 26. Her priests have hid their eyes 
from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among 
them. — Ver. 31. Therefore have I poured out 
mine indignation upon them, I have consumed 
them with the fire of my.wrath ; their own 
ways have I recompensed upon their heads, 
saith the Lord. 

xxiii. 38. They have defiled my sanctuary, 
and have profaned my Sabbaths. — Thus saith 
the Lord God, I will give them to be removed 
and spoiled. — Ver. 46. 

CCIX. Sabbath privileges withdrawn. 
Lam. ii. 6. The Lord hath caused the Sab- 
baths to be forgotten in Zion. 

Hos. ii. 11. I will cause her Sabbaths to 
cease. 

Lam. i. 7. The adversaries did mock at her 
Sabbaths. See Isa. i. 13. Amosviii. 11. 

CCX. The change of the Sabbath from the 
seventh to the first day of the week. Gen. ii. 3. 
God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it, 
because that in it God rested from all his 
works. Exod. xx. 11. 

Col. ii. 16, 17. Let no man judge you, in 
meat or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, 
or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath-days : 
which are a shadow of things to come, but the 
body is of Christ. Rom. xiv. 6. 

Luke xxiv. 1. 6. Christ rose from the dead 
on the first day. 

Acts xx. 7. Upon the first day of the week, 
when the disciples came together to break 
bread, Paul preached unto them. John xx, 
19. 

1 Cor. xvi. 2. On the first day of the week 
let every one lay by him, as God hath pros- 
pered him, that there be no gatherings when 
I come. 

Rev. i. 9, 1 0. I was in the Spirit on the 
Lord's day. 



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DUTIES TOWARDS MANKIND. 



I. LOVE. Lev. xix. 18. Thou shalt not 
avenge nor bear any grudge against the child- 
ren of thy people, but thou shalt love thy 
neighbour as thyself.— Ver. 34. The stranger 
that dwelleth with you shall be as one born 
among you, and thou shalt love him as thy- 
self. 

Matt. v. 44, 45. Love your enemies ; bless 
them that curse you, do good to them that 
hate you, and pray for them which despitefully 
use you and persecute you. That ye may be 
the children of your Father which is in heaven : 
for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and 
on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and 
on the unjust. 

Ver. 46, 47. For if you love them which 
love you, what reward have ye 1 Do not even 
the publicans the same ? And if you salute 
your brethren only, what do ye more than 
others ? Do not even the publicans the same ] 
—Ver. 48. Be ye therefore perfect, even as 
your Father which is in heaven is perfect. 

xxii. 37, 38. Thou shalt love the Lord thy 
God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, 
and with all thy mind. This is the first and 
great commandment. — Ver. 39, 40. And the 
second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy 
neighbour as thyself. On these two command- 
ments hang all the law and the prophets. 
Rom. xiii. 9. James ii. 8. 

John xiii. 34. A new commandment I give 
unto you, That ye love one another : as I 
have loved you, that ye love one another. 
(Ch. xv. 12.) Ver. 35. By this shall all men 
know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love 
one to another. 

Rom. xii. 9. Let love be without dissimu- 
lation. 

xiii. 8. Owe no man any thing, but to love 
one another : he that loveth another, hath ful- 
filled the law. — Ver. 10. Love worketh no ill 
to his neighbour : therefore love is the fulfil- 
ling of the law. 

Gal. v. 14. All the law is fulfilled in one 
word, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neigh- 
bour as thyself. Ver. 15. 

Eph. v. 2. Walk in love, as Christ hath 
loved us, and hath given himself for us. 

Phil. i. 9. I pray that your love may abound 
more and more. 

Heb. x. 24. Let us consider one another, 
to provoke unto love and to good works. 



xiii. 1. Let brotherly love continue. 1 Pet 
iii. 8. Love as brethren. 

1 Pet. i. 22. See that ye love one another 
with a pure heart fervently. 

ii. 17. Honour all men ; love the brother- 
hood. 

1 John ii. 10. He that loveth his brother 
abideth in the light, and there is none occasion 
of stumbling in him. 

iii. 11. This is the message that ye have 
heard from the beginning, That we should 
love one another. 

Ver. 14. We know that we have passed 
from death unto life, because we love the bre- 
thren. — Ver. 18. My little children, let us not 
love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed 
and in truth. 

Ver. 23. This is God's commandment, 
That we should believe on the name of his 
Son Jesus Christ ; and love one another, as he 
gave us commandment. 

iv. 10. God loved us, and sent his Son to be 
the propitiation for our sins. — Ver. 11. Be- 
loved, if God so loved us, we ought also to 
love one another. 

Ver. 20, 21. If a man say, I love God, 
and hateth his brother, he is a liar; for he 
that loveth not his brother, whom he hath 
seen, how can he love God whom he hath not 
seen? and this commandment have we from 
God, That he who loveth God, love his bro- 
ther also. 

2 John 5. This commandment we have 
from the beginning, That we love one another. 

II. Of the cause of love, and how it is 
produced. Prov. xvii. 9. He that covereth a 
transgression seeketh love. 

xviii. 24. A man that hath friends must 
show himself friendly : and there is a friend 
that sticketh closer than a brother. 

Heb. x. 24. Let us provoke one another 
to love and to good works. 

Gal. v. 6. Faith worketh by love. — Ver. 
22. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, 
&c. 

1 Thess. iv. 9. Ye are taught of God to love 
one another. 

1 John iv. 7, 8. Let us love one another ; 
for love is of God. He that loveth not, 
knoweth not God ; for God is love. 

Ver. 12. If we love one another, God dwell- 



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eth in us. — Ver. 16, God is love; and he/ 
that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and 
God in him. 

v. 2. By this we know that we love the 
children of God, when we love God and keep 
his commandments. 

III. Prayers and thanks to God for Chris- 
tian love, as being his gift. 1 Thess. iii. 12. 
The Lord make you to increase and abound in 
love one toward another, and toward all men, 
even as we do toward you. Col. ii. 2. 

Eph. i. 15, 16. After I heard of your faith 
in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 
I cease not to give thanks for you, making' 
mention of you in my prayers. 

IV. The influence and effects of love upon 
the temper and behaviour of Christians 
one toward another ,- or how love is evidenced. 
Rom. xii. 10. Be kindly affectioned one to an- 
other, with brotherly love. 

xiii. 10. Love worketh no ill to his neigh- 
bour. 

Gal. v. 13. By love serve one another. 

Eph. iv. 2. Forbearing one another in love. 
- — Ver. 15. Speaking the truth in love. — Ver. 
16. Edifying in love. 

Phil. ii. 2. Be like minded, having the same 
love, being of one accord, of one mind. 

Philem. 9. For love's sake, I beseech thee. 

1 John iii. 1 8. Let us not love in word, nor 
in tongue, but in deed, &c. See duties of 
husbands and wives, ministers and people, 
Commandment Fifth. 



CHARITY. 

V. Charity, with other graces, enjoined. 
1 Cor. viii. 1. Knowledge puffeth up, but cha- 
rity edifieth. 

xiii. 1 — 3. Though I speak with the 
tongues of men and of angels, and have not 
charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a 
tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift 
of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, 
and all knowledge ; and though I have all 
faith, so that I could remove mountains, and 
have not charity, I am nothing. And though 
I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and 
though I give my body to be burned, and have 
not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 

Ver. 4 — 7. Charity suffereth long and is 
kind ; charity envieth not, charity vaunteth 
not itself, is not puffed up ; doth not behave it- 
self unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easi- 
ly provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in 
iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth ; beareth all 
things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, 
endureth all things.— Ver. 8. Charity never 
faileth. 



Ver. 13. Now abideth faith, hope, charity, 
these three ; but the greatest of these is charity. 

xiv. 1 . Follow after charity ; and desire spi- 
ritual gifts. 

xvi. 14. Let all your things be done with 
charity. 

Col. iii. 14. Above all these things put on 
charity, which is the bond of perfectness. 

1 Tim. i. 5. The end of the commandment 
is charity ; out of a pure heart, and of a good 
conscience, and of faith unfeigned. 

ii. 15. The woman shall be saved in child- 
bearing, if they continue in faith and charity, 
and holiness, with sobriety. 

iv. 12, Be thou an example of the believers, 
in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, 
in faith, in purity. 

2 Tim. ii. 22. Flee youthful lusts ; but fol- 
low righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with 
them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 

Tit. ii. 1, 2. Speak the things that become 
sound doctrine ; that the aged men be sober, 
grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in 
patience. 

1 Pet. iv. 8. Above all things have fervent 
charity among yourselves ; for charity shall 
cover the multitude of sins. Prov. x. 12. 

v. 14. Greet ye one another with a kiss of 
charity. 

2 Pet. i. 5 — 7. Add to your faith, virtue, 
knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, 
brotherly-kindness, charity. 

Jude 12. Feasts of charity. 

VI. Approved examples of charity, and 
other graces. 2 Thess. i. 3. We are bound 
to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is 
meet; because that your faith groweth ex- 
ceedingly, and the charity of every one of you 
all toward each other aboundeth. 1 Thess. 
iii. 6. 

2 Tim. iii. 10. Thou hast fully known my 
doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, long- 
suffering, charity, patience, persecutions, afflic- 
tions, &c. 

Rev. ii. 18, 19. To the angel of the church 
of Thyatira write, These things saith the Son 
of God : I know thy works and charity, and 
service, and faith, and patience. See ver. 3. 
2 John 6. 

See instances of charitable conduct toward 
others, 1 Cor. viii. 9. 12, 13. 



HATRED. 

VII. Hatred ; threatenings against it. 
Lev. xix. 17. Thou shalt not hate thy brother 
in thy heart. 

Ps. xxxiv. 21. Evil shall slay the wicked 
and they that hate the righteous shall be 
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Prov. xxix. 10. The bloodthirsty hate the 
upright. 

Ezek. xxxv. 5, 6. Because thou [mount 
Seir] hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast 
shed the blood of the children of Israel; there- 
fore, as I live, saith the Lord, I will prepare 
thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee. 

Amos v. 10. They hate him that rebuketh 
in the gate ; they abhor him that speaketh up- 
rightly. 

Mic. iii. 2. Who hate the good, and love the 
evil. 

Matt. x. 22. Jesus said, Ye shall be hated 
of all men, for my name's sake. Ch. xxiv. 9. 

xxiv. 10. They shall betray one another, 
an shall hate one another. 

John vii. 7. The world hateth me, because 
I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. 

xv. 18, 19. If the world hate you, ye know 
that it hated me before it hated you. If ye 
were of the world, the world would love his 
own ; but because ye are not of the world, but 
I have chosen you out of the world, therefore 
the world hateth you. Ver. 20. 

xvii. 14. Jesus said [of his disciples,] The 
world hath hated them, because they are not 
of the world, even as I am not of the world. 

Tit. iii. 3. We ourselves were sometimes 
foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers 
lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, 
hateful and hating one another. 

1 John ii. 9. He that hateth his brother is 
in darkness. Ver. 11. 

iii. 13. Marvel not, brethren, if the world 
hate you. 

Ver. 14, 15. He that loveth not his brother 
abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his bro- 
ther, is a murderer ; and we know that no 
murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 

iv. 20. If a man say, I love God, and hateth 
his brother, he is a liar : for he who loveth not 
his brother whom he hath seen, how can he 
love God whom he hath not seen 1 

VIII. The duty of the righteous toward 
those that hate them. Exod. xxiii. 5. If thou 
see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under 
his burthen, thou shalt surely help with him. 

Matt. v. 44. Do good to them that hate you. 

Rom. xii. 21. Overcome evil with good. 

LX. Prayers and complaints to God, 
against the hatred of the wicked. Ps. ix. 13. 
O Lord, consider my trouble, which I suffer 
of them that hate me. 

lxix. 14. Let me be delivered from them 
that hate me. See also Ps. xxv. 19. — xxxv. 
19. — xxxviii. 19. — xli. 7. — lv. 3. — lxxxvi. 17. 

X. Promises to those that are unjustly 
hated, and threatenings against their haters. 
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Job viii. 22. They that hate thee shall be 
clothed with shame. 

Ps. xviii. 17. God hath delivered me from 
them that hated me. 

xxxiv. 21. They that hate the righteous 
shall be desolate. 

xliv. 7. Thou hast put them to shame that 
hated us. 

Ixxxix. 23. I will plague them that hate 
him. 

cvi. 10. He saved his people from the hand 
of him that hated them. 

cxviii. 7. The Lord taketh my part, there- 
fore I shall see my desire on them that hate me. 

Isa. lxvi. 5. Hear the word of the Lord, ye 
that tremble at his word, Your brethren that 
hated you, and cast you out for my name's 
sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified : but he 
shall appear to your joy, and they shall be 
ashamed. 

Luke vi. 22, 23. Blessed are ye, when men 
shall hate you. and when they shall separate 
you from their company, and shall reproach 
you, and cast out your name as evil, for the 
Son of man's sake. Rejoice and be exceeding 
glad, for behold your reward is great in heaven. 

See Gen. xxiv. 60. Deut. vii. 15. — xxx. 7. 
— xxxiii. 11. The righteous hate only the 
haters of God. 2 Chron. xix. 2. Ps. xxvi. 5. 
— xxxi. 6. — lxviii. 1. — cxxxix. 21, 22. — xv. 4. 

ENVY 

XI. Envy forbidden to the righteous. 
Prov. xxiii. 17. Let not thy heart envy sinners, 
but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day 
long. 

xxiv. 1. Be not thou envious against evil 
men, neither desire to be with them. Ver. 19. 

Ps. xxxvii. 1. Fret not thyself because of 
evil-doers, neither be thou envious against the 
workers of iniquity. 

Rom. xiii. 13. Let us walk honestly, not in 
strife and envying. 

2 Cor. xii. 20. I fear lest there be envyings 
amongst you. 

Gal. v. 26. Let us not be desirous of vain- 
glory, provoking one another, envying one an- 
other. 

1 Pet. ii. 1, 2. Laying aside all malice, and 
all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all 
evil-speakings ; as new born babes, desire the 
sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow 
thereby. See Ps. lxxiii. 3. Compare Job 
xxi. 7. Jer.xii. 1. Hab. i. 3. Prov. iii. 31. 
Isa. xi. 13. 

XII. The wicked, their envy hurtful to 
themselves. Job v. 2. Envy slayeth the silly 
one. 

Prov. xiv. 30. Envy is the rottenness of the 
bones. 

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Chap. XVI 



Xin. Envy toward others, a mark of an 
unconverted state. Pro v. xxvii. 4. Who is 
able to stand before envy 1 

Matt, xxvii. 18. The Jews for envy deli- 
vered Jesus to be put to death. Mark xv. 10. 

Acts v. 17, 18. The Jews, filled with envy, 
laid their hands on the apostles, and put them 
into the common prison. 

vii. 9. The patriarchs, moved with envy, 
sold Joseph. 

xiii. 45. The Jews, filled with envy, spake 
against the things that were spoken by Paul, 
contradicting and blaspheming. Ch. xvii. 5. 

Rom. i. 29. The reprobate mind is filled 
with all unrighteousness, envy, &c. 

Phil. i. 15. Some preach Christ of envy. 

1 Tim. vi. 4. Doting about questions and 
strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, &c. 

Tit. iii. 3. We (in our unconverted state) 
were foolish, living in malice and envy. 

James iv. 5. The spirit that dwelleth in us, 
Iusteth to envy. 

1 Cor. iii. 3. Whereas there is among you 
envying, and strife, &c. are ye not carnal 1 

Gal. v. 1 9. The works of the flesh are envy- 
ings, murders, &c. Ver. 21. 

James iii. 14 — 16. If ye have bitter envy- 
ing and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie 
not against the truth. This wisdom descend- 
eth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, 
devilish. For where envying and strife is, 
there is confusion and every evil work. 

MALICE. 

XIV. Malice forbidden to the righteous. 
1 Cor. v. 8. Let us keep the feast, not with 
the old leaven, neither with the leaven of ma- 
lice and wickedness, but with the unleavened 
bread of sincerity and truth. 

xiv. 20. In malice be ye children, but in 
understanding be men. 

Eph. iv. 31. Let all bitterness, and wrath, 
and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be 
put away from you, with all malice. 

Col. iii. 8. Put off anger, wrath, malice, 
blasphemy, filthy communications, &c. 1 Pet. 
ii. 1. 

XV. Malice in the wicked. Rom. i. 28, 29. 
A reprobate mind, filled with all unrighteous- 
ness, maliciousness. 

Tit. iii. 3. Foolish, living in malice and envy. 

3 John 9, 10. Diotrephes, who loveth the 
pre-eminence, receiveth us not; prating against 
us with malicious words. 

ANGER. 

XVI. Anger forbidden. Ps. xxxvii. 8. Cease 
from anger, and forsake wrath ; fret not thyself 
in any wise to do evil. 



Prov. xiv. 17. He that is soon angry deal- 
eth foolishly ; and a man of wicked devices is 
hated. 

xv. 1 . A soft answer turneth away wrath : 
but grievous words stir up anger. — Ver. 18. 
A wrathful man stirreth up strife ; but he that 
is slow to anger appeaseth strife. 

xvi. 32. He that is slow to anger, is better 
than the mighty ; and he that ruleth his spirit, 
than he that taketh a city. 

xix. 11. The discretion of a man deferreth 
his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a 
transgression. Ch. xiv. 29. 

xxi. 14. A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and 
a reward in the bosom strong wrath. 

xxii. 24. Make no friendship with an angry 
man, and with a furious man thou shalt not go. 

xxv. 28. He that hath no rule over his own 
spirit, is like a city that is broken down, and 
without walls. 

xxvii. 4. Wrath is cruel, and anger is out- 
rageous ; but who is able to stand before envy ] 

xxix. 22. An angry man stirreth up strife, 
and a furious man aboundeth in transgression. 

Eccl. vii. 9. Be not hasty in thy spirit to be 
angry, for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. 

Matt. v. 22. Whosoever is angry with his 
brother without a cause, shall be in danger of 
the judgment. 

Eph. iv. 26, 27. Be ye angry and sin not ; 
let not the sun go down upon your wrath : 
neither give place to the devil. — Ver. 31. Let 
all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and cla- 
mour, and evil-speaking, be put away from 
you, with all malice. Col. iii. 8. 

Tit. i. 7. A bishop must be blameless ; not 
self-willed, not soon angry. See the Govern- 
ment of the tongue ; Commandment ninth. 

XVII. Instances of the anger of the right- 
eous against sin. Gen. xxx. 1, 2. Rachel 
envied her sister ; and said unto Jacob, Give 
me children or else I die. And Jacob's anger 
was kindled against Rachel. 

Exod. xi. 8. Moses went out from Pharaoh 
in great anger. 

xxxii. 1 9. When Moses saw the golden calf, 
and the Israelites dancing before it, his anger 
was kindled. 

Mark iii. 5. Jesus looked on them with an- 
ger, being grieved for the hardness of their 
hearts. 

XVIII. Sinful anger, instances of it. Gen. 
xlix. 5 — 7. Simeon and Levi are brethren, 
instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. 
O my soul, come not thou into their secret ; 
unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou 
united : for in their anger they slew a man. 
(Ch. xxxiv. 26.) Cursed be their anger, for 
it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. 
See Isa. xiv. 6. Amos i. 11. Jonah iv. 1. 



Chap. XVI. 



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John vii. 23. Are ye (said Christ) angry at 
me, because I have made a man whole on the 
Sabbath-day 1 Rev. xi. 18. 

WRATH. 

XIX. Wrath. Ps. lxxvi. 10. The remain- 
der of wrath shalt thou restrain. 

Job v. 2. Wrath killeth the foolish man. 

Prov. xii. 16. A fool's wrath is presently 
known, but a prudent man covereth shame. 

xiv. 29. He that is slow to wrath is of great 
understanding, but he that is hasty of spirit 
exalteth folly. 

xix. 19. A man of great wrath shall suffer 
punishment. 

xxi. 24. Proud and haughty scorner is his 
name that dealeth in proud wrath. 

xxvii. 3. A stone is heavy, and the sand 
weighty, but a fool's wrath is heavier than 
them both. Ver. 4. 

Rom. xii. 19. Avenge not yourselves, but 
rather give place to wrath. 

Gal. v. 20. The works of the flesh are, 
wrath, <fcc. 

2 Cor. xii. 20. I fear lest there be among 
you wrath, strifes. 

Eph. iv. 26. Let not the sun go down upon 
your wrath. — Ver. 31. Let all wrath be put 
away, &c. Col. iii. 8. 

vi. 4. Fathers, provoke not your children to 
wrath. 

1 Tim. ii. 8. Pray, lifting up holy hands 
without wrath. 

James i. 19. Let every man be slow to 
wrath. — Ver. 20. For the wrath of man work- 
^th not the righteousness of God. 

Rev. xii. 12. The devil is come down, hav- 
ing great wrath, &c. 

Isa. xvi. 6, 7. We have heard of the pride 
of Moab, and his wrath. Therefore shall Moab 
howl. Jer. xlviii. 30. 

CONTENTION. 

XX. Contention forbidden. Prov. xiii. 10. 
Only by pride cometh contention ; but with 
the well-advised is wisdom. 

xvii. 1 4. The beginning of strife is as when 
one letteth out water ; therefore leave off con- 
tention before it be meddled with. 

xviii. 6. A fool's lips enter into contention, 
and his mouth calleth for strokes. — Ver. 19. 
A brother offended is harder to be won than a 
strong city ; and their contentions are like the 
bars of a castle. 

xxii. 10. Cast out the scorner, and conten- 
tion shall go out ; yea, strife and reproach shall 



xxiii. 29 ; 30. Who hath woe 1 who hath 
sorrow 1 who hath contentions'? who hath 
babbling ] who hath wounds without cause 1 



who hath redness of eyes 1 They that tarry 
long at the wine. 

xxvi. 21. As coals are to burning coals, and 
wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle 
strife. 

xxix. 9. If a wise man contend with a fool- 
ish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no 
rest. 

Hab. i. 3. There are that raise up strife and 
contention. 

Rom. ii. 8. Unto them that are contentious, 
and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteous- 
ness, God will render indignation and wrath. 

1 Cor. i. 11. It hath been declared unto me 
that there are contentions among you. — Ver. 
12. Every one of you saith, I am of Paul, and 
I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ. 

xi. 16. If any man seem to be contentious, 
&c. 

Tit. iii. 9. Avoid contentions about the law, 
for they are vain. 

XXI. Promises against contention. Isa. 
xii. 12. Thou shalt not find them that con- 
tended with thee ; they that war against thee 
shall be as nothing. 

xlix. 25. I will contend with him that con- 
tendeth with thee. 

XXII. The righteous contend only against 
sin. Prov. xxviii. 4. Such as keep the law 
contend with the wicked. 

Neh. xiii. 11. I contended with the rulers, 
and said, Why is the house of God forsaken 1 
— Ver. 17. Then I contended with the nobles 
of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing 
is this that ye do, and profane the Sabbath- 
day 1 — Ver. 25. I contended with them that 
had married strange wives, and cursed them, 
and smote certain of them, and plucked off 
their hair, &c. 

1 Thess. ii. 2. We were bold to speak the 
gospel with much contention. 

Jude 3. Contend for the faith delivered to 
the saints. 



PEACE. 

XXin. Peace commanded with promises to 
it. Ps. xxxiv. 14, Do good, seek peace, and 
pursue it. 1 Pet. iii. 11. 

cxx. 7. I am for peace ; but they are for war. 

Prov. xii. 20. To the counsellors of peace is 

Zech. viii. 19. Love peace. 

Matt. v. 9. Blessed are the peace-makers, 
for they shall be called the children of God. 
James iii. 18. 

v. 25. Agree with thine adversary quickly. 

Mark ix. 50. Have peace one with another. 

Rom. xii. 18. If it be possible, as much as 
lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. 



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PEACE. 



Chap. XVI. 



xiv. 19. Let us follow after the things which 
make for peace. 

1 Cor. vii. 15. God hath called us to peace. 

2 Cor. xiii. 11. Live in peace, and the God 
of love and peace shall be with you. 

Eph. iv. 3. Keep the unity of the Spirit in 
the bond of peace. 

Col. iii. 15. Let the peace of God rule in 
your hearts, to the which ye are called in one 
body, and be ye thankful. 

1 Thess. v. 13. Be at peace among your- 
selves. 

2 Tim. ii. 22. Follow after righteousness, 
faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the 
Lord out of a pure heart. 

Heb. xii. 14. Follow peace with all men, 
and holiness, without which no man shall see 
the Lord. 

XXIV. Motives to peace among Christians. 
John xiv. 27. Jesus said, Peace I leave with 
you, my peace I give unto you. Luke xxiv. 36. 

Rom. x. 15. How beautiful are the feet of 
them that preach the gospel of peace ! Isa. 
Iii. 7. Nah. i. 15. Eph. vi. 15. 

xiv. 17. The kingdom of God is not meat 
and drink, but righteousness and peace, and 
joy in the Holy Ghost. 

xv. 33. The God of peace be with you. 2 
Cor. xiii. 11. Phil. iv. 9. 

xvi. 20. The God of peace shall bruise Sa- 
tan under your feet. 

1 Cor. xiv. 33. God is not the author of 
confusion, but of peace. 

Eph. vi. 1 5. The gospel is the gospel of peace. 

I Thess. v. 23. The very God of peace sanc- 
tify you wholly. 

Gal. v. 22. The fruit of the Spirit is love, 
joy, peace. 

Heb. xiii. 20. The God of peace make you 
perfect. 

James iii. 17. The wisdom that is from 
above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and 
easy to be entreated. 

XXV. Peace prayed for, as a desirable 
gift of God. Num. vi. 26. The Lord lift up 
his countenance upon thee, and give thee 
peace. 

Ps. cxxii. 6. Pray for the peace of Jerusa- 
lem. Ver. 7, 8. 

Jer. xxix. 7. Seek the peace of the city 
where I have caused you to be carried away 
captive, and pray unto the Lord for it. 

Luke x. 5, 6. Jesus said, Into whatsoever 
house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this 
house. If the son of peace be there, your 
peace shall rest upon it ; if not, it shall turn to 
you again. Matt. x. 13. 

Rom. i. 7. Grace to you and peace, from 
God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 
1 Cor. i. 3. 2 Cor. i. 2. Gal. i. 3. Eph. i. 2, &c. 



xv. 13. The God of hope fill you with joy 
and peace in believing. 

Gal. vi. 1 6. As many as walk according to 
this rule, peace be upon them and mercy, and 
upon the Israel of God. 

Eph. vi. 23. Peace be to the brethren, and 
love with faith, from God the Father, and the 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

Phil. iv. 6, 7. In every thing by prayer and 
supplication, with thanksgiving, let your re- 
quests be made known unto God. And the 
peace of God, which passeth all understand- 
ing, shall keep your hearts and minds, through 
Christ Jesus. 

2 Thess. iii. 1 6. Now the Lord of peace him- 
self give you peace always, by all means. The 
Lord be with you all. 

1 Pet. i. 2. Grace to you, and peace be 
multiplied. 2 Pet. i. 2. 

v. 14. Peace be with all that are in Christ 
Jesus. Amen. 

Rev. i. 4. Grace be unto you, and peace, 
from him which is, and which was, and which 
is to come, and from the seven Spirits which 
are before his throne. 

XXVI. Peace the gift of God ; promises 
and instances thereof. Lev. xxvi. 3. 6. If ye 
will walk in my statutes, I will give peace in 
your land. Isa. xlviii. 18. 

2 Kings xx. 19. Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, 
Good is the word of the Lord, which thou hast 
spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace 
and truth be in my days 1 

1 Chron. xxii. 9. The Lord said, I will give 
peace and quietness unto Israel in Solomon's 
days. 

Job v. 23. The beasts of the field shall be 
at peace with thee. — Ver. 24. Thou shalt 
know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace. 

Ps. xxxvii. 11. The meek shall inherit the 
earth, and shall delight themselves in abun- 
dance of peace. 

Iv. 18. He hath delivered my soul in peace 
from the battle that was against me. 

Prov. xvi. 7. When a man's ways please 
the Lord, he maketh his enemies to be at peace 
with him. 

Isa. xiv. 7. I form light and create darkness ; 
I make peace, and create evil ; I the Lord do 
all these things. Ch. lvii. 19. 

XXVII. Peace with God is the blessed re- 
ward of the righteous or good man. Job xxii. 
21. Acquaint now thyself with God, and be at 
peace. 

Ps. 1 xxxvii. 37. Mark the perfect man and 
behold the upright : for the end of that man 
is peace. 

cxix. 165. Great peace have they that love 
thy law. 



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Prov. iii. 17. Wisdom's ways are ways of 
pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.- 

Isa. xxvi. 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect 
peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because 
he trusteth in thee. 

xxvii. 5. Let him take hold of my strength ; 
that he may make peace with me, and he shall 
make peace with me. 

xxxii. 17. The work of righteousness shall 
be peace, and the effect of righteousness quiet- 
ness and assurance for ever. 

lvii. 2. He shall enter into peace ; they 
shall rest in their beds, each one walking in 
his uprightness. 

Rom. ii. 10. Glory, honour, and peace, to 
every one that worketh good. 

viii. 6. To be spiritually minded is life and 
peace. 

2 Pet. iii. 14. Be diligent, that ye may be 
found of him in peace without spot and blame- 



XXVIII. Peace promised to the Church of 
God. Ps. xxix. 11. The Lord will bless his 
people with peace. Ps. lxxxv. 8. 10. 

lxxii. 3. The mountains shall bring peace to 
the people. Ver. 7. 

cxxv. 5. Peace shall be upon Israel. Ps. 
cxxviii. 6. 

cxlvii. 14. He maketh peace in thy borders. 
Job xxv. 2. He maketh peace in his high 
places. See Ps. xlvi. 

Isa. ii. 4. They shall beat their swords into 
plough-shares, and their spears into pruning 
hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against 
nation, neither shall they learn war any more. 

xi. 6. The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, 
and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, 
and the calf and the young lion, and the fat- 
ling together, and a little child shall lead them. 
— Ver. 9. They shall not hurt nor destroy in 
all my holy mountain. Ver. 7, 8. 13. 

xxvi. 1 2. Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us. 

xxxii. 18. My people shall dwell in a peace- 
able habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in 
quiet resting-places. 

liv. 10. The mountains shall depart and the 
hills be removed, but my kindness shall not 
depart from thee, nor my covenant of peace 
be removed. — Ver. 13. All thy children shall 
be taught of God, and great shall be the peace 
of thy children. 

lv. 12. Ye shall go out with joy, and be led 
forth with peace. 

lx. 17. I will make thy officers peace, and 
thine exactors righteousness. 

lxvi. 12. Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will 
extend peace to her like a river. 

Jer. xxxiii. 6. I will reveal unto them abun- 
dance of peace and truth. 

Ezek. xxxiv. 25. I will make with them a 



covenant of peace, and they shall dwell safely. 
Ch. xxxvii. 26. 

Hag. ii. 9. In this place will I give peace, 
saith the Lord of hosts. 

Zech. vi. 13. The council of peace shail be 
between them both. 

UNITY. 

XXIX. Unity. Ps. cxxxiii. 1. Behold how 
good and how pleasant it is for brethren to 
dwell together in unity. 

Amos iii. 3. Can two walk together ex- 
cept they be agreed 1 

John xvii. 20. Jesus said, I pray for those 
that shall believe on me. — Ver. 21. That they 
all may be one. Ver. 22, 23. 

Acts iv. 32. The multitude that believed 
were of one heart. 

Rom. xv. 5. Be like-minded, one toward 
another. 

1 Cor. i. 10. Be perfectly joined together in 
the same mind, and in the same judgment. 

2 Cor. xiii. 11. Be of one mind. 

Gal. v. 15. If ye bite and devour one an- 
other, take heed that ye be not consumed one 
of another. 

Phil. i. 27. Let us stand fast in one Spirit. 

HONOUR. 

XXX. Honouring one another. Lev. xix. 
32. Thou shalt honour the face of the old 
man. 

Ps. xv. 4. The righteous honoureth them 
that fear the Lord. 

Rom. xii. 10. Be kindly affectioned, in ho 
nour preferring one another. 

xiii. 7. Render honour to whom honour is 
due. 

Phil. ii. 3. In lowliness of mind let each es- 
teem others better than themselves. 

I Tim. v. 3. Honour widows that are widows 
indeed. 

vi. 1. Let servants count their masters wor- 
thy of all honour. 

1 Pet. ii. 17. Honour all men. Fear God. 
Honour the king. See Luke xiv. 8. 

DESPISING OTHERS. 

XXXI. Despising others. Prov. xi. 12. 
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neigh- 
bour. 

xiv. 21. He that despiseth his neighbour sin- 
neth. 

Luke xviii. 9. Jesus spake a parable to cer- 
tain that trusted in themselves that they were 
righteous, and despised others. 

1 Tim. vi. 2. Servants that have believing 
masters, let them not despise them. 



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STRIFE — OFFENCES. 



Chap. XVI. 



2 Tim. iii. 1. Perilous times shall come. — 
Ver. 2, 3. Men shall be lovers of their own- 
selves, and despisers of those that are good, 

James ii. 5, 6. Hath not God chosen the 
poor of this world, rich in faith] But ye 
have despised the poor. 

STRIFE. 

XXXII. Strife forbidden to the godly, and 
to be avoided by them. Gen. xiii. 8. Abra- 
ham said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I 
pray thee, between thee and me, for we be 
brethren. Ver. 9. 

Prov. iii. 30. Strive not with a man with- 
out cause, if he have done thee no harm. 

xx. 3. It is an honour for a man to cease 
from strife, but every fool will be meddling. 

xxii. 10. Cast out the scorner, and conten- 
tion shall go out; yea, strife and reproach 
shall cease. 

xxv. 8. Go not forth hastily to strive, lest 
thou know not what to do in the end thereof. 

xxvi. 17. He that passeth by, and meddleth 
with strife belonging not to him, is like one 
that taketh a dog by the ears. 

Ver. 20. Where no wood is, there the fire 
goeth out : so where there is no tale-bearer, 
the strife ceaseth. 

Ver. 21. As coals are to burning coals, and 
wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle 
strife. 

Matt. xii. 19. My servant [Christ] shall not 
strive nor cry, neither shall any man hear his 
voice in the streets. Isa. xlii. 2. 

Rom. xiii. 13. Let us walk honestly, as in 
the day — not in strife and envying, 

1 Cor. iii. 3, 4. Whereas there is among 
you envying and strife, and divisions, are ye 
not carnal, and walk as men'? While one 
saith, I am of Paul ; and another, I am of 
Apollos ; are ye not carnal 1 

2 Cor. xii. 20. I fear lest there be debates, 
envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisper- 
ings, swellings, tumults. 

Gal. v. 20. The works of the flesh are, 
wrath, strife. 

Phil. ii. 3. Let nothing be done through 
strife or vain-glory. 

1 Tim. vi. 4. Proud, knowing nothing, but 
doting about strifes of words, whereof cometh 
envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, &c. 

2 Tim. ii. 23, 24. Foolish and unlearned 
questions avoid ; they do gender strifes. And 
the servant of the Lord must not strive. Ver. 
14. Titus iii. 9. 

Heb. vi. 16. An oath for confirmation [of 
truth] is an end of strife. 

James iii. 14 — 16. If ye have bitter envy- 
ing and strife in your hearts, glory not, and 
he not against the truth. This wisdom is 



earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envy 
ing and strife is, there is confusion and every 
evil work. 

FIGHTINGS. 

XXXIII. Fightings, quarrels. Mark vi 
18, 19. John said to Herod, It is not lawful 
for thee to have thy brother's wife. There- 
fore Herodias had a quarrel against him. 

2 Cor. vii. 5. Without were fightings, with- 
in were fears. 

Col. iii. 13. If any man have a quarrel 
against any, even as Christ forgave you, so 
do ye. 

James iv. 1. From whence come wars and 
fightings among you ] Come they not hence, 
even of your lusts, that war in your members? 

DIVISIONS. 

XXXIV. Divisions forbidden. Judg. v. 
15. For the divisions of Reuben there were 
great thoughts of heart. — Ver. 16. Great 
searchings of heart. 

Matt. xii. 25. Every kingdom divided 
against itself is brought to desolation ; and 
every city or house divided against itself shall 
not stand. 

Rom. xvi. 17. Mark them which cause di- 
visions, and avoid them. 

1 Cor. i. 10. Now I beseech you, brethren, 
by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that 
ye all speak the same thing, and that there be 
no divisions among you ; but that ye be per- 
fectly joined together in the same mind and 
in the same judgment. 

iii. 3. Whereas there is among you envying 
and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, 
and walk as men? Ch. xi. 18. 

xii. 25. There should be no schism in the 
body ; the members should have the same 
care one for another. 

OFFENCES. 

XXXV. Offences forbidden. Isa. xi. 13. 
Judah shall not vex Ephraim. 

Matt. xvii. 25 — 27. Jesus said to Peter, Of 
whom do the kings of the earth take custom 
or tribute ] of their own children or of 
strangers 1 Peter said unto him, Of strangers. 
Jesus saith unto him, then are the children 
free. Notwithstanding, lest we should offend 
them, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and 
take up the fish that first cometh up ; and 
when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt 
find a piece of money, that take, and give 
unto them for me and thee. 

Acts xxiv. 16. Paul said, Herein do I ex- 
ercise myself, to have always a conscience 
void of offence toward God and toward men. 



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DOING GOOD — EVIL — WRONG. 



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Rom. xiv. 21. It is good neither to eat flesh, 
nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy 
brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made 
weak. 

1 Cor. x. 32. Give none offence, neither to 
the Jews nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church 
of God. 2 Cor. vi. 3. Giving no offence. 

Ver. 33. Even as I please all men in all 
things, not seeking mine own profit, but the 
profit of many. 2 Cor. xi. 29. 

Gal. v. 26. Let us not be desirous of vain- 
glory, provoking one another. 

Phil. i. 10. I pray that ye may be sincere, 
and without offence, till the day of Christ. 

1 Thess. iv. 11, 12. We beseech you that 
ye study to be quiet ; that ye may walk ho- 
nestly toward them that are without. 

XXXVI. Threats against offenders. Matt, 
xiii. 41. The Son of man shall send forth his 
angels, and they shall gather out of his king- 
dom all things that offend, and them which do 
iniquity, and cast them into a furnace of fire, 
&c. Ver. 42. 

xviii. 6. Whoso shall offend one of these 
little ones which believe in me, it were better 
for him that a millstone were hanged about his 
neck, and that he were drowned in the depth 
of the sea. 

Ver. 7. Woe to that man by whom the 
offence cometh. 



DOING GOOD. 

XXXVII. Doing good to others. Ps. 
xxxvii. 3. Trust in the Lord, and do good ; 
so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily 
thou shalt be fed. 

Eccl. iii. 12. Rejoice, and do good. 

Amos v. 15. Hate evil, and love the good. 

Mic. iii. 2. The wicked hate the good and 
love the evil. 

Luke vi. 31. As ye would that men should 
do to you, do ye also to them likewise. — Ver. 
33. If ye do good to them which do good to 
you, what thanks have ye 1 For sinners also 
do even the same. 

Ver. 35. Do good and lend, hoping for 
nothing again ; and your reward shall be 
great, and ye shall be the children of the 
Highest ; for he is kind unto the unthankful 
and the evil. 

Gal. vi. 9, 10. Let us not be weary in well- 
doing. As we have opportunity let us do 
good unto all men, especially to them who are 
of the household of faith. 

Eph. vi. 8. Whatsoever good thing any 
man doeth, the same shall he receive of the 
Lord, whether he be bond or free. Col. iii. 24. 

1 Thess. v. 15. See that none render evil 
for evil unto any man ; but ever follow that 



which is good, both among yourselves and to 
all men. 

1 Tim. vi. 17, 18. Charge them that are 
rich, that they do good ; that they be rich in 
good works. 

Heb. xiii. 16. To do good and communi- 
cate forget not, for with such sacrifices God is 
well-pleased. 

1 Pet. iii. 13. Who is he that will harm 
you, if ye be followers of that which is good 1 

DOING EVIL. 

XXXViri. Doing evil. 2 Sam. iii. 39. 
The Lord shall reward the doer of evil ac- 
cording to his wickedness. 

Job viii. 20. God will not help evil-doers. 

Ps. xxvi. 5. I have hated the congregation 
of evil-doers. 

xxxiv. 14. Depart from evil. Isa. i. 4. 16. 
1 Pet. iii. 11. 

Ver. 16. The face of the Lord is against 
them that do evil. 

Prov. xxiv. 8. He that deviseth to do evil 
shall be called a mischievous person. 

Isa. xiv. 20. The seed of evil-doers shall 
never be renowned. 

xxxi. 2. The Lord will arise against the 
house of evil-doers. 

John iii. 20, 21. Every one that doeth evil 
hateth the light. He that doeth truth cometh 
to the light. 

Rom. xiii. 4. If thou do that which is evil, 
be afraid of the power. 1 Pet. ii. 12. 14. 

2 Cor. xiii. 7. I pray to God that ye do no 
evil. 

Phil. iii. 2. Beware of evil- workers. 

1 Thess. v. 22. Abstain from all appearance 
of evil. 

1 Pet. iii. 12. The face of the Lord is against 
them that do evil. 

iv. 15. Let none of you suffer as an evil- 
doer. 

3 John 11. Follow not that which is evil, 
but that which is good : he that doeth good is 
of God, but he that doeth evil hath not seen 
God. 



DOING WRONG. 

XXXIX. Doing wrong. Acts vii. 26, 27. 
He that did the wrong, thrust Moses away, 
saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge 
over us! Exod. ii. 13. 

1 Cor. vi. 7, 8. There is utterly a fault 
among you, because ye go to law one with 
another. Why do ye not rather take wrong 1 
why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be 
defrauded 1 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, 
and that your brethren. 

Col. iii. 25. He that doeth wrong shall re- 



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ceive for the wrong that he doeth. See Jer. 
xxii. 3. 13. 2 Cor. vii. 2. 1 Pet. ii. 19. 

DOING MISCHIEF. 

XL. Doing mischief, the character of the 
wicked. Exod. xxxii. 22. Aaron said, The 
people are set on mischief. 

Job xv. 35. They conceive mischief, and 
bring forth vanity. 

Ps. xx vi. 10. In their hands is mischief. 

xxviii. 3. They speak peace to their neigh- 
bours, but mischief is in their hearts. 

xxxvi.4. The wicked deviseth mischief upon 
his bed : he setteth himself in a way that is 
not good, he abhorreth not evil. 

xxxviii. 12. They that seek my hurt, speak 
mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the 
day long. 

lv. 10. Mischief and sorrow are in the midst 
of the wicked. 

Prov. iv. 16. The wicked sleep not, except 
they have done mischief. 

vi. 14. A wicked man deviseth mischief 
continually. 

x. 23. It is as sport to a fool to do mischief. 

xvii. 20. He that hath a perverse tongue 
falleth into mischief. Ch. xiii. 17. — xxiv. 2. 
8. 16. — xxviii. 14. 

Eccl. x. 1 3. The end of a fool's talk, is mis- 
chievous madness. 

Isa. lix. 4. They conceive mischief, and 
bring forth iniquity. See Ezek. xi. 2. Dan. 
xi. 27. Mic. vii. 3. Acts xiii. 10. 

Threats. Ps. vii. 14. The wicked hath 
conceived mischief, and brought forth false- 
hood. — Ver. 16. His mischief shall return 
upon his own head. 

x. 14. Thou beholdest mischief and spite to 
requite it. 

xxi. 11, 12. They imagined a mischievous 
device against me : Therefore shalt thou make 
them turn their back. 

Hi. 2. Thy tongue deviseth mischief: God 
shall destroy thee. Ver. 5. Ps. Ixii. 3. 

xciv. 20. Shall the throne of iniquity have 
fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief 
by a law 1 

cxl. 1, 2. Deliver me from the evil man; 
which imagine mischief in their heart. Ver. 9. 
Let the mischief of their own lips cover them. 

Prov. xi. 27. He that diligently seeketh good 
procureth favour: but he that seeketh mis- 
chief it shall come unto him. 

HARMLESS. 

XLI. Of 'being harmless. Matt.x. 16. Be 
wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Rom. 
xvi. 19. 

Phil. ii. 15. Be blameless and harmless, the 



sons of God without rebuke, in the midst of a 
crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye 
shine as lights in the world. 

BLAMELESS. 

XLII. Blameless. 1 Cor. i. 8, God shall 
confirm you unto the end, that ye may be 
blameless in the day of the Lord Jesus. 

Eph. i. 4. God hath chosen us in Christ, 
that we should be holy and without blame be- 
fore him in love. 

1 Thess. v. 23. The very God of peace 
sanctify you wholly : and I pray God that 
your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be pre- 
served blameless unto the coming of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. 

1 Tim. v. 7. These things give in charge, 
that they may be blameless. 

2 Pet. iii. 14. Be diligent, that ye may be 
found of him without spot, and blameless. See 
Luke i. 6. 



MERCY. 

XLIII. Promises to the merciful. Ps. 
xviii. 25. With the merciful thou wilt shew 
thyself merciful. 

xxxvii. 21. The righteous sheweth mercy. 
Ver. 26. He is ever merciful. 

Prov. iii. 3. Let not mercy and truth forsake 
thee ; bind them about thy neck, write them 
upon the table of thine heart. 

xi. 17. The merciful man doth good to his 
own soul ; but he that is cruel troubleth his 
own flesh. 

xvi. 6. By mercy and truth iniquity is 
purged. 

xxi. 21. He that followeth after righteous- 
ness and mercy, findeth life, righteousness and 
honour. 

Dan. iv. 27. Break off thy sins by right- 
eousness, and thine iniquities by shewing 
mercy. 

Hos. vi. 6. I desired mercy and not sacri- 
fice, and the knowledge of God more than 
burnt offerings. Matt. ix. 13. — xii. 7. 

xii. 6. Keep mercy and judgment. 

Mic. vi. 8. What doth the Lord require of 
thee, but to do justly and love mercy, and to 
walk humbly with thy God 1 

Zech. vii. 9. Thus spake the Lord of hosts, 
saying, Execute true judgment, and shew 
mercy and compassions every one to his brother. 

Matt. v. 7. Blessed are the merciful, for 
they shall obtain mercy. 

Luke vi. 36. Be ye merciful, as your Father 
is merciful. 

Rom. xii. 8. He that sheweth mercy let 
him do it with cheerfulness. 



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Phil. ii. 1. If there are any bowels and 
mercies, fulfil ye my joy. Ver. 2. 

Col. iii. 12. Put on (as the elect of God, 
holy and beloved) bowels of mercies. 

James iii. 17. The wisdom that is from 
above is full of mercy. 



UNMERCIFUL. 

XLIV. Unmerciful. Threats. Ps. cix. 
12. Let there be none to extend mercy unto 
him. — Ver. 16. Because he remembered not 
to shew mercy. 

Hos. iv. 1. The Lord hath a controversy 
with the inhabitants of the land, because there 
is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God 
in the land. 

Matt, xxiii. 23. Woe to you, ye have omitted 
the weightier matters of the law, judgment, 
mercy, and faith. 

Rom. i. 28, 29. The reprobate mind is filled 
with all unrighteousness, implacable, unmerci- 
ful. Ver. 31. 

James ii. 13. He shall have judgment with- 
out mercy, that shewed no mercy. Matt. vii. 2. 

COMPASSION AND PITY. 

XLV. Compassion and pity. Zech. vii. 9. 
Thus spake the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute 
true judgment, and shew mercy and compas- 
sions every man to his brother. 

Matt, xviii. 33. Shouldest thou not have had 
compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I 
had pity on thee. 

Luke x. 33. A Samaritan had compassion 
on him that fell among thieves. — Ver. 37. 
Jesus said, Go thou and do likewise. 

1 Pet. iii. 8. Brethren, be all of one mind, 
having compassion one of another. 

1 John iii. 17. Whoso hath this world's 
good ; and seeth his brother have need, and 
shutteth up his bowels of compassion from 
him, how dwelleth the love of God in him 1 
See Heb. xiii. 3.— x. 32, 33, 34. Phil. iv. 14. 
Job xxx. 25. Ps. xxxv. 13, 14. 

Rom. xii. 15. Rejoice with them that do 
rejoice, and weep with them that weep. 

Gal. vi. 2. Bear ye one another's burdens, 
and so fulfil the law of Christ. 

Job vi. 14. To the afflicted pity should be 
shewed. 

xix. 21. Have pity upon me, O ye my 
friends, for the hand of God hath touched me. 

1 Pet. iii. 8. Be pitiful, be courteous. Eph. 
iv. 32. 

Matt. xxv. 34 to 46. See Christ's sentences, 
at the last day, to the compassionate and un- 
com passionate. Amos i. 11. 

See persons not to be pitied, Deut. vii. 16. 
—xiii. 8.— xix. 13. 21. Ezek. ix. 5, 6. 
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CRUELTY OF THE WICKED. 

XL VI. Cruelty of the wicked. Gen. xlix. 
5. Instruments of cruelty are in their habita- 
tions. Ver. 7. 

Deut. xxxii. 33. Their wine is the poison of 
dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. 

Prov. xii. 10. The tender mercies of the 
wicked are cruel. 

Ps. Ixxiv. 20. Earth's dark places are full 
of the habitations of cruelty. 

Lam. iv. 3. The daughter of my people is 
become cruel. 

Prayers. Ps. Ixxi. 4. Deliver me, O my 
God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the 
hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. Ps. 
xxv. 19. — xx vii. 12. 

Threats. Zech. i. 15. Thus saith the Lord, 
I am very sore displeased with the heathen, 
that are at ease, for I was but a little displeased, 
and they helped forward the affliction. Amos 
i. 11. Obad. i. 15. Gen. xiii. 21. Amos vi. 
1.3.6. Isa. xlvii. 6. Judg. ix. 24. Ezek 
xviii. 18. — xxxiv. 4. 



FORGIVENESS. 

XLVII. Forgiveness. Matt. vi. 9. After 
this manner pray ye : Our Father which art 
in heaven. — Ver. 12. Forgive us our debts, 
as we forgive our debtors. 

Ver. 14, 15. If ye forgive men their tres- 
passes, your heavenly Father will also forgive 
you. But if ye forgive not men their tres- 
passes, neither will your Father forgive you 
your trespasses. 

xviii. 15. If thy brother shall trespass against 
thee, go and tell him his fault between thee 
and him alone ; if he shall hear thee, thou 
hast gained thy brother. 

Ver. 21, 22. Peter said, How oft shall my 
brother offend and I forgive him? till seven 
times 1 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto 
thee, till seven times, but until seventy times 
seven. 

Ver. 27. The Lord of that servant [who 
could not pay] forgave him the debt. 

Ver. 35. So likewise shall my heavenly Fa- 
ther do also to you, if ye from your hearts for- 
give not every one his brother their trespasses. 

Mark xi. 25, 26. When ye stand praying, 
forgive, if ye have aught against any, that 
your Father also which is in heaven may for 
give you your trespasses. But if ye do not 
forgive, neither will your Father which is in 
heaven forgive your trespasses. 

Luke vi. 37, 38. Forgive and ye shall be 
forgiven. For with what measure ye mete, it 
shall be measured to you again. 

xvii. 3, 4. Take heed to yourselves : If thy 
brother trespass against thee, rebuke him ; and 



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Chap. XVI 



if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass 
against thee seven times in a day, and seven 
times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I re- 
pent, thou shalt forgive him. 

Eph. iv. 32. Be ye kind one to another, ten- 
der-hearted, forgiving one another; even as 
God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. 

Col. iii. 12, 13. Put on (as the elect of God, 
holy and beloved) bowels of mercies, kindness, 
humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering; 
forbearing one another, and forgiving one an- 
other, if any man have a quarrel against any ; 
even as Christ forgave you, so do ye. See 
2 Cor. ii. 7. 10. Gal. vi. 1. 

REVENGE. 

XL VIII. Revenge. Lev. xix. 18. Thou 
shalt not avenge nor bear any grudge against 
the children of thy people. 

Prov. xx. 22. Say not thou, I will recom- 
pense evil. 

xxiv. 29. Say not, I will do to him as he 
hath done to me ; I will render to the man 
according to his work. 1 Thess. v. 15. 1 Pet. 
iii. 9. 

xii. 20. Deceit is in the heart of them that 
imagine evil. 

Zech. vii. 10. Let none of you imagine evil 
against his brother in your heart. Ch. viii. 17. 

Rom. xii. 19, 20. Dearly beloved, avenge 
not yourselves, but rather give place to wrath ; 
for it is written, Vengeance is mine, I will re- 
pay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy 
hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink ; 
for in so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire on 
his head. 

Ver. 21. Be not overcome of evil, but over- 
come evil with good. 

Prayers and complaints. Ps. cxl. 1,2. De- 
liver me, O Lord, from the evil men, which 
imagine mischief in their heart. Hos. vii. 15. 
Lam. iii. 60. Ps. x. 2.— xxi. 10, 11. See 
revenge punished, Ezek. xxv. 12 to 17. 

GOOD COUNSEL. 

XLDC. The duty of giving and receiving 
good counsel. Ps. Iv. 14. We took sweet 
counsel together, and walked to the house of 
God in company. 

Prov. i. 5. A wise man will hear and will 
increase learning ; and a man of understand- 
ing will attain unto wise counsels. 

xi. 14. Where no counsel is, the people fall ; 
but in the multitude of counsellors there is 
safety. Ch. xv. 22. — xx. 18. — xxiv. 6. 

xii. 5. He that hearkeneth to counsel is 
Vise. 

xiii. 10. With the well-advised is wisdom. 

xix. 20. Hear counsel and receive instruc- 



tion, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter 
end. 

xxvii. 9. Ointment and perfume rejoice the 
heart ; so doth the sweetness of a man's friend 
by hearty counsel. 

Instances of good counsel received. By Mo- 
ses, Exod. xviii. 19. — By Bathsheba, 1 Kings 
i. 12. — By the king of Israel, 2 Kings vi. 9, 10. 
— By the king of Judah, 2 Chron. xxx. 2, 23. 
— By the princes of Judah, Ezra x. 3. 8. 

L. Rejecting evil counsel; the duty and 
safety thereof Ps. i. 1. Blessed is the man 
that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly. 
Job xxi. 16. — xxii. 18. 

Prov. i. 10. If sinners entice thee, consent 
thou not. 

xii. 5. The counsels of the wicked are de- 
ceit 

xix. 27. Cease to hear the instruction that 
causeth to err from the words of knowledge. 

Followers of evil counsel punished. In- 
stances thereof. Those who followed the 
counsel of Balaam, Numb. xxxi. 16. — Reho- 
boam for following the counsel of the young 
men, 1 Kings xii. 8, 14. — Ahaziah for follow- 
ing the evil counsel of his mother, 2 Chron. 
xxii. 3, 4, 5. 

LI. Mutual obligations to giving and re- 
ceiving instruction from one another. Prov. 
iv. 13. Take fast hold of instruction; let her 
not go : keep her, for she is thy life. Ch. i. 
2, 3.— v. 1.— vi. 23. 

viii. 10. Receive my instruction, and not 
silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. 
— Ver. 33. Hear instruction and be wise, and 
refuse it not. 

ix. 9. Give instruction to a wise man, and 
he will be yet wiser ; teach a just man, and 
he will increase in learning. 

x. 17. He is in the way of life that keepeth 
instruction ; but he that refuseth reproof erreth. 

xii. 1. Whoso loveth instruction Ioveth 
knowledge; but he that hateth reproof is 
brutish. 

xv. 32. He that refuseth instruction de- 
spiseth his own soul; but he that heareth 
reproof getteth understanding. 

xix. 20. Hear counsel and receive instruc- 
tion, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. 

Ver. 27. Cease, my son, to hear the instruc- 
tion that causeth to err from the words of 
knowledge. 

xxi. 11. When a scorner is punished the 
simple is made wise, but when the wise is in- 
structed he receiveth knowledge. 

xxiii. 12. Apply thy heart unto instruction, 
and thine ears to the words of knowledge. — 
Ver. 23. Buy the truth and sell it not ; also, 
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Job iv. 3. Thou hast instructed many, and 
hast strengthened the weak hands. 

Dan. xi. 33. They that understand among 
the people shall instruct many. See Prov. i. 
2,3. 

LII. Of refusing instruction. Prov. i. 7. 
Fools despise wisdom and instruction. Ch. 
xv. 5. 

v. 23. The wicked shall die without in- 
struction, and in the greatness of his folly he 
shall go astray. Ver. 12, 13. 

xiii. 18. Poverty and shame shall be to him 
that refuseth instruction, but he that regardeth 
reproof shall be honoured. 

xvi. 22. Understanding is a well-spring of 
life to him that hath it, but the instruction of 
fools is folly. See Heb. v. 12. 

LIII. To edify one another. Rom. xiv. 19. 
Let us follow after the things which make for 
peace, and things wherewith one may edify 
another. 

xv. 2. Let every one please his neighbour 
for his good to edification. 

1 Cor. viii. 1. Charity edifieth. 

xiv. 26. Let all things be done to edifying. 

Eph. iv. 29. Let no corrupt communication 
proceed out of your mouth, but that which is 
good to the use of edifying, that it may minis- 
ter grace to the hearers. 

1 Thess. v. 1 1. Comfort yourselves together, 
and edify one another. See Eph. iv. 16. 1 
Cor. x. 23.— xiv, 3, 12. 

LIV. To exhort one another. Heb. iii. 13. 
Exhort one another daily, while it is called 
To-day, lest any of you be hardened through 
the deceitfulness of sin. 

x. 24. Let us consider one another, to pro- 
voke to love and to good works. — Ver. 25. 
Exhorting one another. 

LV. To warn one another. 1 Thess. v. 14. 
Warn them that are unruly, comfort the feeble- 
minded, support the weak, be patient toward 
all men. 

LVI. To admonish one another. Eccl. iv. 
13. Better is a poor and wise child, than an 
old and foolish king, that will no more be ad- 
monished. 

xii. 11, 12. The words of the wise are as 
goads, and as nails fixed by the masters of 
assemblies. By these, my son, be thou ad- 
monished. 

Rom. xv. 14. I myself am persuaded of 
you, my brethren, that ye are full of goodness, 
filled with all knowledge, able also to ad- 
monish one another. 

Col. iii. 16. Let the word of Christ dwell 
in you, in all wisdom, teaching and admonish- 
ing one another. 



2 Thess. iii. 14, 15. If any man obey not our 
word by this epistle, note that man, and have 
no company with him, that he may be 
ashamed. Yet count him not as an enemy, 
but admonish him as a brother. 

LVII. To rebuke one another, and to 
hearken to rebuke. Lev. xix. 17. Thou shalt 
in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not 
suffer sin upon him. 

Prov. xxviii. 23. He that rebuketh a man, 
afterwards shall find more favour than he that 
flattereth with the tongue. Ch. xxvii. 5. 

xxiv. 25. To them that rebuke the wicked 
shall be delight, and a good blessing shall 
come upon them. 

Mark viii. 33. Jesus rebuked Peter. Luke 
xxiii. 40. One of the malefactors rebuked the 
other. 

1 Tim. v. 20. Them that sin rebuke before 
all, that others may fear. 

LVni. Of not giving and receiving re- 
buke. Prov. ix. 7, 8. He that reproveth a 
scorner getteth to himself shame, and he that 
rebuketh a wicked man getteth to himself a 
blot. Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee ; 
rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. 

xiii. 1. A scorner heareth not rebuke. 

Amos v. 1 0. The wicked hate him that re- 
buketh in the gate, and they abhor him that 
speaketh uprightly. 

Matt. vii. 6. Give not that which is holy 
unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls be- 
fore swine ; lest they trample them under their 
feet, and turn again and rend you. 

1 Tim. v. 1. Rebuke not an elder, but en- 
treat him as a father. 

LIX. To reprove one another. Ps. cxli. 5 
Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kind- 
ness ; and let him reprove me, it shall be an 
excellent oil, which shall not break my head. 
Prov. xxvii. 6. 

Prov. vi. 23. Reproofs of instruction are 
the way of life. 

xiii. 18. He that regardeth reproof shall be 
honoured. 

xv. 5. He that regardeth reproof is prudent 

Ver. 31, 32. The ear that heareth the re- 
proof of life, abideth among the wise. He 
that heareth reproof getteth understanding. 

xvii. 10. A reproof entereth more into a 
wise man, than a hundred stripes into a fool. 

xix. 25. Reprove one that hath understand- 
ing, and he will understand knowledge. 

xxv. 12. As an ear-ring of gold, and an or- 
nament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover on 
an obedient ear. 

Eph. v. 11. Have no fellowship with the 
unfruitful works of darkness, but rather re- 



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prove them.' — Ver. 13. All things that are re- 
proved, are made manifest by the light. 

LX. Of not hearkening to reproof. Prov. 
x. 17. He is in the way of life that keepeth 
instruction, but he that refuseth reproof erreth. 

xii. 1. Whoso loveth instruction loveth 
knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is 
brutish. 

xv. 10. Correction is grievous to him that 
forsaketh the way, and he that hateth reproof 
shall die. — Ver. 12. A scorner loveth not one 
that reproveth him, neither will he go unto 
the wise. 

xxix. I. He that being often reproved, 
hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroy- 
ed, and that without remedy. 

Isa. xxix. 20, 21. The terrible one is brought 
to naught, and the scorner is consumed, and 
all that watch for iniquity are cut off: that 
make a man an offender for a word, and lay a 
snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and 
turn aside the just for a thing of naught. 

Hos. iv. 4. Let no man strive, nor reprove 
another ; for thy people are as they that strive 
with the priest. 

Luke Hi. 19, 20. Herod being reproved by 
John, for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's 
wife, and for all the evils he had done, shut 
up John in prison. 

John iii. 20. Every one that doeth evil 
hateth the light ; neither cometh to the light, 
lest his deeds should be repro/ed. 

LXI. Gentleness, Gal. v. 22. The fruit of 
the Spirit is gentleness, goodness. 

James iii. 17. The wisdom from above is 
pure, peaceable, gentle, &c. 

Examples. Isa. xl. 11. Christ will gently 
lead those that are with young. 

2 Cor. x. 1 . I beseech you by the gentle- 
ness of Christ. 

1 Thess. ii. 7. We [the apostles] were 
gentle among you. 

2 Tim. ii. 24. The servant of the Lord 
must be gentle. Tit. iii. 2. 

KINDNESS. 

LXII. To show kindness commanded. 
Rom. xii. 10. Be kindly affectioned one to 
another. 

1 Cor. xiii. 4. Charity suffereth long, and 
nkind. 

2 Cor. vi. 4. Approving ourselves as the 
m misters of God. — Ver. 6. By pureness, by 
kindness, &c. 

Eph. iv. 32. Be ye kind one to another, 
tender-hearted. 

Col. iii. 12. Put on, as the elect of God, 
holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, 
humbleness of mind, meekness, &c. 



2 Pet. i. 7. Add to godliness brotherly kind- 
ness. 

LXIII. To give comfort. Job xxix. 25. 
Job said, I sat as one that comforteth the 
mourners. 

Isa. xl. 1. Comfort ye, comfort ye, my peo- 
ple, saith your God. 

2 Cor. i. 4. God comforteth us, that we 
may be able to comfort them that are in 
trouble. 

ii. 7. Ye ought to forgive and comfort him, 
[the offender,] lest perhaps such a one should 
be swallowed up of too much sorrow. 

1 Thess. iv. 18. Comfort one another. 

v. 11. Comfort yourselves together. 

Ver. 14. Comfort the feeble-minded. 

Instances of comfort. Shewn by Joseph, 
Gen. I. 21. — By Job's friends, Job ii. 11 — 
xlii. 11. 

FRIENDSHIP. 

LXIV. Friendship, and faithfulness there- 
in. Job xix. 21. Have pity upon me, O ye 
my friends, for the hand of God hath touched 
me. Ch. vi. 14. 

Prov. vi. 3. Make sure thy friend. 

xvii. 17. A friend loveth at all times; and 
a brother is born for adversity. 

xviii. 24. A man that hath friends, must shew 
himself friendly ; and there is a friend that 
sticketh closer than a brother. 

xx. 6. Most men will proclaim every one 
his own goodness ; but a faithful man who 
can find ? 

xxvii. 9. Ointment and perfume rejoice the 
heart ; so doth the sweetness of a man's 
friend, by hearty counsel. 

Ver. 1 0. Thine own friend and thy father's 
friend forsake not, neither go into thy brother's 
house in the day of thy calamity ; for better 
is a neighbour that is near, than a brother 
far off. 

Ver. 17. Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man 
sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. 

John xv. 13. Greater love hath no man 
than this, that a man lay down his life for his 
friends. 1 John iii. 16. Acts xv. 26. 

LXV. Unfaithfulness in friendship. Job 
vi. 14. To him that is afflicted, pity should be 
shewed from his friend ; but he forsaketh the 
fear of the Almighty. — Ver. 27. Yea, ye 
overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for 
your friend. Ch. xvi. 2. — xxi. 34. 

xvi. 20. My friends scorn me, but mine eye 
poureth out tears unto God. 

xvii. 5. He that speaketh flattery to his 
friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 

xix. 14. My kinsfolk have failed, and my 
familiar friends have forgotten me. — Ver. 19. 



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AH my friends abhorred me, and they whom 
I loved are turned against me. 

Ps. xxxviii.ll. My lovers and my friends 
stand aloof from my sore, and my kinsmen 
stand afar off. 

xli. 9. Mine own familiar friend in whom I 
trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted 
up his heel against me. 

lv. 12 — 14. If it was an enemy that re- 
proached me, then I could have borne it. But 
it was thou, a man, mine equal, my guide and 
mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel 
together, and walked to the house of God in 
company. 

lxix. 20. I looked for comforters, but I found 
none. 

lxxxviii. 18. Lover and friend thou hast put 
far from me. 

Prov. xiv. 20. The poor is hated even of 
his own neighbour, but the rich hath many 
friends. 

xix. 4. Wealth maketh many friends, but 
the poor is separated from his neighbour. 
Ver. 6, 7. 

xxii. 24. Make no friendship with an angry 
man. 

xxv. 19. Confidence in an unfaithful man 
in time of trouble, is like a broken tooth and 
a foot out of joint. 

xxvii. 14. He that blesseth his friend with 
a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it 
shall be counted a curse to him. 

Lam. i. 2. All her friends have dealt trea- 
cherously with her. 

Mic. vii. 5. Trust ye not in a friend, put ye 
not confidence in a guide. 

Zech. xiii. 6. I was wounded in the house 
of my friends. 

Of bearing with one another's weaknesses 
in matters of religion. Rom. xiv. 1. Him 
that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to 
doubtful disputations. 

xv. 1 . We then that are strong ought to bear 
the infirmities of the weak, and not to please 
ourselves. 

1 Cor. xiii. 7. Charity beareth all things, 
endureth all things. 

Gal. vi. 1, 2. Brethren, if a man be over- 
taken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore 
such a one in the spirit of meekness ; con- 
sidering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 
Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil 
the law of Christ. 

FORBEARANCE. 

LXVI. Forbearance. Forbearing to judge 
one another on account of differences. Isa. Ixv. 
2. 5. A rebellious people, which walketh in a 
way not good, after their own thoughts ; which 
say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for 



I am holier than thou : these are a smoke in 
my nose. 

lxvi. 5. Hear the word of the Lord, ye 
that tremble at his word. Your brethren that 
hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, 
said, Let the Lord be glorified ; but he shall 
appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. 
Compare Matt. v. 11. Luke vi. 22, 23. 

Matt. vii. 1,2. Judge not, and ye shall not 
be judged. (Luke vi. 37.) For with what 
judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged ; and 
with what measure ye mete, it shall be mea- 
sured to you again. 

Ver. 3 — 5. And why beholdest thou the 
mote that is in thy brother's eye, but consider- 
est not the beam that is in thine own eye ? 
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me 
pull out the mote out of thine eye ; and be- 
hold, a beam is in thine own eye 1 Thou 
hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine 
own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to 
cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. 

John viii. 7. Jesus said, He that is without 
sin among you, let him first cast a stone. 

Rom. ii. 1 — 3. Thou art inexcusable, O 
man, whosoever thou art that judgest, for 
wherein thou judgest another thou condemn- 
est thyself, for thou that judgest dost the same 
things. We are sure that the judgment of 
God is according to truth, against them that 
commit such things. Thinkest thou, O man, 
which judgest them which do such things, and 
doest the same, that thou shalt escape the 
judgment of God 1 

xiv. 2 — 4. One believeth that he may eat 
all things ; another who is weak, eateth herbs. 
Let not him that eateth despise him that eat- 
eth not ; and let not him which eateth not, 
judge him that eateth. Who art thou that 
judgest another man's servant 1 to his own 
master he standeth or falleth. 

Ver. 5. One man esteemeth one day above 
another ; another esteemeth every day alike : 
let every man be fully persuaded in his own 
mind. 

Ver. 10. Why dost thou judge thy bro- 
ther'? or why dost thou set at naught thy 
brother ] for we shall all stand before the 
judgment-seat. of Christ. — Ver. 12, 13. Every 
one of us shall give an account of himself to 
God. Let us not therefore judge one another 
any more. Gal. vi. 5. Every man shall bear 
his own burden. 

1 Cor. iv. 5. Judge nothing before the time, 
until the Lord come. 

James iv. 11, 12. He that judgeth his bro- 
ther judgeth the law : but if thou judge the 
law, thou art not a doer of the law but a judge. 
There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save 
and to destroy ; who art thou that judgest 
another 1 See 1 Cor. v. 10. 13. 
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See those that despised Christ, Luke xvi. 15. 
See also the proud Pharisee. Ch. xviii. 11. 

GOOD EXAMPLE. 

LXVIT. Setting good example. Matt. v. 16. 
Let your light so shine before men, that they 
may see your good works, and glorify your 
Father which is in heaven. 

Col. iv. 5. Walk in wisdom toward them 
that are without. 1 Thess. iv. 12. Neh. v. 9. 

1 Tim. iv. 12. Be thou an example of be- 
lievers. 

OF ENTICING OTHERS. 

LXVIII. Of enticing others, and being 
enticed to sin. Jer. xx. 10, 11. My familiars 
watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure 
he will be enticed, and we will prevail against 
him, and we will take our revenge on him. 
But the Lord is with me ; therefore they shall 
not prevail. 

Pro v. i. 10. If sinners entice thee, consent 
thou not. (Ver. 11 to 14.) Ver. 15. Walk 
not thou in the way with them ; refrain thy 
foot from their path. 

xxviii. 10. Whoso causeth the righteous to 
go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself 
into his own pit. 

Hab. ii. 15. Woe to him that giveth his 
neighbour drink, and maketh him drunken, &c. 

Rom. xiv. 13. Let no man put a stumbling- 
block, or an occasion to fall in his brother's 
way. Ver. 21. 1 Cor. viii. 9. 12, 13. 2 Cor. 
xi. 29. 

1 Tim. v. 22. Be not partaker of other men's 
sins : keep thyself pure. 

Rev. ii. 14. I have a few things against thee, 
because thou hast there them that hold the doc- 



trine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a 
stumbling-block before the children of Israel, 
to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to com- 
mit fornication. Numb. xxv. 1. See False 
Teachers deceive the people : Commandment 
Fifth. Instance, Neh. vi. 13. 

OF GRATITUDE. 

LXIX. Of gratitude, or returns of friend- 
ship. Instances thereof. Exod. ii. 20. Reuel 
to Moses. 

1 Sam. xv. 6. Saul to the Kenites. 

2 Sam. x. 2. David to Hanun. 

ix. 1. 7. David to Jonathan's family, 
xix. 32 to 38. David to Barzillai. 1 Kings 
ii. 7. 

OF INGRATITUDE. 

LXX. Ingratitude. Instances. Gen. xl. 23. 
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, 
but forgat him. 

Jndg. viii. 35. The children of Israel did 
not shew kindness to the house of Gideon, 
according to all the goodness which he had 
shewed unto Israel. 

Ps. xxxv. 1 2. They rewarded me evil for 
good, to the spoiling of my soul. (Ps. xxxviii. 
20. — cix. 5.) Ver. 13. But as for me, when 
they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. 

Ver. 13, 14, 15. I humbled my soul with 
fasting, I behaved myself as though he had 
been my friend or brother ; I bowed down hea- 
vily, as one that mourneth for his mother. But 
in my adversity they rejoiced. Ps. cix. 4, 5. 

Prov. xvii. 13. Whoso rewardeth evil for 
good, evil shall not depart from his house. 
See 1 Sam. xxiii. 5. 12. — xxv. 21. Jer. xviii. 
20,21. Eccl. ix. 14, 15. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



DUTIES TOWARD OURSELVES. 



TEMPERANCE. 

I. THE temperate use of meat and drink 
allowed. Eccl. ii. 24. There is nothing better 
for a man, than that he should eat and drink, 
and that he should make his soul enjoy good 
in his labour. Ch. hi. 13.— v. 18, 19, 20. 

1 Tim. iv. 3 — 5. Meats God hath created to 
be received with thanksgiving, of them which 
believe and know the truth. For every crea- 
ture of God is good, and nothing to be refused 



if it be received with thanksgiving. For it is 
sanctified by the word of God and prayer. 

v. 23. Use a little wine for thy stomach's 
sake, and thine often infirmities. 

II. Intemperance in meat and dmik for- 
bidden. Deut. xxi. 20, 21. If the parents 
shall say to the elders of the city, This our son 
is stubborn and rebellious, he is a glutton and 
a drunkard ; all the men of the city shall stone 
him with stones that he die. 



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Prov. xxi. 17. He thatloveth pleasure shall 
be a poor man ; he that loveth wine and oil, 
shall not be rich. 

xxiii. 1 — 3. When thou sittest to eat with 
a ruler, consider diligently what is before 
thee ; and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be 
a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of 
his dainties, for they are deceitful meat. 

Ver. 20, 21. Be not amongst winebibbers, 
amongst riotous eaters of flesh. For the 
drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty. 

xxviii. 7. He that is a companion of riotous 
men shameth his father. 

xxx. 22. The earth cannot bear a fool when 
he is fuli of meat. 

Matt, xxiv.48 — 51. If the evil servant shall 
say in his heart, My Lord delayeth his coming; 
ana shall begin to smite his fellow-servants, 
and to eat and drink with the drunken ; the 
Lord of that servant shall come in a day when 
he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he 
is not aware of, and shall cut him asunder, 
and appoint him his portion with hypocrites : 
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

Luke vi. 25. Woe unto you that are full, 
for ye shall hunger. 

xxi. 34. Take heed to yourselves, lest at any 
time your hearts be overcharged with surfeit- 
ing and drunkenness, and cares of this life, 
and so that day come upon you unawares. 

Rom. xiii. 13, 14. Let us walk honestly, as 
in the day ; not in rioting and drunkenness, 
not in chambering and wantonness : But put 
ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not 
provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. 

1 Cor. vii. 31. Use this world as not abus- 
ing it. 

ix. 25. Every man that striveth for the mas- 
tery is temperate in all things. — Ver. 27. I 
keep under my body, and bring it into subjec- 
tion, lest that by any means when I have 
preached to others, I myself should be a cast- 
away. 

Phil. iii. 19. Whose end is destruction, 
whose god is their belly, whose glory is in 
their shame ; who mind earthly things. 

1 Thess. v. 7, 8. They that sleep, sleep in 
the night, and they that be drunken, are 
drunken in the night. But let us who are of 
the day, be sober. Tit. ii. 12. Live soberly, &c. 

1 Pet. iv. 4. The wicked think it strange 
that ye run not to the same excess of riot. 

2 Pet. i. 6. Add to knowledge temperance. 

ii. 13. They shall receive the reward of un- 
righteousness that count it pleasure to riot in 
the day-time ; spots they are, and blemishes, 
sporting themselves with their own deceivings. 

Jude 12. Feeding themselves without fear. 
See Amos vi. 6. 

IH Drunkenness ,- the evils thereof. Prov. 



xx. 1. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is 
raging ; and whosoever is deceived thereby ia 
not wise. 

xxiii. 29, 30. Who hath woe 1 who hath 
sorrow] who hath contentions'? who hath 
babbling 1 who hath wounds without cause ? 
who hath redness of eyes 1 They that tarry 
long at the wine, they that go to seek mixed 
wine. 

Ver. 31 — 33. Look not on the wine when 
it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, 
when it moveth itself aright ; at the last it 
biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an ad- 
der. Thine eyes shall behold strange women, 
and thy heart shall utter perverse things, 
Ver. 34, 35. 

Isa. v. 1 1. Woe unto them that rise up early 
in the morning, that they may follow strong 
drink ; that continue until night, till wine in- 
flame them. — Ver. 22. Woe unto them that 
are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength 
to mingle strong drink. Ch. lvi. 12. Come 
ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill 
ourselves with strong drink, and to-morrow 
shall be as this day, and much more abundant. 

1 Cor. v. 11. I have written to you, If any 
one that is called a brother, be a drunkard, 
with such a one not to keep company, nor to 
eat with him. 

vi. 10. Drunkards shall not inherit the 
kingdom of God. 

Gal. v. 19. The works of the flesh are these, 
adultery, &c. — Ver. 21. Drunkenness, revel- 
lings, and such like : they that do such things 
shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Ver. 23. 

Eph. v. 18. Be not drunk with wine, where- 
in is excess, but be filled with the Spirit, 

IV. Of making others drunk. Esther L 
3. 5. King Ahasuerus made a feast unto the 
nobles and princes, and to all the people that 
were present. — Ver. 7. And gave them drink, 
&c. — Ver. 8. The drinking was according to 
law, none did compel ; for so the king had ap- 
pointed to all the officers of his house, that 
they should do according to every man's plea- 
sure. 

Hab. ii. 15. Woe unto him that giveth his 
neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, 
and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest 
look on their nakedness ! — Ver. 1 6. Thou art 
filled with shame for glory : drink thou also, 
and let thy foreskin be uncovered, the cup of 
the Lord's right hand shall be turned unto 
thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy 
glory. See 2 Sam. xi. 13. Isa. lvi. 12. 

Unhappy instances of drunkenness. — In 
Noah, Gen. ix. 21.— In Lot, Gen. xix. 32. — 
Nabal, 1 Sam. xxv. 36.— Elah, 1 Kings xvi. 9, 
10.— Benhadad, 1 Kings xx. 16 to 22. 

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SLEEP — LABOUR — THE SLUGGARD. Chap. XVII 



Also, Magistrates perverting judgment 
through drunkenness. 

SLEEP. 

V. Sleep. Prov. vi. 9 — 11. How long wilt 
thou sleep, O sluggard 1 when wilt thou arise 
out of sleep 1 Yet a little sleep, a little slum- 
ber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : so 
shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, 
and thy want as an armed man. 

xx. 13. Love not sleep, lest thou come to 
poverty ; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be 
satisfied with bread. 

xxiii. 21. Drowsiness shall clothe a man 
with rags. 

xxvi. 14. As the door turneth upon his 
hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. 

LABOUR COMMANDED. 

VI. Labour commanded, and promises to 
the laborious, the diligent and industrious. 
Gen. hi. 19. In the sweat of thy face shalt 
thou eat bread, till thou return unto the 
ground. 

Exod. xx. 9. Six days shalt thou labour and 
do all thy work. 

Prov. x. 4. He becometh poor that dealeth 
with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent 
maketh rich. 

xii. 1 1 . He that tilleth his land shall have 
plenty of bread ; but he that followeth vain 
persons is void of understanding. Ch.xxviii. 19. 

Ver. 24. The hand of the diligent shall bear 
rule ; but the slothful shall be under tribute. 
Ver. 27. The slothful roasteth not that which 
he took in hunting ; but the substance of a 
diligent man is precious. 

xiii. 4. The soul of the sluggard desireth 
and hath nothing ; but the soul of the diligent 
shall be made fat. 

Ver. 11. Wealth gotten by vanity shall be 
diminished ; but he that gathereth by labour 
shall increase. 

xiv. 23. In all labour there is profit ; but 
the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. 

xxi. 5. The thoughts of the diligent tend 
only to plentcousness ; but of every one that 
is hasty, only to want. 

xxii. 29. Seest thou a man diligent in his 
business, he shall stand before kings, he shall 
not stand before mean men. 

xxxi. 27. A good wife eateth not the bread 
v>f idleness. 

Eccl. v. 12. The sleep of a labouring man 
\s sweet. 

xi. 6. In the morning sow thy seed, and in 
the evening withhold not thy hand. 

Rom. xii. 11. Be not slothful in business, 

Eph. iv. 28. Let him that stole steal no 



more, but rather let hhn labour, working with 
his hands the thing which is good, that he may 
have to give to him that needeth. 

1 Thess. iv. 11, 12. We beseech you, that 
ye study to be quiet, and to do your own busi- 
ness, and to work with your own hands : That 
ye may walk honestly towards them that are 
without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. 

2 Thess. hi. 10 — 12. We commanded you, 
That if any would not work, neither should he 
eat. For we hear that there are some which 
walk among you disorderly, working not at 
all, but are busy-bodies. Now them that are 
such, we command and exhort, by our Lord 
Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work 
and eat their own bread. Ver. 14. And if any 
man obey not our word by this epistle, note 
that man, and have no company with him, 
that he may be ashamed. 1 Tim. v. 13. 



OF THE SLUGGARD. 

VII. Of the sluggard, the slothful and 
idle. See several of the foregoing texts, where 
these persons are compared with the diligent, 
Sfc. Prov. vi. 6 — 8. Go to the ant, thou 
sluggard, consider her ways and be wise: 
which having no guide, overseer or ruler, pro- 
videth her meat in the summer, and gathereth 
her food in the harvest. 

x. 26. As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke 
to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that 
send him. 

xv. 19. The way of the slothful man is as 
a hedge of thorns, but the way of the right- 
eous is made plain. 

xviii. 9. He that is slothful in his work, is 
brother to him that is a great waster. 

xix. 15. Slothfulness casteth into a deep 
sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. — 
Ver. 24. A slothful man hideth his hand in 
his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to 
his mouth. Ch. xxvi. 1 5. 

xx. 4. The sluggard will not plough by 
reason of the cold ; therefore shall he beg in 
harvest, and have nothing. 

xxi. 25. The desire of the slothful killeth 
him, for his hands refuse to labour. Ch.xiii.4. 

xxii. 13. The slothful man saith, There is 
a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. 
Ch. xxvi. 13. There is a lion in the way, a 
lion is in the streets. 

xxiv. 30 — 32. I went by the field of the 
slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void 
of understanding ; and lo ! it was all grown 
over with thorns, and nettles had covered the 
face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was 
broken down. Then I saw and considered it 
well, and looked upon it and received instruc- 
tion. 

Eccl. x. 18. By much slothfulness the 



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building decayeth, and through idleness of the [ iv. 13. Better is a poor and wise child, than 
hands the house droppeth through. i an old and foolish king. 

Ezek. xvi. 49. This was the iniquity of ix. 16. Wisdom is better than strength. 
Sodom, Pride, fulness of bread, and abun- Prov. iii. 21, 22, 23. 

dance of idleness. Ver. 18. Wisdom is better than weapons 

of war. 



WISDOM. 



VIII. The study and pursuit of wisdom 
recommended. Job xxxii. 7. Days should 
speak, and multitude of years should teach 
wisdom. 

Prov. i. 2. Know wisdom and instruction, 
and perceive the words of understanding. 

Ver. 20. Wisdom crieth without, in the 
chief places of concourse. Ver. 21. 23. Ch. 
viii. 1 to 12. 14. 33. 

ii. 2. Incline thine ear to wisdom, and apply 
thy heart to understanding. Ver. 3, 4, 5. 

iii. 21. Keep sound wisdom and discretion. 
Ver. 21. 

iv. 5. Get wisdom, get understanding. 

v. 1. My son, attend to my wisdom. Ver. 7. 

vii. 4. Say unto wisdom, Thou art my 
father ; and call understanding thy kinswo- 
man. Ver. 5. 

xviii. 1. Through desire a man having 
separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth 
with all wisdom. Eccl. i. 13. 16, 17.— ii. 3. 
9. 12.— vii. 23. 25.— viii. 16.— ix. 13. 

xxii. 17. Bow down thine ear to the words 
of the wise, and apply thy heart to my 
knowledge. 

xxiii. 23. Buy the truth and sell it not; 
also wisdom, and instruction, and understand- 
ing. 

xxvii. 1 1 . My son, be wise, and make my 
heart glad. Ch. xxix. 3. 

Matt. x. 16. Be wise as serpents, and harm- 
less as doves. 

James iii. 13. Who is a wise man among 
you 1 let him shew, out of a good conversa- 
tion, his works with meekness of wisdom. 

IX. The excellency of wisdom above all 
other endowments. Job xxviii. 13. Man 
knoweth not the price of wisdom. — Ver. 15. 
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver 
be weighed for the price thereof. See ver. 16 
to 20. 

Prov. iii. 14, 15. The merchandise of wis- 
dom is better than the merchandise of silver, 
and the gain thereof than fine gold. (Ch. 
xvi. 16.) She is more precious than rubies, 
and all the things thou canst desire are not to 
be compared unto her. 

iv. 7. Wisdom is the principal thing : there- 
fore get wisdom ; and with all thy getting, get 
understanding. 

Eccl. ii. 1 3. Wisdom excelleth folly, as far 
as light excelleth darkness. 
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X. Wisdom is profitable, pleasant, and 
honourable. Job xxii. 2. He that is wise 
may be profitable unto himself. 

Prov. ii. 10, 11, 12. When wisdom entereth 
into thy heart, and knowledge is pleasant 
unto thy soul ; discretion shall preserve thee, 
understanding shall keep thee, to deliver thee 
from the way of the evil man. 

iii. 13. Happy is the man that findeth wis- 
dom, and the man that getteth understanding. 
— Ver. 16, 17. Length of days is in her right 
hand, and in her left hand, riches and honour. 
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all 
her paths are peace. Ch. xxiv. 13, 14. 

Ver. 18. Wisdom is a tree of life, to every 
one that findeth her ; and happy is every one 
that retaineth her. — Ver. 35. The wise shall 
inherit glory. 

iv. 8, 9. Exalt wisdom, and she shall pro- 
mote thee ; she shall bring thee to honour 
when thou dost embrace her. She shall give 
to thy head an ornament of grace ; a crown 
of glory shall she deliver to thee. 

ix. 1. Wisdom hath builded her house. 
Ch. xxiv. 3, 4. — xiv. 1. 

Ver. 12. If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise 
for thyself. 

xi. 29. The fool shall be servant to the wise 
in heart. 

xii. 8. A man shall be commended accord- 
ing to his wisdom. 

xvi. 20, 21. He that handleth a matter 
wisely, shall find good. The wise in heart 
shall be called prudent. 

xviii. 4. The well-spring of wisdom is a 
flowing brook. 

Eccl. vii. 11. Wisdom is good, with an in- 
heritance : and by it there is profit to them 
that see the sun. 

Ver. 1 2. Wisdom is a defence, and money 
is a defence ; but the excellency of knowledge 
is, that wisdom giveth life. — Ver. 19. Wis- 
dom strengtheneth the wise more than ten 
mighty men that are in the city. Ch. ix. 15, 
16. 18. Prov. iii. 21. 

viii. 1. A man's wisdom maketh his face to 
shine. 

Ver. 5. A wise man's heart discerneth both 
time and judgment. 

x. 10. Wisdom is profitable to direct. 

xii. 1 1. The words of the wise are as goads 
and nails. 

XI. Wisdom is the gift of God. Exod. 
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hearted, I have put wisdom, saith the Lord. 
Ver. 3. 

Job xxviii. 12. Where shall wisdom be 
found 1 and where is the place of understand- 
ing 1 — Ver. 23. The Lord knoweth the place 
thereof, and the way thereof. — Ver. 20. 

Ps. li. 6. In the hidden part thou shalt 
make me to know wisdom. Ps. cxix. 98, 
99, 100. 

Prov. ii. 6, 7. The Lord giveth wisdom ; 
out of his mouth cometh knowledge and un- 
derstanding. He layeth up sound wisdom 
for the righteous. 

Eccl. ii. 26. God giveth to a man that is 
good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, 
and joy. 

ix. 1. The righteous and the wise, and their 
works, are in the hand of God. 

Dan. ii. 21. God giveth wisdom unto the 
wise, and knowledge to them that know un- 
derstanding. Ver. 23. See Acts vii. 10. 

Luke xxi. 15. I will give you a mouth and 
wisdom. 2 Pet. iii. 15. 

James iii. 17. The wisdom from above is 
pure, &c. Ver. 13. 

XII. Wisdom prayed for. 1 Chron. xxii. 
12. For Solomon, David prayed thus: The 
Lord give thee wisdom, that thou mayest 
keep the law of the Lord. Ps. lxxii. 1 . 

1 Kings hi. 9. Solomon prayed thus : Lord, 
give thy servant an understanding heart, that 
he may judge thy people, and that he may 
discern between good and bad. — Ver. 11 — 13. 
And God said, Because thou hast asked this 
thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life, 
neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor the 
life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thy- 
self understanding to discern judgment, be- 
hold I have done according to thy words, I 
have given thee a wise and an understanding 
heart. I have also given thee that which 
thou hast not asked, both riches and honour. 
Ver. 28. Ch. iv. 29.— v. 12. 2 Chron. i. 10. 

Ps. xc. 1 2. So teach us to number our days 
that we may apply our hearts to wisdom. 

Col. i. 9. I pray that you may be filled with 
the knowledge of his will in all wisdom. 

James i. 5. If any man lack wisdom, let 
him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally 
and upbraideth not ; and it shall be given him. 
Ver. 17. 

XIII. Wisdom and religion the same. 
Deut. iv. 5, 6. I have taught you statutes and 
judgments. Keep and do them, for this is 
your wisdom and understanding. 

xxxii. 29. O that they were wise, that they 
understood this ; that they would consider 
their latter end. 

Job xxviii. 28. Behold, the fear of the Lord, 



that is wisdom ; and to depart from evil is un- 
derstanding. Ps. cxi. 10. Prov. i. 7. 

Ps. ii. 10, 11. Be wise, O ye kings ; be in- 
structed, ye judges of the earth. — Serve the 
Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 

xxxvii. 30. The mouth of the righteous 
speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of 
judgment. Prov. viii. 8. 

lxiv. 9. They shall wisely consider the 
Lord's doings. 

ci. 2. I will behave myself wisely in a per- 
fect way. 

cvii. 43. Whoso is wise, and will observe 
these things, even they shall understand the 
loving-kindness of the Lord. Hos. xiv. 9. 

Prov. x. 8. The wise in heart will receive 
commandments. 

xv. 24. The way of life is above to the wise, 
that he may depart from hell beneath. Ch. 
•xiii. 14,. 

xix. 8. He that getteth wisdom loveth his 
own soul, and he that hath understanding 
shall find good. Ch. viii. 36. He that sinneth 
against me [Wisdom] wrongeth his own soul: 
all they that hate me love death. 

xxi. 12. The righteous wisely considereth 
the house of the wicked. 

Dan. xii. 3. They that be wise shall shine 
as the brightness of the firmament. 

Ver. 10. The wise shall understand. 

Mic. vi. 9. The Lord's voice crieth unto the 
city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy 
name. 

Matt. vii. 24. He that heareth Christ's say- 
ings, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a 
wise man. See the parable of the ten virgins, 
Matt. xxv. 1 to 13. 

Rom. xvi. 19. I would have you wise unto 
that which is good, and simple concerning evil. 

Eph. v. 15, 16. Walk circumspectly, not as 
fools, but as wise ; redeeming the time, be- 
cause the days are evil. 

Col. iii. 16. Let the word of God dwell in 
you richly, in all wisdom. 

iv. 5. Walk in wisdom toward them that 
are without, redeeming the time. 

2 Tim. iii. 1 5. The holy Scriptures are able 
to make thee wise to salvation. See Prov. 
xxviii. 26. Luke xii. 42. 



FOLLY. 

XIV. A fooYs vain pretences to wisdom g 
he is wise in his own conceit. Job xi. 12. 
Vain man would be wise. 

xii. 2. Ye are the people, and wisdom shall 
die with you. 

xv. 8. Dost thou restrain wisdom to thy 
self? Prov. xxiii. 4. Cease from thine own 
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xxxii. 9. Great men are not always wise ; 
neither do the aged understand judgment. 

Prov. iii. 7. Be not wise in thine own eyes. 

xii. 15. The way of a fool is right in his own 
eyes. 

xiv. 12. There is a way that seemeth right 
unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways 
of death. • 

xxvi. 12. Seest thou a man wise in his own 
conceit ; there is more hope of a fool than of 
him. — Ver. 16. The sluggard is wiser in his 
own conceit, than seven men that can render 
a reason. 

xxviii. 11. The rich man is wise in his own 
conceit. 

Ver. 26. He that trusteth in his own heart 
is a fool. 

Isa. v. 21. Woe to them that are wise in 
their own eyes, and prudent in their own 
sight. , 

Jer. viii. 8. How do ye say, We are wise, 
and the law of the Lord is with us"? 

Rom. i. 22, 23. Professing themselves to be 
wise, they became fools ; and changed the 
glory of the uncorruptible God into an image. 

xi. 25. I would not have you ignorant, &c. 
lest ye be wise in your own conceit. 

xii. 16. Be not wise in your own conceits. 
See Isa. x. 12, 13.— xix. 11. 1 Cor. iii. 18. 
2 Cor. x. 12. Col. ii. 23. 

XV. A fool receiveth not instruction. 
Prov. i. 7, Fools despise wisdom and instruc- 
tion. Ch. v. 12, 13. 

xvii. 16. He hath no heart to get wisdom. 
Ch. i. 7. 22. 

xviii. 2. He hath no delight in understand- 
ing. Ch. xxiv. 7. 

xvii. 10. A reproof entereth more into a 
wise man, than a hundred stripes into a fool. 

xxvii. 22. Though thou shouldst bray a fool 
in a mortar, yet will not his foolishness depart 
from him. 

x. 21. FoCv's die for want of wisdom. 

XVI. He discovereth his folly. Prov. xiii. 
16. A fool layeth open his folly. 

xxvi. 11. As a dog returneth to his vomit, 
so a fool returneth to his folly. 

Eccl. x. 2. A wise man's heart is at his 
right hand, but a fool's heart is at his left. 

Ver. 3. When a fool walketh by the way, 
his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every 
one that he is a fool. 

XVII. Toward his parents. Prov. x. 1. 
A wise son maketh a glad father ; but a foolish 
son is the heaviness of his mother. — Ch. xv. 
20. He despiseth his mother. 

xv. 5. A fool despiseth his father's instruc- 
tions. 
xvii. 21. He that begetteth a fool, doeth it 



to his sorrow ; and the father of a fool hath no 
joy. — Ver. 25. A foolish son is a grief to his 
father, and bitterness to her that bare him. 

xix. 13. A foolish son is the calamity of his 
father. See Disobedient and undutiful 
children ,• Commandment Fifth. 

XVIII. A fool is mischievous. Prov. x. 23. 
It is sport to a fool to do mischief. 

xiii. 1 9. It is abomination to fools to depart 
from mischief. 

xvii. 12. Let a bear robbed of her whelps 
meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. 

XIX. Wrathful. Job v. 2. Wrath killeth 
a foolish man. 

Prov. xii. 16. A fool's wrath is presently 
known. 

xiv. 16. A fool rageth and is confident. 

xxvii. 3. A fool's wrath is heavier than both 
the sand and a stone. 

xxix. 9. If a wise man contend with a fool- 
ish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no 
rest. 

Eccl. vii. 9. Anger resteth in the bosom of 
fools. See Anger, Wrath. 

XX. Contentions. Prov. xviii. 6. A fool's 
lips enter into contention. 

xx. 3. It is an honour for a man to cease 
from strife ; but every fool will be meddling. 
See Contention, Strife. 

XXI. His words. Prov. xv. 2. The mouth 
of fools poureth out foolishness. Ver. 28. 

xviii. 6, 7. The fool's lips enter into con- 
tention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. A 
fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips 
are the snare of his soul. Ch. x. 14. — xii. 13. 
—xiii. 3. 

xxix. 11. A fool uttereth all his mind. 

Eccl. v. 3. A fool's voice is known by mul- 
titude of words. 

x. 12, 13. The lips of a fool will swallow 
up himself. The beginning of his words is 
foolishness, and the end of his talk is mis- 
chievous madness. 

Ver. 14. A fool is full of words. See Talka- 
tiveness, Rashness. See Prov. xvii. 7. — xxvi. 7. 

XXII. His folly is his pleasure. Prov. xv. 
21. Folly is joy to him that is destitute of 
wisdom, &c. 

xvii. 24. His eyes are in the ends of the 
earth. 

xxx. 22. The earth is disquieted, and can- 
not bear a fool when he is filled with meat. 

Eccl. vii. 6. His laughter is like the crack- 
ling of thorns under a pot. 

vii. 4.. His heart is in the house of mirth. 

XXIII. Treatment for fools. Prov. xiv 7. 
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thou perceivest not in him the lips of know- 1 
ledge. 

xxiii. 9. Speak not in the ears of a fool, for j 
he will despise the wisdom of thy words. 
Matt. vii. 6. Cast not your pearls before swine, j 

xxvi. 1. Honour is not seemly for a fool. 

Ver. 3. A rod for the fool's back. Ch. x. | 
13.— xix, 29.— xxix. 15. 

Ver. 4. Answer not a fooi according to his 
folly, lest thou be also like unto him. — Ver. 5. 
Lest he be wise in his own conceit. See 
Eccl. x. 5, 6, 7. 

XXIV. Folly and wickedness the same. 
Deut. xxxii. 6. Do ye thus requite the Lord, 
O foolish people and unwise 1 

Job v. 3. I have seen the foolish taking 
root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation. Ps. 
lxxiii. 3. 9. 11. 17, 18. 

Ps. v. 5. The foolish shall not stand in thy 
sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 

xiv. 1 . The fool hath said in his heart, There 
is no God. Ps. liii. 1. 

xxxvi. 3. The wicked hath left off to be 
wise, and to do good. 

xxxviii. 5. My wounds stink, and are cor- 
rupt, because of my foolishness. 

Ixix. 5. O God, thou knowest my foolish- 
ness, and my sins are not hid from thee. 

lxxiv. 18. O Lord, the foolish people have 
blasphemed thy name. Ver. 22. 

lxxv. 4. I said unto the fools, Deal not fool- 
ishly ; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn. 

lxxxv. 8. The Lord will speak peace to his 
people, and to his saints; but let them not 
turn again to folly. 

xciv. 7 — 10. They commit wickedness, and 
say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the 
God of Jacob regard it. Understand, ye bru- 
tish among the people; and, ye fools, when 
will ye be wise 1 He that planted the ear, shall 
he not hear 1 he that formed the eye, shall he 
not see 1 he that chastiseth the heathen, shall 
not he correct 1 he that teacheth man know- 
ledge, shall not he know 1 Ps. ix. 5. 

cvii. 17. Fools, because of their transgres- 
sions and iniquities, are afflicted. 

Prov. i. 7. The fear of the Lord is the 
beginning of knowledge ; but fools despise 
wisdom and instruction. 

Ver. 32. The prosperity of fools shall de- 
stroy them. 

ix. 6. Forsake the foolish and live ; and go 
in the way of understanding. 

xiv. 9. Fools make a mock at sin. 

xv. 21. Folly is joy to him that is destitute 
of wisdom ; but a man of understanding walk- 
eth uprightly. 

xix. 3. The foolishness of man perverteth 
las way, and his heart fretteth against the 
Lord. 



xxi. 30. There is no wisdom nor understand 
ing, nor counsel against the Lord. 

xxiv. 9. The thought of foolishness is sin. 

xxvi. 10. The great God, that formed all 
things, rewardeth the fool and transgressors. 

xxx. 2, 3. I am more brutish than any man, 
and have not the understanding of a man. I 
neither learned wisdom, nor have the know- 
ledge of the holy. 

Eccl. v. 1. In the house of God, be more 
ready to hear than to offer the sacrifice of fools. 

Ver. 4. God hath no pleasure in fools. 

vii. 25. I applied mine heart to know the 
wickedness of folly. 

Jer. iv. 22. My people is foolish ; they have 
not known me : they are wise to do evil, but 
to do good they have no knowledge. Ch. v. 
4. 21.— x. 8. 

viii. 9. They have rejected the word of the 
Lord ; and what wisdom is in them 1 Ch. 
xxiii. 13. 

Matt. vii. 26. He that doeth not Christ's 
sayings, is like unto a foolish man. 

xxv. 3. See the parable of the foolish vir- 
gins. 

Luke xii. 20. God said, Thou fool, this 
night thy soul shall be required of thee. 

Ver. 21. So is he that layeth up treasure for 
himself, and is not rich toward God. See 
Numb. xii. 11. 1 Sam. xiii. 13. 2 Sam. 
xxiv. 10. Matt, xxiii. 17. 19. Mark vii. 22. 
Luke xi. 40. — xxiv. 25. Rom. i. 21. Gal. 
iii. 1, 3. 1 Pet. ii. 15. 

PATIENCE. 

XXV. Patience toward God. Ps. xxxvii. 
7. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for 
him ; fret not thyself because of him who pros- 
pered in his way, because of the man who 
bringeth wicked devices to pass. 

xl. 1. I waited patiently for the Lord, and 
he heard me. 

Luke viii. 15. The seed sown on the good 
ground, are they which in an honest and good 
heart, having heard the word, keep it, and 
bring forth fruit with patience. 

xxi. 19. In your patience possess your souls. 

Rom. ii. 7. To them who by patient continu- 
ing in well-doing, seek for glory, honour, and 
immortality, God will give eternal life. 

v. 3, 4. We glory in tribulations ; knowing 
that tribulation worketh patience ; and patience, 
experience; and experience, hope. Ch. xii. 12. 

viii. 25. If we hope for that we see not, then 
do we with patience wait for it. 

xii. 12. Rejoicing in hope ; patient in tribu- 
lation; continuing instant in prayer. 

xv. 4. Whatsoever things were written 
aforetime were written for our learning, that 
we through patience and comfort of the Scrip- 
tures might have hope. 



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2 Cor. vi. 4. In all things approving our- 
selves as the ministers of God, in much 
patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in dis- 



xii. 12. The signs of an apostle were wrought 
among you in all patience, in signs, and won- 
ders, and mighty deeds. 

Col. i. 11. Strengthened with all might, ac- 
cording to his glorious power, unto all pa- 
tience and long-suffering with joyfulness. 

1 Thess. i. 2, 3. We give thanks, remem- 
bering your work of faith, and labour of love, 
and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, 
in the sight of God our Father. 

2 Thess. i. 4. We glory in you for your pa- 
tience and faith, in all your persecutions and 
tribulations. 

iii. 5. The Lord direct your hearts into the 
love o," God, and into the patient waiting for 
Christ. 

Heb. vi. 12. Be ye followers of them, who 
through faith and patience inherit the promises. 
— Ver. 15. Abraham, after he had patiently 
endured, obtained the promise. 

x. 36. Ye have need of patience, that after 
ye have done the will of God ye might re- 
ceive the promise. 

xii. 1. Let us run with patience the race set 
before us, &c. 

James i. 3, 4. The trying of your faith 
worketh patience. Let patience have her per- 
fect work, that ye may be entire, wanting 
nothing. 

v. 7, 8. Be patient unto the coming of the 
Lord. The husbandman hath long patience. 
Be ye also patient, stablish your hearts ; for 
the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 

Ver. 10, 11. Take the prophets, who have 
spoken in the name of the Lord, for an exam- 
ple of suffering affliction with patience. Ye 
have heard of the patience of Job, and have 
seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is very 
pitiful and of tender mercy. 

1 Pet. ii. 20. If when ye do well and suffer 
for it, ye take it patiently, this is accepted with 
God. 

Rev. i. 9. I John am your brother and com- 
panion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and 
patience of Jesus Christ. 

ii. 2, 3. I know thy works, and thy labour, 
and thy patience, and how thou hast borne, 
and hast patience for my name's sake, and 
hast laboured, and hast not fainted. 

Ver. 19. I know thy works, and charity, and 
service, and faith, and patience. 

iii. 10. Because thou hast kept the word of 
my patience, I also will keep thee from the 
hour of temptation. 

xiii. 10. Here is the patience and faith of the 
saints. 

xiv. 12. Here is the patience of the saints ; 
Y 



here are they that keep the commandments of 
God, and the faith of Jesus. 

XXVI. Patience toward men. Eccl. vii. 8. 
The patient in spirit is better than the proud 
in spirit. 

1 Thess. v. 14. Be patient toward all men. 

1 Tim. iii. 2, 3. A bishop must be blameless, 
patient. 

vi. 1 1. man of God, follow after righteous- 
ness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. 

2 Tim. ii. 24. The servant of the Lord must 
be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient. 

iii. 10, 11. Thou hast fully known my doc- 
trine, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffer- 
ing, charity, patience, persecutions, afflictions. 

Tit. ii. 1, 2. Speak thou the things that be- 
come sound doctrine, that the aged men be 
sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in 
charity, in patience. 

2 Pet. i. 5 — 7. Add to your faith, virtue, 
knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, 
brotherly kindness, and charity. 

CONTENTMENT. 

XXVII. Contentment. Luke iii. 14. John 
Baptist said to the soldiers, Be content with 
your wages. 

Phil. iv. 11. Paul said, I have learned in 
whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 

1 Tim. vi. 6. Godliness with contentment is 
great gain. — Ver. 8. Having food and raiment, 
let us therewith be content. 

Heb. xiii. 5. Let your conversation be with- 
out covetousness, and be content with such 
things as ye have ; for he hath said, I will 
never leave thee nor forsake thee. 

DISCONTENT, MURMURING. 

XXVIII. Discontent, murmuring. Lam. 
iii. 39. Wherefore doth a living man complain, 
a man for the punishment of his sins ? 

1 Cor. x. 10. Neither murmur ye as some 
of the Jews murmured, and were destroyed. 
See the murmurings of the Jews and their 
punishments : Exod. xv. 24. For drink. Ch. 
xvi. 2 to 12. For bread. Numb. xiv. 2. 27. 29. 
36. W r hen they heard an evil report of the 
promised land. Ch. xvi. 11. 41. Korah and 
his company about the priesthood. 

Phil. ii. 14. Do all things without murmur- 
ings and disputings. 

Jude 16. Murmurers, complainers, walking 
after their own lusts. 

GRUDGING. 

XXIX. Grudging. Lev. xix. 18. Thou 
shalt not avenge nor bear any grudge against 
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2 Cor. ix. 7. Give to the poor, not grudg- 
ingly. 

James v. 9. Grudge not one against another, 
lest ye be condemned. 

1 Pet. iv. 9. Use hospitality one to another, 
without grudging. 

MEEKNESS 

XXX. The exercise of meekness required. 
Gal. vi. 1. If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye 
which are spiritual restore such a one in the 
spirit of meekness. 

Eph. iv. 1, 2. Walk worthy of the vocation 
wherewith ye are called ; with all lowliness 
and meekness, and long-suffering. 

1 Tim. vi. 11. Follow after righteousness, 
godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. 

2 Tim. ii. 25. In meekness instructing those 
that oppose themselves. 

Tit. iii. 2. Shewing all meekness to all men. 

James iii. 13. Who is a wise man and en- 
dued with wisdom among you 1 let him shew 
out of a good conversation his works, with 
meekness of wisdom. 

1 Pet. iii. 15. Be ready always to give an 
answer to every man that asketh you a reason 
of the hope that is in you, with meekness and 
fear. 

XXXI. How produced. Gal. v. 22, 23. The 
fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suf- 
fering? gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, 
temperance. 

XXXII. Examples of meekness. Numb, 
xii. 3. Moses was very meek. 

Matt. xxi. 5. Behold thy King [Jesus] 
cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an 
ass. Isa. lxii. 11. Zech. ix. 9. 

2 Cor. x. 1. I beseech you by the meekness 
and gentleness of Christ, &c. 

Col. iii. 12. Put on (as the elect of God) 
bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of 
mind, meekness, long-suffering. 

XXXIII. Promises to the meek. Ps. xxii. 
26. The meek shall eat and be satisfied. 

xxv. 9. The meek will he guide in judg- 
ment, and the meek will he teach his way. 

xxxvii. 11. The meek shall inherit the earth, 
and shall delight themselves in abundance of 
peace. 

xlv. 4. In thy majesty ride prosperously, be- 
cause of truth and meekness, and righteous- 
ness. 

lxxvi. 9. God arose to judgment, to save all 
the meek of the earth. 

cxlvii. 6. The Lord lifteth up the meek, and 
casteth the wicked down to the ground. 

cxlix. 4. The Lord will beautify the meek 
with salvation. 



Isa. xi. 4. With righteousness shall he judge 
the poor, and reprove with equity, for the meek 
of the earth. 

xxix. 19. The meek shall increase their joy 
in the Lord. 

lxi. 1. The Lord hath anointed me to preach 
glad tidings to the meek. 

Zeph. ii. 3. Seek the Lord, all ye meek of 
the earth, which have wrought his judgments ; 
seek righteousness, seek meekness, it may be 
ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger. 

Matt. v. 5. Blessed are the meek, for they 
shall inherit the earth. 

1 Pet. iii. 4. The ornament of a meek and 
quiet spirit is in the sight of God of great 
price. 

HUMILITY. 

XXXIV. Humility toward God. Deut. viii. 

2, 3. The Lord thy God led thee forty years 
in the wilderness to humble thee. He hum- 
bled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed 
thee with manna. 

Mic. vi. 8. What doth the Lord thy God 
require of thee, but to do justly, and to love 
mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God ? 

James iv. 10. Humble yourselves in the 
sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you. 
1 Pet. v. 6. 

XXXV. Humility toward men. Prov. vi. 

3. Humble thyself, make sure thy friend. 
xxv. 6, 7. Put not forth thyself in the pre- 
sence of the king, and stand not in the place 
of great men. For better it is that it be said 
unto thee, Come up hither, than that thou 
shouldst be put lower. Luke xiv. 8. 1 0. 

Jer. xlv. 5. Seekest thou great things for 
thyself? Seek them not. 

Matt. xx. 26 — 28. Whosoever will be great 
among you, let him be your minister Who- 
soever will be chief among you let him be 
your servant. Even as the Son of man came 
not to be ministered unto, but to minister. 

Rom. xii. 3. I say, through the grace given 
unto me, to every man that is among you, not 
to think of himself more highly than he ought 
to think ; but to think soberly, according as 
God hath dealt to every man the measure of 
faith. — Ver. 16. Mind not high things, but 
condescend to men of low estate. 

Eph. v. 21. Submit yourselves one to an- 
other, in the fear of God. 

1 Pet. v. 5. All of you be subject one to 
another ; and be ye clothed with humility. 

Phil. ii. 3. In lowliness of mind let each 
esteem other better than themselves. 

XXXVI. Promises to the humble. Jobxxii. 
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Ps. ix. 12. God forgetteth not the cry of the 
humble. 

x. 17. O Lord, thou hast heard the desire of 
the humble; thou wilt prepare their heart, thou 
wilt cause thine ear to hear. 

cxxxviii. 6. Though the Lord be high, yet 
hath he respect to the lowly. 

Prov. xv. 33. Before honour is humility. Ch. 
xviii. 12. 

xvi. 19. Better js it to be of an humble 
spirit with, the lowly, than to divide the spoil 
with the proud. 

xxii. 4. By humility and the fear of the 
Lord, are riches, and honour, and life. 

xxix. 23. Honour shall uphold the humble 
in spirit. 

Isa. lvii. 15. The Lord saith, I dwell with 
him that is of a contrite and humble spirit. 
Ch. lxvi. 2. 

Matt. v. 3. Blessed are the poor in spirit ; 
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

xviii. 4. Whosoever shall humble himself 
as this little child, the same shall be greatest in 
the kingdom of heaven. 

xxiii. 12. Whosoever humbleth himself shall 
be exalted. Luke xiv. 11. 

James iv. 6. God resisteth the proud, but 
giveth grace to the humble. Prov. iii. 34. 

XXXVII. Promises to humbled sinners. 
Lev. xxvi. 41, 42. If their uncircumcised hearts 
be humbled, and they accept of the punish- 
ment of their iniquities, then will I remember 
my covenant. 2 Chron. vii. 14. 

2 Kings xxii. 19, 20. Because thy heart 
[Josiah] was tender, and thou hast humbled thy- 
self before the Lord, and hast rent thy clothes, 
and wept before me, I also have heard thee, 
saith the Lord. Behold, therefore, I will gather 
thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gather- 
ed into thy grave in peace ; and thine eyes 
shall not see all the evil which I will bring 
upon this place. 

2 Chron. xxxii. 25. Hezekiah rendered not 
again according to the benefit done unto him, 
for his heart was lifted up ; therefore there was 
wrath upon him. — Ver. 26. Hezekiah hum- 
bled himself for the pride of his heart ; so the 
wrath of the Lord came not upon him. See 
Ahab, 1 Kings xxi. 29. — Rehoboam, 2 Chron. 
xii. 6, 7. 12. — Manasseh, 2 Chron. xxxiii. 12. 
19. — Nebuchadnezzar, Dan. iv. 30 to. 37. 

XXXVIII. Examples of humility. Jesus 
Christ. Matt. xi. 29. Jesus said, Take my 
yoke upon you, and learn of me ; for I am 
meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find 
rest unto your souls. 

xx. 28. The Son of man came not to be 
ministered unto, but to minister, and to give 
his life a ransom for many. 

John xiii. 5. Jesus poured water into a 



bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet. — 
Ver. 12 — 15. After «e had washed their feet, 
he said unto them, Know ye what I have 
done unto you? Ye call me Master and Lord, 
and ye say well, for so I am : If I then, your 
Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye 
also ought to wash one another's feet. For I 
have given you an example, that ye should do 
as I have done to you. 

Phil. ii. 5 — 8. Let this mind be in you 
which was also in Christ Jesus : who, being 
in the form of God, thought it not robbery to 
be equal with God : yet made himself of no 
reputation, and took upon him the form of a 
servant, and was made in the likeness of men ; 
and being found in fashion as a man, he hum- 
bled himself, &c. 

XXXIX. The Elect. Col. iii. 12. Put on, as 
the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of 
mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meek^ 
ness, long-suffering, forbearing one another in 
love. Eph. iv. 2. 

XL. Humbled saints: their expressions. 
Gen. xviii. 27. Abraham said, Behold, now I 
have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, 
who am but dust and ashes. 

xxxii. 9, 10. Jacob said, God, I am not 
worthy of the least of thy mercies, and of all 
the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy 
servant. 

xli. 1 6. Joseph said, It is not in me to give 
an answer ; God shall give an answer of peace. 
Dan. ii. 30. 

Exod. iii. 1 1. Moses said unto God, Who am 
I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I 
should bring forth the children of Israel out of 
Egypt? 

1 Chron. xxix. 14. David said, Who am I, 
and what is my people, that we should be able 
to offer so willingly after this sort 1 All things 
come of thee, and of thine own have we given 
thee. See 2 Sam. vii. 19. Thou hast spoken 
of thy servant's house for a great while to 
come, &c. 

Job vii. 17. Job said, What is man that thou 
shouldest magnify him, and that thou shouldest 
set thy heart upon him 1 

viii. 9. We are but of yesterday, and know 
nothing. Ch. iv. 19. Crushed before the 
moth. 

xl. 4. Behold I am vile ; I will lay my hand 
upon my mouth. 

xlii. 5, 6. Mine eye seeth thee : wherefore 
I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. 

Ps. viii. 3, 4. When I consider thy heavens, 
the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars 
which thou hast made, I say, What is man, 
that thou art mindful of him ? and the son of 
man, that thou visitest him 1 

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cxv. 1. Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, 
but unto thy name give glory ; for thy mercy, 
and for thy truth's sake. 

cxliv. 3, 4. Lord, what is man, that thou 
takest knowledge of him 1 or the son of man, 
that thou makest account of him 1 Man is 
like to vanity. 

Matt. viii. 8. The centurion said to Jesus, 
I am not worthy that thou shouldest come 
under my roof. 

Luke v. 8. Simon Peter said to Jesus, De- 
part from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord. 

xviii. 13, 14. The publican, standing afar 
off, would not so much as lift up his eyes unto 
heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, 
God be merciful to me a sinner. This man 
went down to his house justified rather than 
the other. 

Acts iii. 12. The apostles said, Why look 
ye on us, as though by our own power or ho- 
liness we had made this man to walk] — Ver. 
16. The name of Jesus, through faith in his 
name, hath made this man strong. 

xx. 19. Serving the Lord with all humility 
of mind. 

Rom. vii. 18. I know that in me (that is, 
in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing. 

1 Cor. xv. 9. I am the least of the apostles, 
and am not worthy to be called an apostle. 
Eph. iii. 8. To me, who am less than the least 
of all the saints, is this grace given. 

2 Cor. iii. 5, Not that we are sufficient of 
ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves, 
but our sufficiency is of God. 

xii. 10. When I am weak, then am I strong. 

Gal. ii. 20. I live ; yet not I, but Christ 
liveth in me. 

Phil. iii. 12—14. Not as though I had al- 
ready attained, either were already perfect. I 
count not myself to have apprehended, I press 
toward the mark, for the prize of the high 
calling of God in Christ Jesus. 

PRIDE. 

XLI. Pride against God. Exod.xviii.il. 
The Lord is greater than all gods : for in the 
thing wherein they dealt proudly, he was 
above them. Compare Exod. ix. 17. 

Ps. x. 4. The wicked through the pride of 
his countenance will not seek after God : God 
is not in all his thoughts. See Jer. xliii. 2. 

lxxiii. 6. The pride of the wicked com- 
passeth them about as a chain. — Ver. 9. 
They set their mouths against the heavens, 
and their tongue walketh through the earth. — 
Ver. 11. They say, How doth God know] 
and is there knowledge in the Most High 1 — 
Ver. 18. Thou castedst them down. 

cxix. 21. Thou hast rebuked the proud that 
are cursed, which do err from thy command- 



ments. Isa. xiv. 4 to 24. See the pride and 
fall of Babylon. 

XLII. Pride against men. Ps. x. 2. The 
wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor. 

xvii. 10. With their mouth they speak 
proudly. 

Ver. 11. They have compassed us in our 
steps. 

lxxxvi. 14. O God, the proud are risen 
against me. Ver. 17. 

cxix. 51. The proud have had me greatly 
in derision. — Ver. 69. They forged a lie 
against me. (Ver. 78. 122.) Ver. 85. They 
have digged pits for me. Ps. cxl. 5. 

cxxiii. 4. Our soul is filled with the con- 
tempt of the proud. 

Prov. xxi. 24. He dealeth in proud wrath. 

xxviii. 25. The proud in heart stirreth up 
strife. Ch. xiii. 10. 

XLIII. Spiritual pride — Such seem to be 
righteous. Deut. ix. 4. Speak not in thy 
heart, saying, For my righteousness the Lord 
brought me in to possess this land. 

2 Kings x. 16. Come, see my zeal for the 
Lord, said Jehu. 

Isa. lxv. 3. A people that provoketh me to 
anger continually. — Ver. 5. Say, Stand by 
thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier 
than thou : these are a smoke in my nose, a 
fire that burnetii all the day. 

Luke xviii. 9. They trust in themselves that 
they are righteous, and despise others. — Ver. 
11, 12. The Pharisee said, God, I thank thee 
that I am not as other men are, extortioners, 
unjust, adulterers ; or even as this publican : 
I fast twice in the week, I pay tithes of all 
that I possess, &c. 

Rom. x. 3. Being ignorant of God's right- 
eousness, they go about to establish their own 
righteousness. 

1 Cor. x. 12. They think they stand, but 
should take heed lest they fall. 

XLIV. They are proud of their supposea 
wisdom and knowledge. Job xii. 2. No 
doubt ye are the people, and wisdom shall die 
with you. 

xv. 8. Dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? 

Jer. viii. 8. How say ye, We are wise, and 
the law of God is with us 1 

1 Cor. iii. 1 8. They deceive themselves ; 
they seem to be wise. 

iv. 6. They are puffed up. — Ver. 8. They 
are full, they are rich, they reign as kings 
without instructors. 

viii. 1 . Their knowledge puffeth them up. — 
Ver. 2. If they think they know any thing, 
they know nothing as they ought to know. 

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selves but they, measuring themselves by 
themselves, and comparing themselves among 
themselves, are not wise. They boast of 
things without their measure. 

1 Tim. vi. 4, 5. Proud, knowing nothing ; 
doting about questions, &c. 2 Tim. iii. 2. 

Rev. iii. 17. They know not that they are 
poor, and miserable, and wretched, and blind, 
and naked. See Korah and his company, 
Numb. xvi. 3. 

XLV. The proud seek honour from men. 
Prov. xxv. 6, 7. They put themselves in the 
place of great men. 

Matt, xx iii. 6. They choose the uppermost 
rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the 
synagogues. Luke xiv. 7. 

Ver. 7. They love to be called of men, 
Rabbi, Rabbi. 

John v. 44. They seek honour of men, and 
not the honour that cometh from God only. 

xii. 43. They love the praise of men more 
than the praise of God. See instances : Ha- 
inan, Esther iii. 5. — v. 5, &c. And Naaman 
the Syrian, 2 Kings v. 11 to 15. 

XL VI. Threats and prayers against the 
proud. 1 Sam. ii. 3. Talk no more so ex- 
ceeding proudly : let not arrogancy come out 
of your mouth : for the Lord is a God of 
knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 

Job ix. 13. If God will not withdraw his 
anger, *.he proud helpers do stoop under him. 

xxvi. 12. By his understanding he smiteth 
through the proud. 

Ps. xii. 3. The Lord shall cut off the tongue 
that speaketh proud things. Ps. xxxi. 18. — 
x\M. — xvii. 10. 

xxxi. 23. The Lord plentifully rewardeth the 
proud doer. 

xxxvi. 11. Let not the foot of pride come 
against me. 

lix. 12. Let them be taken in their pride. 

xciv. 2. Lift up thyself, thou judge of the 
earth ; render a reward to the proud. Luke 
i. 51. 

cxxxviii. 6. The proud the Lord knoweth 
afar off. 

Prov. viii. 13. Wisdom saith, Pride and 
arrogancy do I hate. Ch. vi. 16, 17. 

xvi. 5. Every one that is proud is an abo- 
mination to the Lord. — Ver. 18. Pride goeth 
before destruction ; and a haughty spirit be- 
fore a fall. Ch. xi. 2. When pride cometh, 
then cometh shame; but with the lowly is 
wisdom. 

xxi. 4. A high look, a proud heart, and the 
ploughing of the wicked is sin. 

xxix. 23. A man's pride shall bring him 
low. 

Isa. ii. 11, 12. The lofty looks of man shall 
be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall 
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be bowed down ; and the Lord alone shall be 
exalted in that day. For the day of the Lord 
of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud 
and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted 
up ; and he shall be brought low. Ch. v. 15, 
16. — xxvi. 5. 

xiii. 11. I will cause the arrogancy of the 
proud to cease, and will lay low the haughti- 
ness of the terrible. 

xxiii. 9. The Lord hath purposed it, to 
stain the pride of all glory. 

xxv. 11. He shall bring down their pride. 

xxviii. 1. Woe to the crown of pride. 

Jer. xiii. 15, 16. Hear ye ; and give ear ; be 
not proud ; for the Lord hath spoken : Give 
glory to the Lord your God, before he cause 
darkness, and before your feet stumble on the 
dark mountains. Ver. 18. 

Dan. iv. 37. Those that walk in pride, he is 
able to abase. 

Zeph. ii. 10, 11. This shall they have for 
their pride : The Lord will be terrible unto 
them. 

Mark vii. 22. Out of the heart proceed pride, 
foolishness ; and these defile the man. Ver. 23. 

Rom. i. 28 — 30. God gave them over to a 
reprobate mind who did not like to retain God 
in their knowledge : Being filled with all un- 
righteousness ; proud, boasters, &c. 

1 John ii. 16. The lust of the flesh, the lust 
of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the 
Father, but is of the world. 

ARROGANCY. 

XLVII. Arrogancy. 1 Sam. ii. 3. Let not 
arrogancy come out of your mouth. 

Prov. viii. 13. Pride and arrogancy, and the 
evil way, do I hate, saith Wisdom. 

Isa. xiii. 11. I will cause the arrogancy of 
the proud to cease, saith the Lord. 

LOFTINESS. 

XLVIII. Loftiness. Ps. lxxiii. 8. The 
wicked speak loftily. (Prov. xxx. 13.) Ver. 
18. Thou castedst them down to destruction. 

cxxxi. 1. Lord, my heart is not haughty 
nor mine eyes lofty. 

HAUGHTY. 

XLIX. Haughty. 2 Sam. xxii. 28. Thine 
eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayesi 
bring them down. Ezek. xvi. 50. 

Prov. xviii. 12. Before destruction the heart 
of man is haughty. Ch. xvi. 18. 

Isa. iii. 16, 17. Because the daughters of 
Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched 
forth necks, the Lord will smite them with a 
scab, &c. 

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xiii. 11. I will lay low the haughtiness of 
the terrible. 

Zeph. iiL 11. Thou shalt no more be haughty. 
Mic. ii. 3. 

L. Exalting one's self. Ps. lxvi. 7. Let 
not the rebellious exalt themselves. Ps. cxl. 8. 

Prov. xvii. 19. He that exalteth his gate, 
seeketh destruction. 

Matt, xxiii. 12. Whosoever exalteth him- 
self shall be abased. Luke xiv. 11. 

2 Thess. ii. 4. The man of sin and son of 
perdition opposeth and exalteth himself above 
all that is called God, or is worshipped. — Ver. 
8. Whom the Lord will consume with the 
spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the 
brightness of his coming. 

LI. Lifting up one's self Deut. viii. 11. 
14. Beware that thy heart be not lifted up, 
and thou forget the Lord thy God. Ver. 11, 
12. 17. 

xvii. 18 — 20. The king shall write him a 
copy of the law. He shall read therein, that 
he may learn to fear the Lord his God, that 
his heart be not lifted up above his brethren. 

2 Chron. xxvi. 16. When Uzziah was 
strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruc- 
tion ; for he transgressed against the Lord his 
God. Ch. xxv. 19, 20. 

Ps. lxxxiii. 2. They that hate thee have 
lifted up the head. 

1 Tim. iii. 6. A bishop must not be a no- 
vice, lest being lifted up with pride, he fall into 
the condemnation of the devil. See Prov. 
xxx. 32. 

LII. Magnifying one's self Ps. xxxv. 26. 
Let them be clothed with shame that magnify 
themselves. Ps.xxxviii. 16. — lv. 12. Lam.i. 9. 

LIII. Glorying. Jer. xlix. 4, 5. Wherefore 
gloriest thou, O backsliding daughter, that 
trusted in her treasures 1 Behold I will bring 
a fear upon thee, saith the Lord of hosts, from 
all that are about thee. 

Prov. xxv. 27. For men to search their own 
glory, is not glory. 

1 Cor. i. 27—29. God hath chosen the 
foolish things of the world to confound the 
wise ; and weak things to confound the mighty ; 
and base things, and things that are despised, 
and things that are not, hath God chosen to 
bring to naught things that are ; that no flesh 
should glory in his presence. 

iii. 21. Let no man glory in men. Ch. v. 2. 6. 

iv. 7. Who maketh thee to differ 1 and what 
hast thou, that thou didst not receive 1 Now 
if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory 
i «s if thou hadst not received it 1 

2 Cor. v. 12. Some glory in appearance. 
xi. 18. Many glory after the flesh. 



xii. 5. Of myself will I not glory, but in 
mine infirmities. 

Gal. v. 26. Let us not be desirous of vain 
glory. 

Phil. ii. 3. Let nothing be done through 
strife or vain-glory. 

iii. 19. Some glory in their shame. 

James iii. 14. Glory not, and lie not against 
the truth. 

Prov. xxvii. 2. Let another man praise thee, 
and not thine own mouth ; a stranger, and not 
thine own lips. Ch. xxv. 27. 2 Cor. xii. 5. 

BOASTING. 

LIV. Boasting. 1 Kings xx. 11. Let not 
him that girdeth on his armour boast himself 
as he that putteth it off. 

Ps. x. 3. The wicked boasteth of his heart's 
desire. James iii. 5. 

xlix. 6. They boast themselves of the mul- 
titude of their riches. Luke xii. 16 to 20. 

Iii. 1. They boast of mischief. Ps. xciv. 4 

Prov. xxvii. 1. Boast not thyself of to-mor- 
row. James iv. 14, 15, 16. 

Rom. i. 30. The wicked are proud, boast- 
ers, &c. 

iii. 27. Boasting [against God] is excluded 
by the law of faith. 

Eph. ii. 8, 9. Ye are saved through faith, 
not of works, lest any man should boast. 

SCORNING 

LV. Scorning. Ps. i. 1. Blessed is he that 
sitteth not in the seat of the scornful. 

cxxiii. 4. Our soul is filled with the scorn- 
ing of those that are at ease. 

Prov. i. 22. How long, ye simple ones, will 
ye love simplicity 1 and the scorners delight in 
their scorning, and fools hate knowledge ? 

iii. 34. The Lord scorneth the scorners; 
but he giveth grace to the lowly. 

ix. 7. He that reproveth a scorner getteth 
to himself shame. — Ver. 8. Reprove not a 
scorner, lest he hate thee. — Ver. 12. If thou 
scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. 

xiii. 1. A scorner heareth not rebuke. 

xiv. 6. A scorner seeketh wisdom, and 
findeth it not. 

xv. 12. A scorner loveth not one that re- 
proveth him. 

xix. 25. Smite a scorner and the simple will 
beware. 

Ver. 29. Judgments are prepared for 
scorners. 

xxi. 1 1 . When the scorner is punished, the 
simple is made wise. 

Ver. 24. Proud and haughty scorner is his 
name, that dealeth in proud wrath. 

xxii. 10. Cast out the scorner, and conten- 



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tion shall go out ; yea, strife and reproach shall 
cease. 

xxiv. 9. The scorner is an abomination to 
men. 

xxix, 8. Scornful men bring a city into a 
snare. 

Isa. xxviii. 14. Hear the word of the Lord, 
ye scornful men, that rule this people. Ver. 
15, 16 

Hos. vii. 5. The king stretched out his hand 
with scorners. 

LVI. Threats against kings and nations, 
for their pride, haughtiness, S^c. Pharaoh, 
Exod. ix. 17. Ch. x. 11. 14. 27. Neh. ix. 
10, 11. Ezek. xxix. 15. Isa. xix. 11. 

Assyria, 2 Kings xix. 22 to 36. Compare 
Isa. xxxvii. 23. — x. 5 to 17. — xiv. 4 to 24. 
Jer. 1. 29. 31. Ezek. xxxi. 3 to 18. Dan. 
iv. 30, 31, 32.— v. 20. Hab. ii. 4 to 1 2. Zech. 
x. 11. 

Israel, Neh. ix. 16, 17. 27. 29. Isa. ix. 8 to 
10. Hos. v. 5. 14.— vi. 7. 

Judah, Jer. xiii. 9 to 27. 

Tyre, Isa. xxiii. 8, 9. Ezek. xxviii. 2 to 18. 
Zech. ix. 3, 4. 

Moab, Isa. xvi. 6 to 14. Jer. xlviii. 26 to 
42. Zeph. ii. 8 to 15. 

Ammon, Jer. xlix. 16. 

Edom, Ezek. xxxv. 13—15. Obad. 4. 12. 15. 



OF MARRIAGE. 

LVII. Of marriage. Gen. i. 27. God 
created man, male and female. Matt. xix. 4, 5. 

ii. 18, The Lord said, It is not good that the 
man should be alone ; I will make him a help- 
mate for him. 

Ver. 23, 24. Adam said of the woman, This 
is bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh. 
Therefore shall a man leave his father and 
mother, and shall cleave unto his wife ; and 
they shall be one flesh. 1 Cor. xi. 12. 

John ii. 1. 2. There was a marriage in Cana 
of Galilee. Jesus was called, and his disci- 
ples, to the marriage. 

1 Cor. vii. 2. To avoid fornication, let every 
man have his own wife, and every woman her 
own husband. See ver. 9. 28. 36. 

ix. 5. Have we not power to lead about a 
wife as well as other apostles, and as the bre- 
thren of the Lord, and Cephas "? 

1 Tim. iv. 1. In the latter times some shall 
depart from the faith. — Ver. 3. Forbidding to 
marry. 

v. 14. I will therefore that the younger wo- 
men marry, bear children, &c. 

Heb. xiii. 4. Marriage is honourable in all, 
and the bed undefiled ; but whoremongers, and 
adulterers, God will judge. 



LVIII. Divorce was permitted by the law 
of Moses. Deut. xxiv. 1 to 4. 

LIX. Divorce was disapproved. Mai. ii. 15. 

LX. Divorce is expressly forbidden in the 
New Testament. Matt. xix. 4 — 6. Jesus said, 
He which made them at the beginning, made 
them male and female : For this cause shall 
a man leave father and mother, and cleave 
unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh. 
(Gen. ii. 24. 1 Cor. vi. 16. Eph. v. 31.) 
What therefore God hath joined together, let 
not man put asunder. 

Ver. 8, 9. Moses, because of the hardness 
of your hearts, suffered you to put away your 
wives ; but from the beginning it was not so. 
I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his 
wife, except it be for fornication, and shall 
marry another, committeth adultery. And 
whoso marrieth her that is put away, doth 
commit adultery. Ch. v. 32. Whosoever shall 
put away his wife, saving for the cause of for- 
nication, causeth her to commit adultery. 

Rom. vii. 2, 3. The woman which hath a 
husband, is bound by the law to her husband, 
so long as he liveth. If while her husband 
liveth she be married to another man, she 
shall be called an adulteress ; but if her hus- 
band be dead, she is no adulteress, though she 
be married to another man. 

1 Cor. vii. 10, 11. Let not the wife depart 
from her husband : or if she depart, let her re- 
main unmarried, or let her be reconciled to her 
husband : And let not the husband put away 
his wife. Ver. 34. 

LXI. Of marriage with unbelievers. 2 Cor. 
vi. 14, 15. Be ye not unequally yoked together 
with unbelievers. For what part hath he that 
believeth with an infidel 1 — Ver. 17. Where- 
fore come out from among them, and be ye 
separate, saith the Lord. 

LXII. The Jeius were forbidden to make 
marriages with the heathen inhabitants of 
Canaan, lest they should be thereby enticed 
to idolatry. Exod. xxxiv. 16. Take heed, 
lest thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, 
and their daughters make thy sons go a-whor- 
ing after their gods. 

Deut. vii. 3, 4. Thy daughter thou shalt not 
give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou 
take unto thy son. For they will turn away 
thy son from following me. Josh, xxiii. 12, 
13. See instances of such unhappy marriages, 
Judg. iii. 5 to 8. 1 Kings xi. 1 to 12. Ezra 
ix. 2. 12. 

This sin reformed. Neh. xiii. 23 to 27. 
Ezra x. 2, 3. 11. 

LXIII. The embracing of Christianity did 
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unbelievers. 1 Cor. vii. 12, 13. If any bro- 
ther hath a wife that believeth not, and she be 
pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her 
away. The woman that hath a husband that 
believeth not, if he be pleased to dwell with 
her, let her not leave him. See to ver. 17. 

LXIV. The husband, his duties. Prov. v. 
18, 1 9. Rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 
(Eccl. ix. 9.) Be thou ravished always with 
her love, Ch. xix. 14. — xviii. 22. 

1 Cor. vii. 3 — 5. Let the husband render 
to the wife due benevolence; likewise also 
the wife to the husband. The wife hath not 
power over her own body, but the husband ; 
likewise also the husband hath not power over 
his own body, but the wife. Defraud not one 
another. 

Eph. v. 23. The husband is the head of the 
wife, even as Christ is the head of the church. 
— Ver. 25. Husbands, love your wives, even as 
Christ loved the church. 

Ver. 28. So ought men to love their wives, 
even as their own bodies. — Ver. 33. Let every 
one of you love his wife, even as himself. 

Col. iii. 19. Husbands, love your wives, and 
be not bitter against them. 

1 Pet. iii. 7. Husbands, dwell with your 
wives according to knowledge, giving honour 
unto the wife as the weaker vessel, and being 
heirs together of the grace of life : that your 
prayers be not hindered. Ver. 9. 

LXV. The wife, her duties. Prov. xi. 16. 
A gracious woman retaineth honour. 

xii. 4. A virtuous woman is a crown to her 
husband ; but she that maketh ashamed is as 
rottenness in his bones. 

xiv. 1. Every wise woman buildeth her 
house, but the foolish plucketh it down with 
her hands. 

xix. 14. A prudent wife is from the Lord. 

xxxi. 10 — 12. Who can find a virtuous 
woman 1 for her price is far above rubies. The 
heart of her husband doth safely trust in her. 
She will do him good, and not evil, all the 
days of her life. See to the end of this 
chapter. 

1 Cor. vii. 34. She that is married careth for 
the things of the world, how she may please 
her husband. 

Eph. v. 22 — 24. Wives, submit yourselves 
unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 
(Col. iii. 18.) For the husband is the head of 
the wife, even as Christ is the head of the 
church. As the church is subject to Christ, 
so let the wives be unto their own husbands in 
every thing. 

Ver. 33. Let the wife see that she reverence 
her husband. 

1 Tim. ii. 11 — 13. Let the woman learn in 
silence with all subjection. I suffer not a wo- 



I man to teach, nor to usurp authority over the 
[ man, but to be in silence. For Adam was 
J first formed, then Eve. 

v. 14. I will that the younger women mar- 
j ry, bear children, guide the house, give none 
occasion to the adversary to speak reproach- 
fully. 

Tit. ii. 4, 5. That the aged women teach 
the young women to be sober, to love their 
husbands, to love their children ; to be discreet, 
chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their 
own husbands ; that the word of God be not 
blasphemed. 

1 Pet. iii. 1 . Wives, be in subjection to your 
own husbands. — Ver. 6. Even as Sarah obey- 
ed Abraham, calling him lord. 

Concerning woman's apparel. See 1 Tim. 
ii. 9. 1 Pet., iii. 3, 4. 



DUTIES TOWARDS CHILDREN. 

LXVl. To provide for their support. Gen. 
xxx. 30. Jacob said, And now when shall I 
provide for mine own house also 1 

Prov. xiii. 22. A good man leaveth an in- 
heritance to his children's children. 1 Chron. 
xxviii. 8. 

2 Cor. xii. 14. The parents ought to lay up 
for their children. 

1 Tim. v. 8. If a man provide not for his 
own, specially for those of his own house, he 
hath denied the faith, and is worse than an in- 
fidel. 

LXVII. To defend them. Neh. iv. 14. 
Fight for your sons and your daughters, your 
wives and your houses. See Numb. xi. 12. 

LXVIII. To pray for them. Instances. 
Gen. xvii. 18. Abraham prays for Ishmael. 
Ver. 20. 

2 Sam. xii. 16. David for his child. Ver. 21 
Job i. 5. Job for his sons. 

LXIX. To instruct them. Gen. xviii. 19. 
I know Abraham, that he will command his 
children and his household after him, and they 
shall keep the way of the Lord, to do ju&tice 
and judgment ; that the Lord may bring upon 
Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. 

Exod. x. 2. Tell in the ears of thy son, and 
of thy son's son, what things I have wrought 
in Egypt, that ye may know how that I am 
the Lord. 

Deut. vi. 6, 7. These words which I com- 
mand thee this day shall be in thy heart : And 
thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy 
children, and talk of them when thou sittest 
in thy house, and when thou walkest by the 
way, and when thou liest down, and when 
thou risest up. Ver. 8. 20, 2 1 . Ch. xi. 1 8, 1 9. 



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xxxii. 46. Ye shall command your children 
to do all the words of this law. 

Prov. xxii. 6. Train up a child in the way 
he should go, &c. 

Isa. xxxviii. 1 9. The father to the children 
shall make known thy truth. Ps. lxxviii. 4, 7. 

Joel i. 2, 3. Give ear, all ye inhabitants of 
the land. Tell ye your children of it, and let 
your children tell their children, and their 
children another generation. 

Eph. vi. 4. Fathers, provoke not your child- 
ren, but bring them up in the nurture and ad- 
monition of the Lord. Col. iii. 21. See also 
Deut. iv. 9, 10.— xxxi. 12, 13. 

LXX. Particular heads of instruction. 
Exod. xii. 26, 27. When your children shall 
ask, What mean ye by this service? Ye 
shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord's pass- 
over, who passed over the houses of the child- 
ren of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the 
Egyptians. 

xiii. 8. Thou shalt shew thy son, saying, 
This is done because of that which the Lord 
did to me when I came out of Egypt. Ver. 14. 

Josh. iv. 20 — 23. Those twelve stones 
which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua 
pitch in Gilgal ; saying, When your children 
shall ask their fathers, What mean these 
stones ? then ye shall let your children know, 
saying, The Lord your God dried up the wa- 
ters of Jordan before you. — Ver. 24. That all 
the people of the earth might know the hand 
of the Lord, that it is mighty. 

LXXI. Parents careful to instruct children, 
were: Gen. xviii. 19. Abraham. 1 Chron. 
xxviii. 9. Prov. iv. 3. David. Prov. xxxi. 1. 
Lemuel's mother. 2 Tim. i. 5. Timothy's 
mother and grandmother. 

LXXII. Correcting children. Prov. xiii. 
24. He that spareth the rod hateth his son, 
but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. 

xix. 18. Chasten thy son while there is 
hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. 

xxii. 15. Foolishness is bound in the heart 
of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive 
it far from him. 

xxiii. 13, 14. Withhold not correction from 
the child. Thou shalt beat him with a rod, 
and shalt deliver his soul from hell. 

xxix. 15. The rod and reproof give wisdom ; 
but a child left to himself bringeth his mother 
to shame. — Ver. 17. Correct thy son and he 
shall give thee rest ; yea, he shall give delight 
unto thy soul. See Deut. viii. 5. 1 Tim. iii. 4. 

This duty neglected by David, 1 Kings i. 6. 
By Eli, 1 Sam. ii. 22, &c. 

LXXI II. Parents careful to marry their 
children info religious families. Gen. xxiv. 
2, 3. Abraham said to his servant, Swear by 



the God of heaven and earth, that thou shalt 
not take a wife to my son of the daughters 
of the Canaanites, &c. Ver. 4. 38. 

See also, Ch. xxvii. 46. — xxviii. 1. 6. — 
xxxviii. 6. Transgressed by Esau, Gen. xxvi. 
34, 35. — xxviii. 8, 9. 

Marriage with the heathen inhabitants of 
Canaan forbidden, for the ill consequences of 
such marriages: Ex. xxxiv. 16. Deut. vii. 3. 
Josh, xxiii. 1 2, 1 3. Judg. iii. 5, 6, 7. 1 Kings 
xi. 1 to 12. Ezra ix. 2. 12. Neh. xiii. 23 
to 27. 

LXXIV. Portions given to children by 
parents. Gen. xxv. 5, 6. Abraham gave all 
that he had to Isaac. But unto the sons of 
the concubines which Abraham had, Abraham 
gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac. 

xlviii. 21, 22. Israel said to Joseph, I have 
given thee one portion above thy brethren. 

The oldest son, by the law of Moses, was 
to have a double portion, Deut.xxi. 15, 16, 17. 



CHILDREN AMONG THE PROMISED 
BLESSINGS. 

LXX V. Children are among the promised 
blesshrgs of God to mankind. Gen. i. 28. 
God blessed Adam and Eve, and said unto 
them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish 
the earth. 

viii. 15 — 17. God spake unto Noah, say- 
ing, Go forth of the ark, thou and thy wife, 
and thy sons and thy sons' wives with thee ; 
and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth. 
Ch. ix. 1. 7. 

xiii. 14. 16. The Lord said unto Abram, I 
will make thy seed as the dust of the earth ; 
so that if a man can number the dust of the 
earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. 
Ch. xxii. 16, 17. 

xv. 5. The Loru said to Abram, Look to- 
ward heaven, and tell the stars if thou be able 
to number them : and he said unto him, So 
shall thy seed be. 

xvii. 1. 5, 6. The Lord appeared unto 
Abram, and said unto him, Thy name shall 
be called Abraham ; for a father of many na- 
tions have I made thee. I will make thee ex- 
ceeding fruitful, and will make nations of thee, 
and kings shall come out of thee. See Hagar, 
Ch. xvi. 10.— xvii. 20.— xxi. 13. 

xxvi. 2. 4. The Lord appeared unto Isaac, 
and said, I will make thy seed to multiply as 
the stars of heaven. 

xxviii. 1 4. The Lord said unto Jacob, Thy 
seed shall be as the dust of the earth ; and 
thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to 
the east, and to the north and to the south. 
See Ch. xxxv. 9. 11.— xxxii. 12.— xlviii. 3,4. 

xxxiii. 5. Jacob said, These are the children 



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that God hath graciously given thy servant. 
Isa. viii. 18. 

LXXVI. Children promised. Gen. xlviii. 
19. Jacob said, Ephraim's seed shall become a 
multitude of nations. 

xlix. 22. Joseph is a fruitful bough. — Ver. 
25. The Almighty shall bless thee, with the 
blessings of the breasts and of the womb. 

Lev. xxvi. 9. I will make you fruitful, and 
will multiply you. 

Numb. xxiv. 7. It is said of Jacob, His 
seed shall be upon many waters. 

Deut. vii. 13, 14. The Lord thy God will 
love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee. 
Thou shalt be blessed above all people ; there 
shall not be male nor female barren among 
you. Ex. xxiii. 26. 

xxviii. 4. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy 
body. Ver. 1 1. 

Josh. xxiv. 3. I took your father Abraham, 
and multiplied his seed. 

Neh. ix. 23. Their children thou multi- 
pliedst as the stars of heaven. 

Job v. 25. Thine offspring shall be as the 
gra^s of the earth. Isa. xlviii. 18, 19. — 
xlix. 20. 

Ps. cxiii. 9. He maketh the barren woman 
to be a joyful mother of children. 

cxv. 14. The Lord shall increase you more 
and more, you and your children. 

ex x vii. 3. Children are a heritage of the 
Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 

exxviii. 3. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine 
by the sides of thy house ; thy children like 
olive plants round about thy table. — Ver. 6. 
Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children. 

cxliv. 12. That our sons may be as olive 
plants, our daughters like corner-stones. 

See also, Deut. i. 10.— x. 22.— xiii. 17.— 
xxviii. 62, 63. Josh. xxiv. 3. Job xlii. 12, 
13. Ps. cvii. 38. Prov. xiv. 28. Jer. iii. 
16. — xxx. 19. — xxxiii. 22. Ezek. xvi. 7. — 
xxxvi. 10, 11. — xxxvii. 26. 

LXXVII. A desire of having children is 
natural to mankind. Instances. Prov. xxx. 
16. The grave and the barren womb are not 
satisfied. 

Gen. xi. 30. Sarah, Abram's wife, was bar- 
ren. Ch. xvi. 1, 2, 3. She gave her hand- 
maid to Abram, and said, It may be that I 
may obtain children by her. 

xv. 2, 3. Abram said, Lord, what wilt thou 
give me, seeing I go childless 1 To me thou 
hast given no seed. Ch. xviii. 10. 12. The 
angel said, Sarah shall have a son. (Ch. xvii. 
19.) Sarah heard it and laughed. 

xxiv. 60. They blessed Rebekah, and said, 
Be thou the mother of thousands of millions. 

xxv. 21. Isaac entreated the Lord for his 
wife, because she was barren ; and the Lord 



was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife 
conceived. 

xxviii. 1. 3. Isaac blessed Jacob, and said, 
God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruit- 
ful, and multiply thee. 

xxx. 13. Leah said, Happy am I, for the 
daughters will call me blessed. — Ver. 20. I 
have borne six sons. 

xxix. 31. Rachel was barren. Ch. xxx. 1. 

23. She envied her sister, and said unto Ja- 
cob, Give me children, or else I die. Rachel 
conceived and bare a son, and said, God hath 
taken away my reproach. 

1 Sam. i. 2. Hannah had no children. — 
Ver. 10. 19. She was in bitterness of soul, 
and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore; 
and the Lord remembered her. — Ver. 20. She 
conceived and bare a son, and called his name 
Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of 
the Lord.— Ver. 27. For this child I prayed, 
and the Lord hath given me my petition. 

Luke i. 7. Elisabeth was barren. — Ver. 13. 
The angel said unto Zacharias, Thy prayer is 
heard, thy wife shall bear thee a son. — Ver. 

24. Elisabeth conceived, and said, Thus hath 
the Lord dealt with me, to take away my re- 
proach. Ver. 25. 

LXXVIII. God's care of ?nofhers. Gen. 
iii. 16. Unto the woman the Lord said, I will 
greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy concep- 
tion ; in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children. 
1 Tim. ii. 1 5. Nevertheless she shall be saved 
in child-bearing, if they continue in faith and 
holiness, with sobriety. 

xlix. 25. The Almighty shall bless thee 
with the blessings of the breasts and of the 
womb. 

Deut. vii. 1 3. He will bless the fruit of thy 
womb. See Exod. xxi. 22. Hurt not a wo- 
man with child. 

LXXIX. God's care of children. Exod. 
i. 17. The mid wives saved the men-children 
alive. — Ver. 21. And God made them houses. 

Ps. xxii. 9, 10. Thou art he that took me 
out of the womb, and didst make me hope 
when I was upon my mother's breasts. I was 
cast upon thee from the womb : thou art my 
God from my mother's belly. Ps. ixxi. 6. 

Jonah iv. 11. God said, Should not I spare 
Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more 
than six score thousand persons that cannot 
discern between their right hand and their left '.' 

Mark x. 14. Jesus said, Suffer little children 
to come unto me, and forbid them not ; for of 
such is the kingdom of heaven. — Ver. 16. 
And he took them in his arms, and blessed 
them. 

LXXX. The grief of parents at parting 
with their children. Gen. xliii. 14. Jacob 



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said, If I am bereaved of my children, I am 
bereaved. Ch. xiii. 38.— xliv. 29. 31. 

Job xxix. 2. 5. Job said, that I were as 
in months past ; when the Almighty was yet 
with me, when my children were about me. 

LXXXI. Godly parents blessed in the hap- 
piness of their children. Deut. iv. 40. Thou 
shalt keep his statutes, that it may be well with 
thee, and with thy children after thee. See 
ch. v. 29.— xii. 25. 28. 

Ps. xxv. 12, 13. He that feareth the Lord, 
his seed shall inherit the earth. 

xxxvii. 25, 26. Yet have I not seen the 
righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 
His seed is blessed. 

cii. 28. The children of thy servants shall 
continue, and their seed shall be established 
before thee. 

cxlvii. 13. He hath blessed thy children 
with thee. 

Isa. xliv. 3. I will pour my blessing upon 
thine offspring. See ch. lxi. 9. — Ixv. 23. 

Jer. xxxii. 39. I will give them one heart 
and one way, that they may fear me for ever ; 
for the good of them and of their children after 
them. 

THE WICKED PUNISHED IN THEIR 
CHILDREN. 

LXXXII. The wicked punished in the ca- 
lamities of their children. Exod. xx. 5. I 
am a jealous God, visiting the iniquities of the 
fathers upon the children, unto the third and 
fourth generation of them that hate me. Ch. 
xxxiv. 7. Numb. xiv. 18. Deut. v. 9. 

Numb. xiv. 33. Your children shall wander 
in this wilderness forty years, and bear your 
whoredoms. 

Job xxi. 19. God layeth up the iniquity of 
the wicked for his children. Isa. xiv. 21. 

Jer. ii. 9. With your children's children 
will I plead, saith the Lord. 

xxxii. 18. Thou recompensest the iniquity 
of the fathers into the bosom of their children 
after them. See an instance, 2 Sam. xii. 14, 15. 

LXXXIII. Particular calamities threatened 
against the children of the wicked. Captivity. 
Deut. xxviii. 32. Thy sons and thy daughters 
shall be given to another people, and thine 
eyes shall look and fail for them all the day. 

2 Chron. xxix. 6. Our fathers turned away 
their faces from the habitation of the Lord.— 
Ver. 9. Our sons and our daughters, and our 
wives, are in captivity for this. 

Jer. xlviii. 46. Woe be unto thee, thy sons 
and thy daughters are taken captives. 

Lam. i. 5. For the multitude of her trans- 
gressions her children are gone into captivity. 

Joel iii. 8. I will sell your sons and your 



daughters into the hand of the children cf Ju- 
dah. Ch. ii. 16. See also Jer. x. 20. — 
xxxviii. 23. — xlvii. 3. Lam. v. 13. Ezek. 
xxx. 18. Mic. i. 16. 

LXXXIV. To be slain by an enemy. Isa. 
xiii. 16. Their children shall be dashed in 
pieces before their eyes. Ps. cxxxvii. 9. Hos. 
xiii. 16. 

Jer. xvi. 3, 4. Their children shall die of 
grievous deaths. 

xviii. 21. Deliver up their children to the 
famine, and pour out their blood by the force 
of the sword. Ps. cix. 10. 

xliv. 7. Thus saith the Lord, Wherefore 
commit ye this great evil against your souls, 
to cut off from you man and woman, child and 
suckling 1 

Ezek. xxiii. 47. The enemy shall slay their 
sons and their daughters. 

xxiv. 21. Your sons and your daughters 
shall fall by the sword. Ch. xxv. Amos 
vii. 17. 

See also Lev. xxvi. 22. 1 Sam. xv. 33. 
2 Kings xxv. 7. 2 Chron. xxi. 14. Job xxvii. 
13, 14. Isa. xlvii. 9.— Ii. 18. Jer. xiv. 16.— 
xv. 7. Ezek. ix. 6. 1 Kings xxi. 19. 21, 22. 
compared with 2 Kings ix. 25, 26. 

LXXX V. That they shall suffer by famine. 
Jer. v. 15. I will bring a nation upon you, and 
they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread 
which thy sons and thy daughters should eat 
Ver. 17. Job v. 5. 

xi. 22. Their sons and their daughters shall 
die by famine. 

Hos. iv. 6. Thou hast forgotten the law of 
thy God ; I also will forget thy children. — Ver. 
10. They shall eat and not have enough. See 
Ps. cix. 9, 10. 12. Jer. xviii. 21. Lam. iv. 4. 

LXXXVI. Other evils upon the children 
of the wicked. Job v. 4, 5. His children are 
far from safety, and they are crushed in the 
gate, neither is there any to deliver them. 
The robber swalloweth up their substance. 

xvii. 5. He that speaketh flattery to his 
friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 

xx. 10. His children shall seek to please the 
poor 1 , and his hands shall restore their goods. 

LXXXVII. Erroneous principles in reli- 
gion have destroyed the natural affection of 
parents toward their children. 2 Kings xvi. 
3. Ahaz made his son to pass through the fire. 

2 Chron. xxviii. 3. Ahaz burnt his children 
in the fire. See also, 2 Kings xvii. 17. 31. — 
xxi. 6. Jer. xxxii. 35. Ezek. xvi. 21. — xx. 
26. Matt. x. 21. Forbidden, Lev. xviii. 21.— 
xx. 2, 3, 4. Deut. xviii. 10. 

LXXXVIII. Calamities upon wicked pa- 
rents and children. Lev. xxvi. 29. Ye shall 
eat the flesh of your sons and of your daugh- 



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Chap. XVII. 



ters. See Deut. xxviii. 53. Jer. xix. 9. 
2 Kings vi. 29. Lam. ii. 20.— iv. 10. 

LXXXIX. Want of children to the wicked. 

Hos. ix. 14. Give them a miscarrying womb 
and dry breasts. 2 Sam. vi. 23. Lev. xx. 20. 
Jer. xxii. 30. 

XC. Promises to the godly who are child- 
less. Ps. lxviii. 6. Yet setteth he the solitary 
in families. 

cxiii. 9. He maketh the barren woman to 
keep house, and to be a joyful mother of 
children. 

Isa. Ivi. 4. To the eunuchs, &e. will I give a 
name, and a place within my wails, &c» 

COMMANDMENT FIFTH. 

XCI. Duties of children towards parents. 
Exod. xx. 12. Honour thy father and thy 
mother, that thy days may be long upon the 
Sand. Deut. v. 16. Matt. xv. 4. Eph. vi. 2. 

Lev. xix. 3. Ye shall fear every man his 
mother and his father. 

Prov. i. 8, 9. My son, hear the instruction 
of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy 
mother. They shall be an ornament of grace 
mnto thy head, and chains about thy neck. 

iii. 1, 2. My son, forget not my law, but let 
thy heart keep my commandments : for 
length of days, and long life, and peace, shall 
they add to thee. 

v. 1. My son, attend unto my wisdom, and 
bow thine ear to my understanding. 

vi. 20, 21. Keep thy father's commandment, 
and forsake not the law of thy mother. Bind 
them continually upon thy heart, and tie them 
about thy neck. Ver. 22. 

x. 1. A wise son maketh a glad father, but 
a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. 

xiii. 1. A wise son heareth his father's in- 
structions, but a scorner heareth not rebuke. 

xv. 20. A wise son maketh a glad father, 
but a foolish son despiseth his mother. 

xxiii. 22. Hearken to the father that begat 
thee, and despise not thy mother when she is 
old. 

xxix. 3. Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his 
father. 

Mai. i. 6. A son honoureth his father. Ch. 
iii. 17. 

Matt. xix. 19. Jesus said, Honour thy fa- 
ther and thy mother. 

Eph. vi. 1. Children, obey your parents in 
the Lord, tor this is right. Col. iii. 20. 

Ver. 2, 3. Honour thy father and thy mo- 
ther, (which is the first commandment with 
promise.) that it may be well with thee, and 
thou mayest live long on the earth. Exod. 
xx. 12. 



1 Tim. iii. 4. Having his children in sub- 
jection. 

v. 4. Let them learn to show piety at home, 
and to requite their parents. 

XCII. Instances of dutiful children blessed. 
Gen. ix. 23. Shem and Japheth. Ver. 26, 27. 
— Ch. xxviii. 3, 4. Jacob. Ch. xlvii. 12. — 
xlix- 26.— 1. 10.' Joseph.— Ruth i. 15, 16, 17. 
Ruth. Luke ii. 51. Jesus. Jer. xxxv. 8. 18, 
19. The sons of Jonadab. 

XCIII. Disobedient and un dutiful child- 
ren: threats against them. Exod. xxi. 15. 
He that smiteth his father or mother, shall be 
surely put to death. 

xxi. 17. He that curseth his father or his 
mother shall surely be put to death. Lev. 
xxiv. 15. — xx. 9. Matt. xv. 4, 5, 6. Prov. 
xx. 20. 

Deut. xxi. 18. 21. If a man have a stub- 
born and rebellious son, that will not obey the 
voice of his father or the voice of his mother, 
all the men of his city shall stone him with 
stones that he die. 

xxvii. 16. Cursed be he that setteth light 
by his father or his mother : and all the people 
shall say, Amen. Ezek. xxii. 7. 14. 

Prov. xv. 5. A fool despiseth his father's 
instruction. Ver. 20. 

xvii. 2 1 . He that begetteth a fool doeth it 
to his sorrow ; and the father of a fool hath no 
joy. — Ver. 25. A foolish son is a grief to his 
father, and bitterness to her that bare him. 
Ch. x. 1. 

xix. 13. A foolish son is a calamity to his 
father. 

Ver. 26. He that wasteth his father, and 
chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth 
shame, and bringeth reproach. 

xxviii. 7. He that is a companion of riotous 
men, shameth his father. 

Ver. 24. Whoso robbeth his father or his 
mother, and saith, It is no transgression ; the 
same is the companion of a destroyer. 

xxx. 11. There is a generation that curseth 
their father, and doth not bless their mother. — 
Ver. 17. The eye that mocketh at his father 
and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of 
the valley shall pluck it out, and the young 
eagles shall eat it. 

Isa. xlv. 10. Woe unto him that saith 
unto his father, What begettest thou 1 and to 
the woman, What hast thou brought forth? 

Mic. vii. 6. The son dishonoureth the 
father, and the daughter riseth up against her 
mother. Luke xii. 53. 

2 Tim. iii. 1, 2. Perilous times shall come ; 
men shall be disobedient to parents, &c. 

XCIV. Particular instances of un dutiful 
disobedient children cursed. Gen. ix. 22. 25. 
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1 Sam. ii. 25. The sons of Eli are punished. 
Ver. 31 to 36. 

DUTIES OF MASTERS. 

XCV. Duties of masters towards servant*. 
Lev. xix. 13. The wages of him that is hired 
shall not abide with thee all night until the 
morning. See Deut. xxiv. 15. Jer. xxii. 13. 
Mai. iii. 5. Jam. v. 4. Luke x. 7. 

xxv. 43. Thou shalt not rule over him with 
rigour. Ver. 46. 53. 

Deut. xxiv. 14. Thou shalt not oppress a 
hired servant that is poor and needy, whether 
he be of thy brethren or of strangers. 

Job xxxi. 13 — 15. If I did despise the 
cause of my man-servant or of my maid-ser- 
vant, when they contended with me ; what 
shall I do when God riseth up? and when he 
visiteth, what shall I answer him 1 Did not 
he that made me in the womb make them 1 did 
not one fashion us both ? 

Matt. viii. 6. The centurion besought Jesus 
to heal his servant. 

Eph. vi. 9. Ye masters, do the same things 
unto your servants; forbearing threatening; 
knowing that your Master also is in heaven; 
neither is there respect of persons with him. 
Col. iv. 1. 

Prov. xxx. 10. Accuse not a servant to his 
master. 

Exod. xxi. 20. 26. Beating servants — the 
law thereof. 

xxi. 2. A Hebrew servant, when to go 
free. Lev. xxv. 39, 40, 41. 54. Jer. xxxiv. 14. 

Lev. xxv. 44 — 46. Concerning slaves. 

Deut. xxiii. 15, 16. The fugitive servant. 

DUTIES OF SERVANTS. 

XCVI. Duties of servants. Prov. xiv. 35. 
The king's favour is toward a wise servant. 

xvii. 2. A wise servant shall have rule over 
a son that causeth shame. 

xxvii. 18. He that waiteth on his master 
shall be honoured. 

Mai. i. 6. A servant honoureth his master. 

Matt. x. 24. Neither is the servant above 
his master. Ver. 25. 

Prov. xix. 10. For a servant to have rule 
over princes is not seemly. 

Luke iii. 14. Be content with your wages. 

xvii. 7, 8. Who of you having a servant 
ploughing or feeding cattle, will say to him by 
and by when he is come from the field, Go sit 
down to meat 1 And will not rather say unto 
him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and 
afterward thou shalt eat and drink 1 

1 Cor. vii. 21, 22. Art thou called, being a 
servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest 
be mide free, use it rather. He that is called 
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in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's 
freeman. 

Eph. vi. 5 — 8. Servants, be obedient to them 
that are your masters according to the flesh: 
not with eye-service, as men-pleasers ; but as 
the servants of Christ, doing the will of God 
from the heart; with good will, doing service 
as unto the Lord, and not to men ; Knowing 
that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, 
the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether 
he be bond or free. 

Col. iii. 22. Servants, obey in all things 
your masters according to the flesh ; not with 
eye-service as men-pleasers, but in, singleness 
of heart, fearing God. See ver. 23, 24, 25. 

1 Tim. vi. I. Let as many servants as are 
under the yoke count their masters worthy of 
all honour ; that the name of God and his doc- 
trine be not blasphemed. Ver. 2. 

Tit. ii. 9, 10. Exhort servants to be obe- 
dient to their masters, and to please them well 
in all things, not answering again. Not pur- 
loining, but showing all good fidelity ; that 
they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour 
in all things. 

1 Pet. ii. 18. Servants, be subject to your 
masters with all fear; not only to the good and 
gentle, but also to the froward. Ver. 19. 20, 21. 

Servants are called faithful. Matt. xxiv. 45. 
— xxv. 21. Instances: Abraham's servant, 
Gen. xxiv. — Jacob, Gen. xxxi. 6. See Ps. 
cxxxii. 2. 

Servants are wicked, slothful, unprofitable, 
Matt. xxv. 26. 30. Who knew his Lord's will 
and did it not, Luke xii. 47. 

MAGISTRATES. 

XCVII. Duties of the civil magistrate, to 
administer justice impartially. Deut. i. 16. 
Judge righteously between every man and his 
brother, and the stranger that is with him. 
John vii. 24. 

xvi. 18. Judge the people with just judg- 
ment. Ezek. xviii. 8. 

xix. 18. Make diligent inquisition. Job 
xxix. 16, 17. Prov. xxi. 3. 

xxv. 1. Justify the righteous, and condemn 
the wicked. 

Ps. lxxxii. 3, 4. Defend the poor and 
fatherless ; do justice to the afflicted and needy. 
(Ps. lxxii. 2.) Deliver the poor and needy out 
of the hand of the wicked. 

Prov. xx. 8. A king that sitteth in the 
throne of judgment scattereth away all evil 
with his eyes. — Ver. 26. A wise king scatter- 
eth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over 
them. Ps. ci. 4. 

Ver. 28. Mercy and truth preserve the king; 
and his throne is upholden by mercy. Ch. xvi. 
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xxi. 3. To do justice and judgment is more 
acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. 

xxix. 14. The king that faithfully judgeth the 
poor, his throne shall be established for ever. 

Isa. i. 17. Seek judgment, relieve the op- 
pressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the wi- 
dow. Ver. 18. Though your sins be as scar- 
let, they shall be as snow or as wool. 

lvi. 1, 2. Thus saith the Lord, Keep judg- 
ment and do justice. Blessed is the man that 
doeth this. 

lviii, 6. 8. Loose the bands of wickedness, 
undo the heavy burdens ; let the oppressed go 
free, break every yoke. Then shall thy light 
break forth as the morning. 

lxi. 8. I the Lord love judgment ; I hate 
robbery. 

Jer. xxii. 3, 4. Thus saith the Lord, Exe- 
cute judgment and righteousness, and deliver 
the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, 
and do no wrong: do no violence to the stranger, 
to the fatherless, nor to the widow ; neither shed 
innocent blood in this place. (Ch. xxi. 12.) 
Then shall there enter in by the gates of this 
house, kings sitting upon the throne of David, 
&c. 

Ver. 16. He judged the cause of the poor 
and needy ; then it was well with him. 

Ezek. xlv. 9. Thus saith the Lord God, 
Remove violence and spoil, and execute judg- 
ment and justice ; take away your exactions 
from my people, saith the Lord. 

Hos. xii. 6. Keep mercy and judgment: 
wait on thy God continually. Isa. xvi. 5. In 
mercy shall the throne be established. 

Amos v. 24. Let judgment run down as 
waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. 

Zech. viii. 16. Execute the judgment of 
truth and peace in your gates. Ch. vii. 9. 
Exod. xviii. 16. — xxiii. 6, 7, 8. Deut. xvi. 
19. See Lev. xix. 15. Amos v. 15. 

XC VIII. Qualifications of the civil magis- 
trate. Exod. xviii. 21. Thou shalt provide 
out of all the people able men, such as fear 
God, men of truth, hating covetousness ; and 
place such to be rulers. 

Deut. i. 13. Take you wise men, and un- 
derstanding, and known among your tribes, 
and I will make them rulers over you. Ver. 15. 

xvii. 18, 19. The king shall write him a 
copy of this law in a book. He shall read 
therein all the days of his life, that he may 
learn to fear the Lord his God, and to keep 
all the words of this law, and these statutes, 
to do them. Ver. 15, 16, 17. 20. Josh. i. 8. 

2 Sam. xxiii. 3. He that ruleth over men 
must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 
2 Chron. xix. 6, 7. 9. 

Neh.v. 9, Ought ye not to walk in the fear 
of God ? 



Ps. ii. 10, 11. Be wise, ye kings: be in- 
j structed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the 
Lord with fear. 

Prov. xxix. 2. When the righteous are in 
authority the people rejoice. 

Examples. Jehoshaphat, 2 Chron. xx. 3 
Nehemiah, Neh. v. 15. 

XCIX. The magistrate's concern with re- 
ligion. Numb. xiv. 17. Moses the chief ma- 
gistrate prayeth for the people. Deut. ix. 26. 
He inquireth of God for the people. Exod. 
xviii. 15. 

Josh. vii. 6. Joshua prayeth for the people. 
Ver. 7. 

xxiv. 1 to 28. His religious exhortation to 
the people. 

2 Sam. vi. 2. David's care of the ark of God. 
1 Chron. xxiii. 6. He divides the priests into 
courses. 

vii. 2. He resolves to build a house for the 
worship of God. Ver. 7, 8. 1 Kings viii. 18. 

1 Chron. xxii. 3. He prepares materials 
for building the temple. 

2 Sam. vi. 18. He blesses the people in the 
name of the Lord. 

xxiv. 17. He prayeth for the people. Ver. 25. 

1 Chron. xxix. 19. He prayeth for Solomon. 

2 Sam. iii. 1. David waxed stronger and 
stronger. Ch. v. 10. He grew great, and the 
Lord established him. Ver. 12. 

viii. 14. The Lord preserved him whither- 
soever he went. 

1 Kings iii. 3. Solomon loved the Lord. — 
Ver. 9. He prayed to God for qualifications to 
govern the people. — Ver. 11. His prayer was 
answered. Ch. iv. 29. 

vi. 14. He built the house of God. 

viii. 23. His prayer and exhortation at the 
dedication of the temple. 2 Chron. viii. 14. 
He appoints the courses of the priests. 

1 Chron. xxix. 25. The Lord magnified 
Solomon exceedingly. 

2 Kings xiii. 4, 5. Jehoahaz besought the 
Lord, and the Lord hearkened unto him, and 
gave Israel a saviour. 

2 Chron. xiv. 2. 4. Asa reforms abuses in 
religion. — Ver. 11. He prayeth against the 
Ethiopian army. — Ver. 12. The Lord smote 
the Ethiopians before Asa. 

xv. 8. He farther reforms the nation, and 
takes an oath of the people to reform, and to 
seek the Lord. Ver. 12, 13, 14. 

xvii. 7, 8, 9. Jehoshaphat enjoins the princes 
and the Levites to teach the law of the Lord. 

xix. 4. He reforms abuses and gives a reli- 
gious charge to the judges. See to ver. 1 1. 

xx. 3. He appoints a fast, prays against the 
enemies of the nation, and is heard. See to 
ver. 24. 

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princes to celebrate the passover, which had ] 
been long neglected. 

Ver. 5, 6, 7. He writes letters, and makes 
proclamation to assemble the people. — Ver. 
18. He prays for the people. 

xxxi. 2. He appoints the courses of the 
priests. 

xxxii. 20, 21. He prayed to God against 
the Assyrian army ; and the Lord sent an 
angel which cut off all the mighty men of 
valour, and the leaders and captains in the 
camp of the king of Assyria. 2 Kings xix. 
15. 20. Isa. xxxvi. 1. 

Ver. 22, 23. God saved Hezekiah ; and he 
was magnified in the sight of all nations. 

2 Kings xxii. 3. Josiah's care for the house 
of God. — Ver. 13. He sends to inquire of the 
Lord. 

xxiii. 2, 3. He reads the law to the people, 
and takes an oath of the people to keep it ; 
and reforms abuses in religion. Jer. xxii. 15. 
God was with him. 

Ezra ix. 6. Ezra prays and reforms abuses 
in religion. Ch. viii. 21. 

x. 1. 5. He takes an oath of the people to 
reform. 

Neh. i. 4 to 11. Nehemiah's prayer and 
confession ; on which deliverance is obtained. 
See chapters 2d, 3d, 4th. 

v. 6 to 9. He reforms abuses in religion. 
Ch. xiii. 10 to 31. 

viii. 9. He teacheth the people. 

ix. 1, &c. A remarkable fast is kept, with 
acknowledgment of mercies, humiliation and 
confession of sins. 

x. 29. The people enter into a curse and 
into an oath, to walk in God s law. 

Jonah iii. 7. The king of Nineveh appoints 
a fast. — Ver. 9, 10. God approves thereof, and 
is entreated, and averts the evil which he had 
threatened against Nineveh. 

C. Good magistrates, a blessing promised 
to God's people. Isa. i. 26, 27. I will restore 
thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors 
as at the beginning. Zion shall be redeemed 
with judgment, and her converts with right- 
eousness. 

xxviii. 6. The Lord shall be for a spirit of 
judgment to them that sit in judgment. 

xxxii. 16. Judgment shall dwell in the wil- 
derness, and righteousness in the fruitful field. 

xxxiii. 5. The Lord hath filled Zion with 
judgment and righteousness. 

xlix. 23. Kings shall be thy nursing fathers, 
and queens thy nursing mothers. 

Ix. 16, 17. Thou shalt suck the breast of 
kings. I will make thine officers peace, and 
thine exactors righteousness. 

Jer. xxx. 20, 21. I will punish all that op- 
press my people. Their nobles shall be of 



themselves, and their governor shall proceed 
from the midst of them ; and I will cause him 
to draw near, and he shall approach unto me : 
for who is this that engaged his heart to ap- 
proach unto me 1 saith the Lord. 

Ezek. xlv. 8. Princes shall no more oppress 
my people. 

Zech. ix. 8. No oppressor shall pass through 
them any more. 

CI. Magistracy is of divine appointment. 
Deut. xvi. 18. Judges and officers shalt thou 
make in all thy gates, and they shall judge the 
people. Ch. xvii. 5. Numb. xi. 16, 17. 

Prov. viii. 15. By me kings reign and 
princes decree justice. 

Rom. xiii. 1. There is no power but of 
God ; the powers that be are ordained of God. 
— Ver. 2. The ordinance of God. — Ver. 4. 
The magistrate is the minister of God. 

CII. Sins of Magistrates. Perverting of 
judgment, respect of persons, partiality, &c. 
Exod. xxiii. 6. Thou shalt not wrest the judg- 
ment of thy poor in his cause. Ver. 2. 

Ver. 7. The innocent and righteous slay 
thou not; for I will not justify the wicked. 

Lev. xix. 1 5. Thou shalt do no unrighteous- 
ness in judgment, thou shalt not respect the 
person of the poor, nor honour the person of 
the mighty. Prov. xxiv. 23. 

Deut. i. 17. Ye shall not respect persons in 
judgment ; ye shall not be afraid of the face 
of man ; for the judgment is God's. 2 Chron. 
xix. 6. The Lord is with you in judgment. 
Ver. 7. Rom. ii. 11. There is no respect of 
persons with God. Eph. vi. 9. Col. iii. 25. 

Prov. xvi. 12. It is an abomination to kings 
to commit wickedness. 

Zech. vii. 10. Oppress not the widow nor 
the fatherless, the stranger nor the poor. Job 
xxxi. 21. 

Isa. x. 1, 2. Woe unto them that decree 
unrighteous decrees, and that write grievous- 
ness which they have prescribed ; to turn aside 
the needy from judgment, and to take away 
the right from the poor of my people, that 
widows may be their prey, and that they may 
rob the fatherless. Jer. xxii. 3. 5. 

Ver. 3. What will ye do in the day of visi- 
tation ? See Deut. xix. 15. Job xxxii. 21. 
Ps. xciv. 20. Eccl. v. 8. Isa. i. 10.— iii. 12 
to 15. — xxviii. 14 to 18. Mic. iii. 1 to 4. 
Acts xxiii. 3. 

CIII. Perverting of judgment through 
covetousness, taking gfts, Sf-c. 

Exod. xxiii. 8. Thou shalt not take a gift; 
for a gift blindeth the wise and perverteth the 
words of the righteous. Deut. xvi. 19. 

Prov. xxix. 4. He that receiveth gifts, over- 
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xvii. 23. A wicked man taketh a gift out 
of the bosom, to pervert the ways of judgment. 
See persons threatened for this sin : 1 Sam. 
viii. 3. Isa. i. 23, 24.— v. 22, 23. Jer. xxii. 
17, 18, 19. Ezek. xxii. 27. 31. Hos. iv. 18. 
Amos v. 12. Mic. hi. 11, 12. — vii. 3, 4. See 
persons free from it : 1 Sam. xii. 3. Neh. v. 
14, 15. Promises to such. Isa. xxxiii. 15. 
Ezek. xviii. 17. 

CIV. Perverting of judgment through 
drunkenness. Prov. xxxi. 4. It is not for 
kings to drink wine, nor for princes strong 
drink, lest they drink and forget the law, and 
pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. 

Isa. xxviii. 1. Woe to the drunkards of 
Ephraim. Ver. 3. They shall be trodden 
under foot. 

Ver. 7. They have erred through wine, and 
through strong drink are out of the way. 
Ver. 8. 

v. 22. Woe to them that are mighiy to 
drink wine, and men of strength to mingle 
strong drink. See Eccl. x. 16, 17. 

CV. The misery of being governed by 
weak or wicked rulers. Ps. xii. 8. The 
wicked walk on every side when the vilest 
men are exalted. Eccl. x. 5, 6. 

xciv. 20. Shall the throne of iniquity have 
fellowship with thee, which frame th mischief 
by a law 1 

Prov. xxviii. 15. As a roaring lion, and a 
raging bear, so is a wicked ruler over the poor 
people. 

Ver. 16. The prince that wanteth under- 
standing is a great oppressor. 

xxix. 2. When the wicked beareth rule, the 
people mourn. 

Ver. 12. If a ruler hearken to lies, all his 
servants are wicked. 

Eccl. iii. 1 6. I saw the place of judgment, that 
wickedness was there, and the place of right- 
eousness that iniquity was there. Mic. vii. 3,4. 

x. 16. Woe unto thee, O land, when thy 
king is a child. 

iv. 13. Better is a poor and wise child, than 
an old and foolish king, that will no more be 
admonished. 

Isa. lix. 14. Judgment is turned away back- 
ward, and justice standeth afar off, for truth 
is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 

Amos vi. 12. Ye have turned judgment 
into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into 
hemlock. Hos. x. 4. 

CVI. Such set over a people, as a punish- 
ment for sin. Neh. ix. 37. The kings whom 
thou hast set over us for our sins have domi- 
nion over our bodies, &c. 

Ps. cvi. 41 They that hated them, ruled 
over them 



Prov. xxviii. 2. For the transgressions of a 
land many are the princes thereof. 

Isa. iii. 4. I will give children to their 
princes, and babes shall rule over them. 

Ver. 5. The child shall behave himself 
proudly against the ancients, &c. 

Ver. 12. Children are their oppressors, wo- 
men rule over them. Ver. 13, 14. 

Jer. li. 46. There shall come ruler against 
ruler. 

Lam. v. 8. Servants have ruled over us. 
Neh. v. 15. 

Hos. xiii. 11. I gave thee a king in mine 
anger, and took him away in my wrath. 

Joel ii. 17. Give not thy heritage to the 
heathen, that they should rule over them. 

Ezra ix. 7. For our iniquities have we, our 
kings and our priests, been delivered into the 
hand of the kings of the land, to the sword, 
captivity, spoil and confusion of face. Neh. 
ix. 24. See 1 Sam. viii. 11 to 19. 

CVII. Wicked rulers enemies to religion. 
Ps. ii. 2. The kings of the earth set them- 
selves, and the rulers take counsel against the 
Lord, and against his anointed. Ver. 9. Acts 
iv. 26. 

Luke xxiii. 35. They derided Christ. John 
vii. 48. Acts iv. 26.— xiii. 27. See also Ezra 
ix. 2. Neh. v. 7. — xiii. 11. Rev. xvi. 14. 

CVIII. God's providence over kings and 
rulers, exalting or abasing them. Job xii. 
17. He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and 
maketh the judges fools. Isa. xliv. 25. 

Ver. 1 8. He looseth the bond of kings and 
girdeth their loins with a girdle. 

Ver. 21. He poureth contempt upon princes. 
Ps. cvii. 40. 

xxxiv. 19. He accepteth not the persons of 
princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the 
poor. 

Ver. 24. He shall break in pieces mighty 
men without number, and set others in their 
stead. 

Ps. Ixxvi 7. He putteth down one and 
setteth up another. Ps. lxxviii. 70. Dan.ii.21. 

Ixxvi. 12. He shall cut off the spirit of 
princes, he shall be terrible to the kings of 
the earth. 

lxxxii. 1. God standeth in the congregation 
of the mighty, he judgeth among the gods. 

cxxxv. 10. Who smote great nations, and 
slew mighty kings. 

Isa. xl. 23. He bringeth the princes to 
nothing. 

CIX. Particular instances of God's provi- 
dence in exalting or debasing rulers. Acts 
xiii. 20. God gave them judges until Samuel 
the prophet. 

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Ver. 22. When he had removed him, he 
raised up unto them David. 1 Sam. xx. 30. 
Ps. lxxviii. 70.— lxxxix. 19, 20. 

1 Chron. xxix. 1. Solomon whom alone 
God hath chosen. 

Isa. xix. 13. The princes of Zoan are be- 
come fools. Ver. 14. The Lord hath mingled 
a perverse spirit in the midst of Egypt. 

xxii. 3. All thy rulers are fled together. Ver. 
5. for it is a day of trouble and of treading 
down, and of perplexity from the Lord. 

xxix. 10. The Lord hath poured upon you 
the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your 
eyes, your rulers hath he covered. 

Ver. 14. The wisdom of their wise men 
shall perish, and the understanding of their 
prudent men shall be hid. 

xlv. 1. Thus saith the Lord to his anoint- 
ed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden 
to subdue nations before him. Ch. xliv. 28. 
2 Chron. xxxvi. 22. Ezra i. 1 to 7. 

Jer. xxi. 7. Thus saith the Lord, I will de- 
liver Zedekiah king of Judah and the people 
into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. Ver. 5, 6. 

xxvii. 6. I have given all these lands into 
the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Ba- 
bylon my servant. 

Ver. 7. x\ll nations shall serve him, and his 
son, and his son's son. Jer. xxviii. 14. See 
further, concerning Nebuchadnezzar. Dan. ii. 
37.— iv. 17. 30 to 33.— v. 18, 19. 23. 28. Isa. 
xiv. 12. 

Ezek. xxviii. 2. Say unto the prince of 
Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God, Because thy 
heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am 
a god. 

Ver. 7. I will bring strangers upon thee, 
ver. 8, and they shall bring thee down to 
the pit. 

CX. Duties toward governors,- praying for 
them. Ps. lxxii. 15. Prayer shall be made 
for him continually. 

1 Tim. ii. 1. I exhort, that supplications, 
prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks 
be made for all men. 

Ver. 2. For kings, and for all that are in 
authority, &c. 

Ver. 3. This is good and acceptable in the 
sight of God. 

CXI. Hrmour and respect to be shown to 
their persons in words and actions. Exod. 
xxii. 28. Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor 
curse the ruler of thy people. Acts xxiii. 5. 

1 Sam. xxvi. 9. David said, destroy not 
Saul, the Lord's anointed. Ver. 1 1. Ch. 
xxiv. 6, 7, 8. 

Prov. xx. 2. The fear of a king is as the 
roaring of a lion. 

xxiv. 21. Fear thou the Lord and the king, 



and meddle not with them that are given to 
change. 

Eccl. x. 20. Curse not the king, no, not in 
thy thought. 

1 Pet. ii. 17. Fear God, honour the king. 

2 Pet. ii. 9. The Lord knoweth how to re- 
serve the unjust to the day of judgment, to be 
punished. 

Ver. 10. But chiefly them that despise 
government, and are not afraid to speak evil 
of dignities. 

Jude ver. 8. These filthy dreamers despise 
dominion, and speak evil of dignities. Ver. 
11. See Prov. xxv. 6, 7. 15. Eccl. viii. 4. 
— x. 4. 

See the respectful behaviour of Nathan to 
David. 1 Kings i. 23, 24. Of Daniel to 
Darius. Dan. vi. 21. And of Paul to 
Agrippa. Acts xxvi. 1, 2, 3. Miriam and 
Aaron, their disrespectful language to Moses, 
Numb. xii. 1, 2. Their punishment. Ver. 9. 
10, 11. 

CXII. Obedience to magistrates. Eccl. 
viii. 2. Keep the king's commandment, and 
that in regard of the oath of God. See Ezek. 
xvii. 12 to 20. 

Ver. 5. He who keepeth the command- 
ment shall feel no evil thing. 

Matt. xvii. 26. Jesus said, Then are the 
children free. 

Ver. 27. Notwithstanding, lest we offend, 
give that piece of money for me and thee. 

xxii. 21. Render unto Cesar the things 
which are Cesar's. 

Rom. xiii. 1. Let every soul be subject to 
the higher powers. 

Ver. 5. Be subject not only for wrath, but 
also for conscience' sake. 

Ver. 7. Render to all their dues, tribute to 
whom tribute is due, &c. 

Tit. iii. 1. Put them in mind to be subject 
to principalities and powers, to obey magis- 
trates. 

1 Pet. ii. 13, 14. Submit yourselves to every 
ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, whether 
it be to the king as supreme, or unto go- 
vernors that are sent by him, for the punish- 
ment of evil doers, and for the praise of them 
that do well. See Deut. xvs. 11. Matt, 
xxiii. 2, 3. Prov. xxv. 15. Eccl. x. 4. 

CXIII. Rebellion against magistrates in 
lawful authority, the sin and punishment 
thereof. Deut. xvii. 12. The man that will 
not hearken unto the priest, or unto the judge 
shall die. 

Josh. i. 18. Whosoever will not hearken 
unto thy words, he shall be put to death. 

Judg. ii. 17. They would not hearken to 
I their judges. 

Ezra vii. 26. Whosoever will not do the 
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law of God and of the king, let judgment be 
executed speedily upon him, whether it be 
unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation 
of goods, or to imprisonment. Ch, x. 6, 7, 8. 

Rom. xiii. 2. Whosoever resisteth, resist- 
eth the ordinance of God ; and they that re- 
sist shall receive to themselves damnation. 

See the rebellion of Korah and his company, 
Numb. xvi. 1, &c. — Of the Jews, Ezek. xvii. 
12 to 20. See also Prov. xvi. 14, 15. — xix. 
12.— xx. 2. 

CXIV. Disobedience to magistrates a duty, 
when they abuse their power, by commanding 
things contrary to God's law. Instances. 
Exod. i. 15 to 20. The midwives in Egypt. 

1 Sam. xiv. 45. Saul's army. Ch. xxii. 17. 
Saul's footmen. 

2 Chron. xi. 16. Those who refused to wor- 
ship Jeroboam's calves. 

Esther iii. 1, 2, 3. — Ch. v. 9. Mordecai. 

Dan. iii. 15 to 18. Shadrach, Meshach, and 
Abednego. 

vi. 7 to 10. The prophet Daniel. 

Acts iv. 18, 19, 20.— Ch. v. 27, 28, 29. 
The Apostles. Heb. xi. 27. Moses. 

Obeying in such cases a sin : See 1 Sam. 
xxii. 17. 2 Kings xvii. 7, 8.19. 1 Kings 
xii. 28. 



MINISTERS OF CHRIST. 

CXV. Ministers of Christ, their duties. 
The commission given to the apostles. Matt, 
v. 1. Jesus's disciples came unto him. — Ver. 
13. He said, Ye are the salt of the earth, the 
light of the world. Ver. 14. 

ix. 38. Pray the Lord of the harvest that 
he will send forth labourers. 

x. 5. 7, 8. These twelve Jesus sent forth ; 
and commanded them, saying, Go preach ; 
heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, 
cast out devils. — Ver. 14, 15. Whosoever shall 
not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye 
depart out of that house or city, shake off the 
dust of your feet. Verily I say unto you, it 
shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom 
and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than 
for that city. Ver. 40. 

xxviii. 18 — 20. Jesus said, All power is 
given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go 
ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing 
them in the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost ; teaching them 
to observe all things whatsoever I have com- 
manded you : and, lo, I am with you always, 
even unto the end of the world. Amen. 

Mark iii. 14, 15. Jesus ordained twelve 
apostles, that they should be with him. And 
that he mijrht send them forth to preach, and to 
have power to heal sickness, and to cast out 



devils. Ch. vi. 8. See Luke vi. 13. — ix. 
6.— x. 1. 16.— xxi. 15. 

John xiii. 20. He that receiveth whomsoever 
I send, receiveth me. 

xvii. 18. As thou hast sent me into the 
world, even so have I also sent them into thu 
world. Ver. 6, 7, 8. 14. 26. 

xx. 21. As my Father hath sent me, so send 

1 you. 

Acts i. 24. For filling Judas's place, the 
apostles prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which 
knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether 
of these two thou hast chosen, that he may 
take part of this ministry, &c. Ver. 25. 

ix. 15. The Lord said of Paul, He is a 
chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name be- 
fore the Gentiles, and kings, and the children 
of Israel. Ver. 17. 

xiii. 2. The Holy Ghost said, Separate me 
Barnabas and Saul, for the work whereunto I 
have called them. 

xxii. 21. Paul said, Jesus said unto me, I 
will send thee far hence, unto the Gentiles. 

xxvi. 16 — 18. Jesus said to Paul, I have 
appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make 
thee a minister and a witness, both of these 
things which thou hast seen, and of those 
things in the which I will appear unto thee, 
delivering thee from the people, and from the 
Gentiles ; to whom I now send thee, to open 
their eyes, and to turn them from darkness 
unto light, and from the power of Satan unto 
God. 

Rom. i. 1. Paul, called to be an apostle, se- 
parated unto the gospel of God. 

x. 14, 15. How shall they hear without a 
preacher 1 and how shall they preach except 
they be sent 1 

xv. 15, 16. I have written the more boldly 
unto you, putting you in mind, because of 
the grace that is given to me of God, that I 
should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the 
Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, &c. 

2 Tim. i. 11.— iv. 17. 

1 Cor. i. 17. Paul said, Christ sent me to 
preach the gospel. Ver. 27. 

iv. 1, 2. Let a man so account of us, as of 
the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the 
mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in 
stewards, that a man be found faithful. 

ix. 1 7. A dispensation of the gospel is com- 
mitted unto me. 

xi. 23. Paul said, I have received of the 
Lord that which I delivered unto you. 

xv. 3. I delivered unto you, that which I 
received, how that Christ died for our sins, ac- 
cording to the Scriptures. 

2 Cor. iii. 5, 6. Our sufficiency is of God , 
(1 Tim. i. 12 ;) who hath made us able minis 
ters of the New Testament. 

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vessels, that the excellency of the power may- 
be of God and not of us. Ver. 1. 

v. 18. God hath given to us the ministry of 
reconciliation. — Ver. 20. We are ambassadors 
for Christ, as though God did beseech you by 
us : we pray you in Christ's stead be ye re- 
conciled to God. 

xii. 1. I will come to visions and revelations 
of the Lord. 

Gal. i. 1. Paul, an apostle, (not of men, 
neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God 
♦he Father.) 1 Tim. i. 1. 

Ver. 15, 16. It pleased God, who separated 
me from my mother's womb, and called me 
by his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I 
might preach him among the heathen. 

Eph. iii. 7. I was made a minister of the 
gospel, according to the gift of the grace of 
God given unto me, by the effectual working 
of his power. (Col. i. 23. 25.) Gal. i. 11, 12. 
Neither was I taught the gospel but by the 
revelation of Jesus Christ. 

iv. 11,12. He gave some apostles, and some 
prophets, and some evangelists, and some pas- 
tors and teachers; for the perfecting of the 
saints, for the work of the ministry, for the 
edifying of the body of Christ. 1 Cor. xii. 28. 

Heb. xiii. 7. Remember them which have 
the rule over you, who have spoken unto you 
the word of God. Phil. ii. 12. 

Rev. i. 1 1. What thou seest write in a book, 
and send it to the seven churches. See The 
Spirit's influence upon the Apostles. 

CXVI. Power committed to the apostles. 
Matt, xviii. 18. Whatsoever ye shall bind on 
earth, shall be bound in heaven ; and whatso- 
ever ye shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in 
heaven. Ch. xvi. 19. 

John xx. 23. Whose soever sins ye remit, 
they are remitted ; and whose soever sins ye 
retain, they are retained. 

1 Cor. ix. 18. I abuse not my power in the 
gospel. 

2 Cor. i. 24. Not that we have dominion 
over your faith, but are helpers of your joy. 

x. 8. Our authority the Lord hath given us 
for edification, and not for destruction. 

1 Pet. v. 3. Neither as being lords over 
God's heritage; but being ensamples to the 
flock. 

CXVII. Excommunication. Matt, xviii. 
15 — 17. If thy brother trespass against thee, go 
tell him his fault between thee and him alone : 
If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy 
brother. If he will not hear thee, then take 
with thee one or two more : and if he neglect 
to hear them, tell it unto the church ; but if he 
neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee 
as a heathen man and a publican. 

Rom. xvi. 17. Mark them which cause divi- 



sions, contrary to the doctrine which ye have 
learned, and avoid them. 

1 Cor. v. 1 — 5. It is reported that there is 
fornication among you, and such fornication 
as is not so much as named among the Gen- 
tiles, &c. I have judged concerning him that 
hath done this deed. In the name of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, 
and my spirit, with the power of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, to deliver such a one unto Sa- 
tan, for the destruction of the flesh, that the 
spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. 

Ver. 11. 13. I have written to you not to 
keep company, if any man that is called a bro- 
ther, be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idola- 
ter, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner, 
with such a one, no, not to eat. Therefore 
put away from among yourselves that wicked 
person. 

2 Cor. ii. 6. Sufficient to such a man is the 
punishment inflicted of many. Jude 22. 

2 Thess. iii. 6. Withdraw yourselves from 
every brother that walketh disorderly. 

Ver. 14. If any man obey not our word by 
this epistle, note that man, and have no com- 
pany with him, that he may be ashamed. 

2 John 10. If there come any unto you, and 
bring not this doctrine [of Christ] receive him 
not into your house, neither bid him God speed. 
See Lev. x. 10. Put a difference between the 
holy and profane. See Deut. xvii. 12. Ezek. 
xxii. 26.— xliv. 23. 

For persons unjustly excommunicated and 
hated, see Suffering for religion, and Sup- 
ports of ministers, and others, under suffer- 
ings for religion. 

CXVIII. None may intrude into the minis- 
terial office. Numb, xviii. 7. The Lord said, 
I have given your priest's office unto you, as a 
service of gift. — Ver. 22. Neither must the 
children of Israel henceforth come nigh the ta- 
bernacle of the congregation, lest they bear 
sin and die. 

Deut. x. 8. The Lord separated the tribe of 
Levi to bear the ark of the covenant of the 
Lord, and to stand before the Lord, and to 
minister unto him, and to bless in his name. 
Ch. xxi. 5. 

Jer. xxiii. 21. I have not sent these pro- 
phets, yet they ran. Ver. 30. I am against 
the prophets, saith the Lord. 

xxix. 31, 32. I sent him not, and he caused 
you to trust in a lie ; therefore I will punish, &c. 

John x. 1. He that cometh not in by the 
door is a thief and a robber. 

Rom. x. 1 5. How shall they preach except 
they be sent? 

Phil. i. 15. Some preach Christ even of envy. 

Heb. v. 4. No man taketh this honour to 
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Aaron. See the punishment of intrusion into 
the priest's office upon Korah and his com- 
pany, Numb. xvi. 1 to 36. — Upon king Saul, 

1 Sam. xiii. 13 to 16. — Upon Uzziah, 2 Chron. 
xxvi. 16 to 22. 

CXIX. Teaching truth, the duty of mi- 
nisters. Exod. xviii. 20. Thou shalt teach 
them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them 
the way wherein they must walk, and the 
work they must do. 

xxiv. 12. The Lord said unto Moses, I will 
give thee a law and commandments, which I 
have written, that thou mayest teach them. 

Lev. x. 10, 11. Take heed that ye put a 
difference between the holy and unholy, and 
between the clean and the unclean. (Ezek. 
xliv. 23.) And teach the children of Israel the 
statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto 
them. Deut. iv. 14. — v. 31. — vi. 1. — xxxi. 19. 

Deut. xxxiii. 10. The children of Levi shall 
teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law. 

2 Kings xvii. 28. 2 Chron. xxx. 22.— xvii. 9. 
Ezra vii. 10. 

1 Sam. xii. 23. Samuel said, I will teach 
you the good and the right way. 

Neh. viii. 8. The Levites read in the book 
of the law of God distinctly, and gave the 
sense, and caused them to understand the 
reading. See ver. 5, 6. 

Isa. viii. 20. To the law and to the testi- 
mony, &c. 

xxviii. 10. Precept must be upon precept, 
line upon line, here a little and there a little. 

1. 4. The Lord God hath given me the 
tongue of the learned, that I should know how 
to speak a word to him that is weary. 

li. 16. I have put my words in thy mouth, 
and have covered thee in the hollow of my 
hand, that I may plant the heavens and lay the 
foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, 
Thou art my people. Jer. i. 9. 

lviii. 1. Cry aloud, spare not: lift up thy 
voice like a trumpet, shew my people their 
transgressions, and the house of Jacob their 
sins. Ezek. xvi. 2. Cause Jerusalem to know 
her abominations. Ch. xx. 4. Cause them to 
know the abominations of their fathers. 

Jer. iii. 15. I will give you pastors accord- 
ing to my heart, that shall feed you with 
knowledge and understanding. 

xxiii. 28, 29. The prophet that hath a 
dream, let him tell a dream ; and he that hath 
my word, let him speak my word faithfully: 
what is the chaff to the wheat ] saith the Lord. 
Is not my word like as a fire, saith the Lord, 
and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in 
pieces? Ch, xx. 9. 

Ezek. ii. 7. Thou shalt speak my words 
unto them, whether they will hear or whether 
they will forbear. 



iii. 17 — 19. I have made thee a watchman 
unto the house of Israel ; therefore hear the 
word at my mouth, and give them warning. 
When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt 
surely die. and thou givest him not warning, 
nor speakest to warn the wicked from his 
wicked way, to save his life, he shall die in 
his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thy 
hand. If thou warn the wicked, and he turn 
not from his wickedness, he shall die in his 
iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul. 
Hab. ii. 1. 

xvi. 2. Cause Jerusalem to know her abo- 
minations. 

Hos. viii. 1. Set the trumpet to thy mouth, 

Mic. iii. 8. I am full of power by the Spiri 
of the Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to 
declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to 
Israel his sin. 

Mai. ii. 7. The priest's lips should preserve 
knowledge, and the people should ask the law 
at his mouth ; for he is the messenger of the 
Lord of hosts. 

Matt. xiii. 52. Every scribe instructed into 
the kingdom of heaven, is like a householder, 
that bringeth forth out of his treasure things 
new and old. 

xxviii. 19, 20. Go ye, and teach all nations ; 
teaching them to observe all things whatsoever 
I have commanded you ; and, lo, I am with 
you always, even unto the end of the world. 

John xxi. 15, 16. Jesus said to Peter, Feed 
my lambs, Feed my sheep. 

Acts v. 42. Daily in the temple, and in every 
house, the apostles ceased not to teach and 
to preach Jesus Christ. 

vi, 4. The apostles said, We will give our- 
selves continually to prayer, and to the ministry 
of the word. 

xiv. 21, 22. When they had preached the 
gospel, and taught many, they returned again, 
confirming the souls of the disciples, and ex- 
horting them to continue in the faith. 

xvi. 40. Paul and Silas comforted the bre- 
thren and departed. 

xviii. 6. Paul said, I am free from the blood 
of all men. 

xx. 17 — 20. Paul called the elders of the 
church of Ephesus, and said, Ye know after 
what manner I have been with you at all sea- 
sons ; serving the Lord with all humility. I 
kept back nothing that was profitable unto 
you. — Ver. 24.. I have testified the gospel of 
the grace of God. — Ver. 26, 27. I take you to 
record that I am pure from the blood of all 
men. (Ch. xviii. 6. Ezek. iii. 18.) I have 
not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel 
of God. 

Ver. 28. Take heed, therefore, unto your- 
selves, and to all the flock, over the which the 
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the church of God. — Ver. 31. Watch, and re- 
member that I ceased not to warn every one, 
night and day, with tears. 

xxviii. 31. Paul continued preaching the 
kingdom of God, and teaching those things 
that concern the Lord Jesus, with all confi- 
dence. 

Rom. xii. 7, 8. Let us wait on ministering, 
on teaching, on exhortation. 

xv. 16. Ministering the gospel of God. 

xvi. 12. Tryphena, and Tryphosa, and 
Persis, laboured much in the Lord. 

1 Cor. iii. 9 — 11. We are labourers together 
with God. According to the grace of God, 
given unto me, as a wise master-builder I have 
laid the foundation. Other foundation can no 
man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 
See to ver. 15. 

iv. 1, 2. Let a man so account of us as of 
the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the 
mysteries of God. Moreover, it is required in 
stewards, that a man be found faithful. Ver. 
4. 1 Pet. iv. 10. 

Ver. 14. As my beloved sons I warn you. 

ix. 16. Though I preach the gospel, I have 
nothing to glory of, for necessity is laid upon 
me ; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the 
gospel. 

xiv. 3. He that prophesieth, (i. e. preacheth,) 
speaketh unto men to edification, and exhorta- 
tion, and comfort. 

xv. 10, I laboured more abundantly than 
they all ; yet not I, but the grace of God which 
was with me. 

xvi. 10. Timotheus worketh the work of 
the Lord, as I also do. 2 Cor. vi. 1. We then, 
as workers together with God, beseech you, 
that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. 

2 Cor. ii. 17. We are not as many which 
corrupt the word of God, but as of sincerity, 
but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in 
Christ. 

iv. 2. We have renounced the hidden things 
of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor 
handling the word of God deceitfully ; but by 
manifestation of the truth commending our- 
selves to every man's conscience in the sight 
of God. 

v. 19, 20. God hath committed to us the 
word of reconciliation. Now then we are 
ambassadors for Christ; as though God did 
beseech you by us, we pray you in Christ's 
stead, be ye reconciled to God. 

Eph. vi. 21. Tychicus, a beloved brother, 
and faithful minister in the Lord. Col. iv. 7. 

Phil. ii. 16. Holding forth the word of life, 
&c. 

Col. i. 28. Christ, whom we preach, warn- 
ing every man, and teaching every man in all 
wisdom, that we may present every man per- 
fect in Christ Jesus. 

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iv. 17. Take heed to the ministry which 
thou hast received in the Lord, that thou 
fulfil it, 

1 Thess. ii. 3. Our exhortation was not of 
deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile. 

Ver. 9. Labouring night and day, because 
we would not be chargeable unto you, we 
preached the gospel of God. 

Ver. 11. Ye know how we exhorted, and 
comforted, and charged every one of you as a 
father doth his children. 

iv. 1. We beseech and exhort you by the 
Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us 
how ye ought to walk, and please God, so ye 
would abound more and more. 

2 Thess. iii. 12. We command and exhort 
by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness 
they work, and eat their own bread. 

1 Tim. i. 3, 4. Charge some that they teach 
none other doctrine. Neither give heed to 
fables, and endless genealogies, which minister 
questions rather than godly edifying, which is 
in faith. Ch. vi. 4, 5. 2 Tim. ii. 14. 16. Ch. 
iv. 4. Tit. i. 14.— iii. 9. 

ii. 7. I am ordained a preacher, and an 
apostle ; a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and 
verity. 2 Tim. i. 11. 

iv. 6. If thou put the brethren in remem- 
brance of these things, thou shalt be a good 
minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the 
words of faith and of good doctrine. — Ver. 1 L. 
These things command and teach. — Ver. 16. 
Take heed unto thyself and to the doctrine. 
Ver. 13. 

v. 17. Labour in the word and doctrine. 

Ver. 20—22. Them that sin, rebuke before 
all, that others may fear. Observe these 
things without preferring one before another, 
doing nothing by partiality. Lay hands sud- 
denly on no man. Ch. iii. 2 to 10. Tit. i. 
6 to 10. 

vi. 2. These things teach and exhort. 

Ver. 3, 4. If any man teach otherwise, and 
consent not to wholesome words, even the 
words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the 
doctrine which is according to godliness, he 
is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about 
questions, &c. 

2 Tim. ii. 2. The things which thou hast 
heard of me among many witnesses, the same 
commit thou to faithful men, who shall be 
able to teach others also. 

Ver. 15. Study to shew thyself approved 
unto God, a workman that needeth not to be 
ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. — 
Ver. 25. In meekness instructing those that 
oppose themselves. 

iv. 2. Preach the word, be instant in season, 
and out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort 
with all long-suffering and doctrine. Tit i. 13. 

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tions, do the work of an evangelist, make full 
proof of thy ministry. 

Tit. i. 9. By sound doctrine convince gain- 
sayers. 

ii. I. Speak the things that become sound 
doctrine. 

Ver. 7, 8. In doctrine shewing uncorrupt- 
ness, gravity, sincerity, sound speech that can- 
not be condemned. — Ver. 15. These things 
epeak and exhort, and rebuke with all au- 
thority. 

Heb. x. 11. Every priest standeth daily 
ministering. 

xiii. 17. Ministers watch for souls, as they 
that must give account. 

1 Pet. v. 2. Feed the flock of God ; taking 
the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but 
willingly ; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready 
mind. 

iv. 1 1. If any man speak, let him speak as 
the oracles of God ; if any man minister, let 
him do it as of the ability which God giveth ; 
that God in all things may be glorified through 
Jesus Christ. 

2 Pet. i. 12. I will not be negligent to put 
you always in remembrance of these things, 
though ye know them, and be established in 
the present truth. — Ver. 13. I think it my 
duty to stir up your pure minds by way of re- 
membrance. (Ch. iii. 1.) Ver. 15. I will 
endeavour, that after my decease, ye may have 
these things always in remembrance. Phil. 
iii. 1. 

1 John i. 3. That which we have seen and 
heard declare we unto you. 

Jude 3. It was needful that I should write 
to you and exhort you. 

CXX. The good effects of preaching. Matt. 
xii. 41. The men of Nineveh repented at the 
preaching of Jonas. Jonah iii. 2. 5. 

Acts ii. 41. At Peter's sermon there were 
added to the church about three thousand 
souls. 

xxi. 19, 20. Paul declared what things God 
had wrought by his ministry among the Gen- 
tiles. And the brethren glorified the Lord. 

1 Cor. i. 21. It pleased God by the foolish- 
ness of preaching to save them that believe. 

iii. 5. Who is Paul, or who is Apollos but 
ministers by whom ye believed, even as the 
Lord gave to every man 1 

CXXI. A good ministry promised. 1 Sam. 
ii. 35. I will raise me up a faithful priest, that 
shall do according to that which is in my 
heart, and in my mind. 

Isa. xxx. 20, 21. Though the Lord give you 
the bread of adversity, and the water of afflic- 
tion, yet shall not thy teachers be removed 
into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall 
see thy teachers. And thine ears shall hear 



a word behind thee, saying, this is the way, 
walk ye in it. 

Jer. iii. 15. I will give you pastors accord- 
ing to my heart, that shall feed you with 
knowledge and understanding. 

xxiii. 4. I will set up shepherds over them, 
which shall feed them ; and they shall fear no 
more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be 
lacking, saith the Lord. Isa. lxii. 6. 

CXXII. A faithful ministry. Promises 
to them, and prayers for them. Deut. xxxiii. 
8. Let thy Urim and thy Thummim be with 
thy holy one. 

Ver. 11. Of Levi — Bless, Lord, his sub- 
stance, and accept the work of his hands: 
smite through the loins of them that rise 
against him. 

Ps. cxv. 12. The Lord hath been mindful 
of us ; he will bless the house of Israel, he 
will bless the house of Aaron. Ps. cxxxv. 19. 

cxxxii. 13. 16. The Lord hath chosen Zion. 
I will clothe her priests with salvation, &c. 

Isa. xlix. 4. I said, I have laboured in vain, 
I have spent my strength for naught, and in 
vain ; yet surely my judgment is with the 
Lord, and my work with my God. 

Jer. xv. 19. Thus saith the Lord, If thou 
take forth the precious from the vile, thou 
shalt be as my mouth : let them return unto 
thee, but return not thou unto them. 

xxxi. 14. I will satiate the soul of the 
priests with fatness, and my people shall be 
satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord. 

xxxiii. 20, 21. If ye can break my cove- 
nant of the day and of the night, then may 
also my covenant be broken with the Levites, 
the priests, my ministers. 

Ezek. xliv. 15. The priests that kept my 
charge when the children of Israel went astray 
from me, they shall come unto me, and minis- 
ter unto me. 

Dan. xii. 3. They that be wise shall shine 
as the brightness of the firmament, and they 
that turn many to righteousness as the stars 
for ever and ever. Prov. xi. 30. James v. 20. 

Matt. v. 19. Whosoever shall do and teach 
these commandments, the same shall be called 
great in the kingdom of heaven. 

Luke xii. 42, 43. Who then is that faithful 
and wise steward, whom his Lord shall make 
ruler over his household, to give them their 
portion of meat in due season 1 Blessed is 
that servant whom his Lord, when he cometh, 
shall find so doing. 

xxii. 29. Jesus said, I appoint unto you a 
kingdom. Matt. xix. 28. 

John iv. 36. He that reapeth receiveth 
wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal. 
See 2 Tim. iv. 7, 8. Rev. ii. 10. 

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and conversation. Lev. xxi. 6. The priests 
shall be holy unto their God. Ezek. xliv. 24. 

Lam. iv. 7. Her Nazarites were purer than 
snow, &c. 

Isa. lii. 11. Be ye clean that bear the ves- 
sels of the Lord. 

Matt. v. 13. Ye are the salt of the earth. — 
Ver. 14. The light of the world.— Ver. 16. 
Let your light so shine before men, that they 
may see your good works, and glorify your 
Father which is in heaven. 

x. 1 6. Be wise as serpents, and harmless as 
doves. 

Acts xx. 28. Take heed unto yourselves. 

Rom. ii. 21. Thou that teachest another, 
teachest thou not thyself? 

1 Cor. ix. 27. Paul said, I keep under my 
body, and bring it into subjection : lest by 
any means, when I have preached to others, I 
myself should be a cast-away. Matt. vii. 22. 

2 Cor. vi. 3. Giving no offence, that the 
ministry be not blamed. 

Ver. 4. In all things approving ourselves as 
the ministers of God, in much patience, &c. — 
Ver. 6, 7. By pureness, by knowledge, by long 
suffering, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeign- 
ed, by the word of truth, by the power of God, 
by the armour of righteousness on the right 
hand and on the left. 

viii. 20. Avoiding this, that no man should 
blame us. 

xi. 1 2. I cut off occasion from them that 
seek occasion. 

Phil. iii. 17. Ye have us for an example. 

iv. 9. Those things which thou hast heard 
and seen in me, do, &c. 

1 Thess. ii. 10. Ye are witnesses, and God 
also, how holily and justly, and unblameably 
we behaved ourselves among you. 

2 Thess. iii. 7. We behaved not ourselves 
disorderly among you. — Ver. 9. To make our- 
selves an ensample to you to follow us. 

1 Tim. iii. 1 — 6. If a man desire the office 
of a bishop he desireth a good work. A bishop 
must be blameless, vigilant, sober, of good be- 
haviour, given to hospitality. Not given to 
wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but 
patient, not a brawler, not covetous : one that 
ruleth well his own house. Not a novice, lest, 
being lifted up with pride, he fall into the con- 
demnation of the devil. — Ver. 7. He must have 
a good report of them that are without, lest he 
fall into reproach. 

Tit. i. 7, 8, 9. A bishop must be blameless as 
the steward of God, not self-willed, not soon 
angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given 
to filthy lucre ; but a lover of hospitality, a 
lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate ; 
holding fast the faithful word, that he may be 
able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and 
convince gainsayers. 



Ver. 8. Likewise must the deacons be grave, 
&c. See to ver. 14. 

iv. 12 — 16. Let no man despise thy youth, 
but be thou an example of the believers, in 
word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in 
faith, in purity. (Tit. ii. 15.) Give attend- 
ance to reading, &c. Neglect not the gift thai 
is in thee. Meditate on these things, give thy- 
self wholly to them. Take heed unto thyself 
and to the doctrine; continue in them ; for in 
doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and 
them that hear thee. 

v. 22. Keep thyself pure. 

vi. 11. Thou, O man of God, follow after 
righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, 
meekness. — Ver. 12. Fight the good fight of 
faith. — Ver. 14. Keep this commandment with- 
out spot, unrebukeable. — Ver. 20. Keep that 
which is committed to thy trust. 2 Tim.i. 14, 

2 Tim. i. 13. Hold fast the form of sound 
words, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 

ii. 22. Flee youthful lusts ; but follow right- 
eousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that 
call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 

Ver. 24, 25. The servant of the Lord must 
not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to 
teach, patient ; in meekness instructing those 
that oppose themselves. 

iii. 10. Thou hast fully known my doctrine, 
manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suifenng, 
charity, patience. — Ver. 14. Continue in the 
things which thou hast learned, and hast been 
assured of. 

Tit. ii. 7. In all things shewing thyself a 
pattern of good works. 

1 Pet. v. 3. Being ensamples to the flock. 
See Instances: Acts vi. 3. The seven dea- 
cons. — Ch. xvi. 2. Timotheus. — Ch. xxij. 
12. Ananias. — Heb. xi. 2. The elders. — 3 John 
12. Demetrius. 

CXXIV. Their humility, self-denial, and 
condescension for the good of mankind, in 
their office. Rom. i. 11. I long for you. that I 
may impart some spiritual gift unto you. 

xi. 13. I magnify my office. 

1 Cor. ix. 12. We suffer all things, lest we 
should hinder the gospel. 

Ver. 1 9. I made myself servant of all, that 
I might gain the more. — Ver. 22, 23. I am 
made all things to all men, that I might by all 
means save some. This I do for the gospel's 
sake. 

x. 33. I please all men in aH things, not 
seeking my own profit, but tho profit of many, 
that they may be saved. 

2 Cor. i. 24 We are helpers >f your joy. 
Acts xvi. 40. 

ii. 4. The love I have for you ^'. 
v. 20. We pray you, be ye reconciled to 
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vi. 1. We beseech you, that ye receive 
not the grace of God in vain. — Ver. 13. I 
speak as to my children. 

vii. 4. Great is my glorying of you ; I am 
comforted. (Acts xi. 23.) Ver. 13. We were 
comforted in your comfort. 

xi. 2, 3. I am jealous over you with a godly 
jealousy. I fear lest your minds should be 
corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 
(See ver. 23 to 29.) Ver. 11. Wherefore] be- 
cause I love you not 1 God knoweth. 

xii. 15. I will very gladly spend and he 
spent for you, though the more I love you, the 
less I be loved. — Ver. 19. We do all things, 
dearly beloved, for your edifying. — ch. xi. 29. 
Who is weak and I am not weak 1 who is of- 
fended and I burn not 1 

Gal. iv. 1 1. I am afraid lest I have bestowed 
labour on you in vain. — Ver. 19. My little 
children, of whom I travail in birth till Christ 
be formed it) you. 

Phil. i. 8. God is my record, how greatly I 
long after you in the bowels of Jesus Christ. 

ii. 17. If I am offered upon the sacrifice and 
service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with 
you all. 

Ver. 20. Timotheus will naturally care for 
your state. 

iv. 1. Dearly beloved and longed for, my 
joy and crown ; stand fast in the Lord, my 
dearly beloved. 

Col. i. 24. I rejoice in my sufferings for 
you, and fill up that which is behind of the 
afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for his body's 
sake which is the church. 

ii. 1,2. I would that ye knew what great 
conflict I have for you, and for them of Laodi- 
cea, and for as many as have not seen my face in 
the flesh ; that their hearts might be knit together 
in love, and unto all riches of the full assur- 
ance of understanding, &c. — Ver. 5. Though 
I be absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in 
the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and 
the steadfastness of your faith in Christ. 

iv. 8. I sent Timotheus to comfort your 
hearts. 1 Cor. iv. 17. 1 Thess. iii. 2. 

1 Thess. ii. 7, 8. We were gentle among 
you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children. 
Being affectionately desirous of you, we were 
willing to have imparted to you, not the gos- 
pel of God only, but also our own souls, be- 
cause ye were dear unto us. 

Ver. 9. Labouring night and day, we preach- 
ed the gospel unto you. — Ver. 11. We exhort- 
ed and comforted, and cherished every one of 
you, as a father doth his children. — Ver. 19. 
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of re- 
joicing 1 are not even ye in the presence of 
our Lord Jesus Christ 1 

iii. 7, 8. Brethren, we were comforted over 
you in all our affliction and distress, by your 



faith. For now we live, if ye stand fast in the 
Lord. 

Ver. 9. What thanks can we render to God 
for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for 
your sakes before our God 1 — Ver. 10, 11. 

2 Tim. ii. 10. I endure all things for the 
elect's sake, that they may obtain the salvation 
which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. 

3 John 4. I have no greater joy than to hear 
that my children walk in the truth. 2 John 4. 

CXXV. They seek not applause from 
men,- they flatter not men in their vices and 
prejudices. 1 Thess. ii. 4 — 6. We speak not 
as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our 
hearts. — Neither used we flattering words. — 
Nor of men sought we glory. 

Gal. i. 10. If I yet pleased men I should not 
be the servant of Christ. 

CXXVI. They seek not riches of men,- 
neither are covetous. 2 Cor. xii. 14. Paul 
said, I seek not yours, but you. 

1 Tim. iii. 3. A bishop must not be greedy 
of filthy lucre. Ver. 8. Tit. i. 7. 

1 Pet. v. 2. Feek the flock of God, taking 
the oversight, not for filthy lucre's sake. See 
Luke ix. 62. 2 Tim. ii. 4. See instances : 
Samuel, 1 Sam. xii. 1, 2, 3.— Paul, 1 Cor. ix. 
14, 15. 2 Cor. vii. 2.— ix. 11.— xii. 13.17, 
18. 1 Thess. ii. 5. Phil. iv. 11, 12. 

CXXVII. Their duty and encouragement 
to speak boldly the truths of religion with- 
out fear. Isa. 1. 4. The Lord God hath given 
me the tongue of the learned, that I should 
know how to speak a word in season to him 
that is weary. 

Jer. i. 7, 8. The Lord said to me, Say not, 
I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I 
send thee, and whatsoever I shall command 
thee, that thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of 
their faces, for I am with thee to deliver thee, 
saith the Lord. (Ver. 5. 9.) Ver. 17. Be 
not afraid of their faces, lest I confound thee 
before them. Ch. vi. 27.— xv. 20, 21.— xx. 
11. Ezek. ii. 6, 7. 

Ezek. iii. 8. I have made thy face strong 
against their faces. Ver. 9. 

Matt. x. 28. Fear not them which kill the 
body. Ver. 26. 31. 

Acts iv. 29. Lord, grant unto thy servants, 
that with all boldness they may speak thy 
word. 

xviii. 9, 10. Then spake the Lord to Paul 
in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but 
speak and hold not thy peace. For I am with 
thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt 
thee; for I have much people in this city. 
Ver. 11. 

xxviii. 31. Paul taught those things that 
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Eph. vi. 19, 20. Paul said, Pray for me, | 
that utterance may he given me, that I may 
open my mouth boldly, to make known the 
mystery of the gospel ; that I may speak 
boldly as I ought to speak. Prov. xxix. 25. 
The fear of man bringeth a snare. 

Rev. xxi. 8. The fearful and unbelieving 
shall have their portion in the lake that burneth 
with fire and brimstone, which is the second 
death. See Moses's excuse, and God's reply 
to him, Exod. iv. 10 to 13. 

CXXVIII. Instances of becoming boldness 
in reproving sinners, and declaring the 
truths of rel gion. 1 Sam. xiii. 13. Samuel 
said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly, thou 
hast not kept the commandment of the Lord 
thy God. 2 Chron. xvi. 7. 9. 

2 Sam. xii. 7. Nathan said to David, Thou 
art the man [that hast done wickedly]. — Ver. 
9. Wherefore Kast thou despised the Lord, to 
do evil in his sight 1 

1 Kings xxi. 20. Elijah said to Ahab, Thou 
hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of 
the Lord. See more instances : In a prophet, 
2 Chron. xxv. 16. — Daniel, Dan. iv. 27. — v. 
22, 23. — John Baptist, Matt. xiv. 4. — Peter 
and John, Acts iv. 13. 18, 19,20.— Paul, Acts 
ix. 29.— xix. 8. 2 Cor. x. 1, 2.— xi. 21. Rom. 
xv. 15. 1 Thess. ii. 2. — Barnabas and Paul, 
Acts xiii. 46. — xiv. 3. — Apollos, Acts xviii. 
25, 26. — Many brethren, Phil. i. 14. 

CXXIX. The sufferings of the apostles, Sfc. 
for religion. Acts v. 4]. The apostles de- 
parted from the presence of the council, rejoic- 
ing that they were counted worthy to suffer 
shame for the name of Christ. 

ix. 16. The Lord said of Paul, I will shew 
him how great things he must suffer for my 
name's sake. 

xx. 23, 24. Paul said, The Holy Ghost 
witnesseth in every city, saying, That bonds 
and afflictions abide me. But none of these 
things move me ; neither count I my life dear 
unto myself, so that I might finish my course 
with joy, and the ministry which I have re- 
ceived of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel 
of the grace of God. 

1 Cor. ii. 3. I was with you in weakness 
and in fear, &c. 

iv. 9, 10. God hath set forth us the apostles 
last, as it were appointed to death ; for we are 
made a spectacle unto the world, to angels and 
» men. We are fools, we are weak, we are 
Jespised. 

Ver. 11 — 13. We hunger and thirst, are 
xiaked, buffeted, and have no certain dwelling- 
place : being reviled, we bless ; being perse- 
cuted, we suffer it; being defamed, we entreat: 
we are made as the filth of the world, and are 
the ofFscouring of all things unto this day. 



2 Cor. i. 5. The sufferings of Christ abound 
in us. 

Ver. 8, 9. In Asia, we were pressed out of 
measure, above strength, insomuch that we 
despaired even of life. We had the sentence 
of death within ourselves. — Ver. 10. God de- 
livered us. 

vi. 4, 5. In all things approving ourselves as 
the ministers of God, in much patience, in af- 
flictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, 
in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in 
watchings, in fastings. — Ver. 8 — 10. By ho- 
nour and dishonour ; by evil report, and good 
report ; as deceivers, and yet true ; as unknown, 
and yet well known ; as dying, and behold we 
live; as chastened, and not killed ; as sorrow- 
ful, yet always rejoicing ; as poor, yet making 
many rich ; as having nothing, yet possessing 
all things. 

xi. 23. In labours abundant, in stripegabove 
measure, in prisons frequent, in deaths oft. 
Ver. 25, 26. 

Ver. 27. In weariness and painfulness, in 
watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fast- 
ings often, in cold and nakedness. 

Eph. vi. 20. For the gospel I am an ambas- 
sador in bonds. 

1 Tim. iv. 10. We labour and suffer re- 
proach. 

2 Tim. ii. 3. Endure hardness as a good 
soldier of Jesus Christ. Ch. iv. 5. 

iii. 11, 12. Thou hast known what persecu- 
tions I endured. All that will live godly in 
Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. Acts 
xiv. 22. 

Heb. xi. 25. Moses chose rather to suffer 
affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy 
the pleasures of sin for a season. Ver. 26. 
Ch. xiii. 13. 

Ver. 36, 37. Others had trial of cruel mock- 
ings, and scourgings. They were stoned, they 
were sawn asunder, &c. Ver. 38. 

Rev. xvi. 6. They shed the blood of saints 
and prophets, and thou hast given them blood 
to drink, for they are worthy. 

xi. 7. The beast that ascendeth out of the 
bottomless pit, shall make war against the 
witnesses, and shall overcome them, and shall 
kill them. Ch. xvii. 6. I saw the woman 
[Babylon, the mother of harlots,] drunken with 
the blood of the saints, and with the blood of 
the martyrs of Jesus. 

xii. 6. The woman [the church] fled into 
the wilderness. Ver. 14. 

CXXX. Their temperance. Lev. x. 8, 9. 
The Lord spake unto Aaron, saying, Do not 
drink wine, nor strong drink, thou nor thy 
sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle 
of the congregation, lest ye die. Ezek. xliv. 
21. Luke i. 15. 

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Luke xxi. 34. Jesus said unto his disciples, 
Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your 
hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and 
drunkenness, and cares of this life. 

1 Cor. ix. 27. Paul said, I keep my body 
under. Jer. xxxv. 6. 

1 Tim. iii. 3. A bishop must not be given 
to wine. Tit. i. 7. See wine forbidden to 
Nazarites, Numb. vi. 3. Amos ii. 12. 

CXXXI. They pray for the people. Numb, 
vi. 23 — 26. On this wise ye shall bless the 
child) en of Israel, saying unto them, the Lord 
bless thee, and keep thee : the Lord make his 
face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto 
thee : the Lord lift up his countenance upon 
thee, and give thee peace. 

Joel ii. 17. Let the priests, the ministers of 
the Lord, weep between the porch and the 
altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, 
Lord, arid give not thy heritage to reproach. 

Rom. i. 9. Without ceasing, I make men- 
tion of you always in my prayers. 

x. I . My heart's desire and prayer to God 
for Israel is, that they might be saved. 

xv. 13. Now the God of hope fill you with 
all joy and peace in believing; that ye may 
abound in hope, through the power of the 
Holy Ghost. 

1 Cor. i. 4. I thank my God always on your 
behalf, for the grace of God which is given you 
by Jesus Christ. 

2 Cor. xiii. 7. I pray to God that ye do no 
evil. 

Eph. i. 16, 17. I cease not to give thanks 
for you, making mention of you in my prayers ; 
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the 
Father of glory, may give unto you the Spirit 
of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of 
him, &c. Ver. 18, 19. 

Phil. i. 3 — 6. I thank my God on every re- 
membrance of you, always in every prayer of 
mine, for you all, making request, that he that 
hath begun a good work in you, will perform 
it until the day of Christ. 

Ver. 9 — 11. This I pray, that your love 
may abound yet more and more; in know- 
ledge, and in all judgment; that ye may ap- 
prove the things that are excellent ; and that 
ye may be sincere and without offence until 
the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits 
of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ 
Unto the glory and praise of God. 

Col. i. 9 — 11. We cease not to pray for you, 
and to desire that ye might be filled with the 
knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spi- 
ritual understanding ; that ye might walk 
worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being 
fruitful in every good work, increasing in the 
knowledge of God ; strengthened with all 
might, according to his glorious power, unto 



! all patience and long-suffering with joyful- 
ness. 

iv. 12. Labouring fervently for you in 
prayers, that ye may stand perfect and com- 
plete in all the will of God. 

1 Thess. iii. 12, 13. The Lord make you to 
increase and abound in love, one toward an- 
other, and toward all men : To the end that 
he may establish your hearts unblameable in 
holiness before God, even our Father, at the 
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his 
saints. 

v. 23. The very God of peace sanctify you 
wholly ; and I pray God your whole spirit, and 
soul, and body, be preserved blameless unto 
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 Thess. i. 11, 12. We pray always for 
you, that our God would count you worthy 
of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure 
of his goodness, and the work of faith with 
power; that the name of our Lord Jesus 
Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, 
according to the grace of our God and the 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

ii. 16, 17. Now our Lord Jesus Christ him- 
self, and God even our Father, which hath 
loved us, and given us everlasting consolation, 
and good hope through grace, comfort your 
hearts, and establish you in every good word 
and work. 

James v. 14. Is any sick among you? let 
him call for the elders of the church, and let 
them pray over him. Ver. 15. 

See more instances of such prayers : 
Exod. xxxii. 11. Moses for the Israelites, 
when they offended in making the golden 
calf. Deut. ix. 20. 

Numb. xi. 2. For the people, when a fire 
from the Lord consumed many of them. 

xiv. 13 — 20. For the people, when they 
murmured. 

xxi. 6, 7, 8. For the people, when bitter 
with fiery serpents. 

1 Sam. xii. 19. 23. Samuel for the people, 
offending by asking a king. 

Neh. ix. 6. The priests for the people, to 
ver. 37. Ch. x. 28 to 39. On which a refor- 
mation ensues. Ch. xii. 43. 

Dan. ix. 4 to 20. Daniel for the people. 

Amos vii. 2 to 7. Amos for the people. 

Hab. iii. 2 to 17. Habakkuk for the people. 
Ver. 17, 18, 19. — Christ for the disciples, 
John xiv. 16.— xvi. 26.— xvii. 9. 15. 20. For 
Peter, Luke xxii. 32. For children, Matt, 
xix. 13. 

CXXXII. The supports of Christians in 
general, and of the Lord's ministers in parti- 
cular under sufferings for religion. Isa. Ixvi. 
5. Hear the word of the Lord', ye that trem- 
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that cast you out for my name's sake, said, 
Let the Lord be glorified : but he shall appear 
to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. Luke 
vi. 22, 23. 

Matt. v. 10. Blessed are they which are 
persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs 
is the kingdom of heaven. Ver. 11. 

x. 39. He that loseth his life for my sake 
shall find it. 

xix. 29. Every one that, hath forsaken 
houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or 
mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my 
name's sake, shall receive a hundred fold, and 
shall inherit everlasting life. 

Rom. v. 3 — 5. We glory in tribulations : 
knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 
and patience, experience ; and experience, 
h >pe : and hope maketh not ashamed. James 
i. 2. 

viii. 17, 18. If so be that we suffer for 
Christ, that we may be also glorified together. 
The sufferings of this present time are not 
worthy to be compared with the glory that 
shall be revealed in us; 

Ver. 35 — 37. Who shall separate us from 
the love of Christ 1 shall tribulation, or dis- 
tress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, 
or peril, or sword ] (As it is written, For 
thy sake we are killed all the day long; we 
are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.) In 
all these things we are more than conquerors, 
through him that loved us. 

2 Cor. iv. 9. We are persecuted, but not 
forsaken. Ch. vi. 8, 9, 10. 

xii. 10. I take pleasure in infirmities, in re- 
proaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in 
distresses for Christ's sake : for when I am 
weak, then am I strong. — Ver. 9. He said 
unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee ; for 
my strength is made perfect in weakness. 
Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in 
my infirmities, that the power of Christ may 
rest upon me. 

1 Tim. iv. 10. We labour and suffer re- 
proach, because we trust in the living God. 

Heb. x. 34. Ye took joyfully the spoiling 
of your goods, knowing that in heaven ye 
have a better and an enduring substance. 

xi. 26, 27. Moses had respect to the re- 
compense of reward. He endured as seeing 
him who is invisible. 

Ver. 35. Others were tortured, not accept- 
ing deliverance, that they might obtain a bet- 
ter resurrection. 

xii. 1, 2. Seeing we are compassed about 
with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us run 
with patience the race set before us: Looking 
unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our 
faith ; who for the joy that was set before 
him endured the cross, despising the shame, 
and is set down at the right hand of the 



throne of God. Ch. n. 9.— xiii. 1 3. Matt x. 
24. James v. 10. 1 Pet. ii. 21.— iv. 1. 13, 
14. 16. 19. Rev. ii. 10. 

WICKED MINISTERS. 

CXXXIII. Wicked ministers, their sin 
and 'punishment. Lev. x. 1,2. Nadab and 
Abihu offered strange fire before the Lord, 
which he commanded them not. And then* 
went out fire from the Lord and devoured 
them. 

1 Sam. ii. 12. The sons of Eli were sons of 
Belial ; they knew not the Lord : see to ver. 
17. Their covetousness. — Ver. 22. Their 
uncleanness, and the punishment of Eli's 
house, ver. 27, to the end. 

Isa. xliii. 27, 28. Thy teachers have trans- 
gressed against me. Therefore I have pro- 
faned the princes of the sanctuary ; I have 
given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to re- 
proaches. 

Jer. ii. 8, 9. The priests said not, Where 
is the Lord ? and they that handle the law 
knew me not : the pastors also transgressed 
against me, &e. Wherefore I will yet plead 
with you, saith the Lord, and with your 
children's children. 

x. 21. The pastors are become brutish, and 
have not sought the Lord ; therefore they 
shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be 
scattered. 

xxiii. 11, 12. Both prophet and priest are 
profane, &c. Wherefore I will bring evil 
upon them, even the year of their visitation, 
saith the Lord. 

Ver. 14, 15. They commit adultery, and 
walk in lies; they strengthen the hands of 
evil-doers, that none doth return from his 
wickedness ; they are all of them to me as 
Sodom. Thus saith the Lord, I will feed 
them with wormwood, and make them drink 
the water of gall ; for from the priests is pro- 
faneness gone forth to all the land. 

Ver. 22. If they had stood in my counsel, 
and had caused my people to hear my words, 
then they should have turned them from the 
evil of their doings. — Ver. 27. They cause 
my people to forget my name by their dreams. 
— Ver. 30. Therefore I am against the pro- 
phets, saith the Lord. 

Ezek. xxii. 26. Her priests have violated 
my law, and have profaned my holy things. — 
Ver. 31. Therefore I poured out my indigna- 
tion upon them, their own way have I recom- 
pensed upon their heads. 

Zeph. iii. 4, 5. Her prophets are light and 
treacherous persons, her priests have polluted 
the sanctuary, they have done violence to the 
law. The just Lord is in the midst thereof, &c 

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name ; ye offer polluted bread upon my altar. 
If ye offer the blind, and the lame, and the 
sick, is it not evil 1 Will he regard your 
persons, saith the Lord 1 

ii. 8, 9. O ye priests, ye have departed out 
of the way, ye have caused many to stumble 
at the law. Therefore have I made you con- 
temptible before all the people, according as 
ye have not kept my ways. 

Matt. vii. 22, 23. Many will say to me in 
that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied 
in thy name, and in thy name cast out devils, 
and in thy name done many wonderful works? 
Then will I profess unto them, I never knew 
vou ; depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 
Ch. xxv. 44, 45. 

2 Tim. iii. 5. Having a form of godliness, 
but denying the power thereof; from such 
turn away. Ver. 13. 

CXXXIV. Their covetousness. Isa. Ivi. 
11. Her watchmen are all greedy dogs, which 
can never have enough ; they all look to their 
own way, every one for his gain from his 
quarter. See the covetousness of Eli's sons, 
ISam. ii. 12 to 17. 

Jer. viii. 10. Every one, from the least even 
to the greatest, is given to covetousness. Ch. 
vi. 13. 

Ezek. xiii. 19. Will ye pollute my name 
for handfuls of barley, and pieces of bread ? 

Hos, vi. 9. As troops of robbers the priests 
murder in ihe way, they commit lewdness. 

Mai. i. 10. Who is there among you that 
would shut the doors for naught? neither do 
they kindle fire on mine altar for naught. I 
have no pleasure in you, neither will I accept 
an offering at your hands, saith the Lord of 



Micah iii. 11, 12. The priests teach for hire, 
and the prophets divine for money. There- 
fore shall Zion for your sakes be ploughed as 
a field. 

John x. 12, 13. He that is a hireling, whose 
own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, 
and leaveth the sheep and fleeth. The hire- 
ling Seeth, because he is a hireling, and careth 
not for the sheep. 

Acts xx. 29. After my departure shall griev- 
ous wolves enter in among you, not sparing 
the flock. 

1 Tim. vi. 5. Men of corrupt minds, sup- 
posing that gain is godliness. 

2 Tim. iv. 10. Demas hath forsaken us, 
having loved this present world. 

Tit. i. 11. Teaching things which they 
ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. 

2 Pet. ii. 3. Through covetousness shall 
they make merchandise of you. 

Jude 11. They ran greedily after the error 
of Balaam for reward. 2 Pet. ii. 14, 15. 



CXXXV. Their intemperance. Isa. xxviii 
7. The priest and the prophet have erred 
through wine, and through strong drink they 
are out of the way. — Ver. 8. Ch. Ivi. 12. 

Luke xii. 45, 46. If that servant shall begin 
to eat, and to drink, and to be drunken, the 
Lord of that servant will cut him in sunder, 
and appoint him his portion with unbe- 
lievers. 

Rom. xvi. 18. Such serve not our Lord 
Jesus Christ, but their own belly. 

Phil. iii. 19. Whose god is their belly, 
whose glory is in their shame, who mind 
earthly things. 

2 Pet. ii. 13. They count it pleasure to riot 
in the day-time. 

Jude 12. 19. Feeding themselves without 
fear. Sensual, having not the Spirit. 

CXXXVI. Their slothf illness. Isa. Ivi. 10. 
His watchmen are all dumb dogs, they can- 
not bark ; sleeping, lying down, loving to 
slumber. 

Jer. xxiii. 1, 2. Woe be unto the pastors 
that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pas- 
ture, saith the Lord. Ye have scattered my 
flock, and driven them away, and have not 
visited them : behold, I will visit upon you 
the evil of your doings, saith the Lord. 

Ezek. iii. 18. When I say unto the wicked, 
Thou shalt surely die ; and thou givest him 
not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked 
from his wicked way, to save his life ; the 
same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but 
his blood will I require at thy hand. 

xxxiv. 2. Thus saith the Lord, Woe be to 
the shepherds ; should not the shepherds feed 
the flocks ? See to ver. 1 1. 

xliv. 8. Ye have not kept the charge of my 
holy things, but ye have set keepers of my 
charge in my sanctuary for yourselves, — Ver. 
12. They shall bear their iniquity. 

Hos. iv. 6. My people are destroyed for lack 
of knowledge : because thou hast rejected 
knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou 
shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou hast 
forgotten the law of thy God, I will also for- 
get thy children. — Ver. 9. There shall be. like 
people like priest ; and I will punish them 
for their ways, an*' reward them for their 
doings. 

Luke xi. 52. They have taken away the 
key of knowledge. 

Matt, xxiii. 3, 4. They say and do not , 
they bind heavy burdens on men's shoulders, 
but they themselves will not touch them with 
one of their fingers. 

xxv. 26. Thou wicked and slothful servant, 
&c. 

1 Cor. ix. 16. Woe is unto me if I preach 
not the gospel. 



HAP. XVII. FALSE PROPHETS AND TEACHERS. 



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UF FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE 
TEACHERS. 

CXXXVII. They deceive the people with 
flatteries and false doctrine. Isa. ix. 14—16. 
The Lord will cut off from Israel head and 
tail. The prophet that teacheth lies, he is the 
tail. For the leaders of this people cause them 
to err. Ch. iii. 12. 

Jer. v. 30. 31. A wonderful thing is com- 
mitted in the land ; the prophets prophesy 
falsely, and the priests hear rule by their 
means ; and my people love to have it so. 

xiv. 14. The prophets prophesy lies in my 
name ; I sent them not, neither have I com- 
manded them, neither spake unto them : they 
prophesy unto you a false vision and divina- 
tion, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of 
their heart. (Ch. xxvii. 9, 10, &c.) Ch. vi. 
14. They have healed the hurt of the daughter 
of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; 
when there is no peace. Ch. viii. 11. Ezek. 
xui. 10. 18. Mic. iii. 5. 

xii. 10. Many pastors have destroyed my 
vineyard. Ver. 11. 

xxiii. 16. The prophets speak a vision of 
their own heart, and not out of the mouth of 
the Lord. — Ver. 21.1 have not sent them, yet 
they ran. — Ver. 25. They say, I have dream- 
ed, T have dreamed. — Ver. 27, 28. Ch. xxviii. 
9. 15.— xxix. 8, 9. 31, 32.— 1. 6. Zech. x. 2. 

Lam. ii. 14. Thy prophets have seen vain 
and foolish things for thee, and have not dis- 
covered thy iniquity. 

Ezek. xiii. 10. Ye have seduced my people, 
saying, Peace, and there was no peace : one 
built the wall, and another daubed it with un- 
tempered mortar. (Ch. xxii. 28 to 31.) Ver. 
14. Thus saith the Lord, I will break down 
the wall which ye have daubed with untem- 
pered mortar ; it shall fall, and ye shall be 
consumed in the midst thereof. Ver. 15. 

xiii. 18. Woe unto them that sew pillows to 
all arm-holes. See to ver. 23. Ch. xxii. 28. 

xxii. 26. They have put no difference be- 
tween the holy and profane, between the un- 
clean and the clean. 

xxxiv. 4. The diseased have ye not strength- 
ened, neither have ye healed that which was 
sick, neither have ye bound up that which was 
broken, neither have ye brought again that 
which was driven away, neither have ye 
sought that which was lost: but with force 
and with cruelty have ye ruled them. 

xliv. 10. 12. The Levites that are gone 
away far from me, when Israel went a=tray ; 
because they ministered unto them before their 
idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into 
iniquity, therefore have I lifted up my hand 
against them, saith the Lord God, and they 

" bear their iniquity. Ch. xiv. 9, 10. 
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Matt. v. 19. Whosoever shall break one of 
these least commandments, and shall teach 
men so, shall be called least in the kingdom 
of heaven. 

xv. 9. In vain do they worship me, teaching 
for doctrines the commandments of men. 

xxiii. 16. Woe unto you, ye blind guides. 
Ch. xv. 14. 

xxiv. 11. Many false prophets shall rise, 
and shall deceive many. — Ver. 24. If it were 
possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 
Mark xiii. 22. 

Luke xi. 52. They have taken away the key 
of knowledge, &c. 

Acts xx. 30. Of your ownselves shall men 
arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away 
disciples after them. Ch. xv. 1. 24. Gal. i. 7. 

Rom. xvi. 17, 18. Mark them which cause 
divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine 
which ye have learned, and avoid them. By 
good words and fair speeches they deceive the 
hearts of the simple. 

2 Cor. xi. 13. Such are false apostles, de- 
ceitful workers, transforming themselves into 
the apostles of Christ. Ver. 14, 15. 20. 

Gal. ii. 4, 5. False brethren came in privily 
to spy out our liberty, that they might bring 
us into bondage ; to whom we gave place, by 
subjection, no, not for an hour, that the truth 
of the gospel might continue with you. 

Eph. iv. 14. They lie in wait to deceive. 

v. 6. Let no man deceive you. 1 John iii. 7. 

Phil. i. 15. Some preach Christ of envy. 

iii. 2. Beware of dogs, beware of evil work- 
ers. — Ver. 18. They are enemies of the cross 
of Christ. 

Col. ii. 8. Beware lest any man spoil you, 
through philosophy and vain deceit; after the 
tradition of men, after the rudiments of the 
world, and not after Christ. — Ver. 18. Let no 
man beguile you of your reward, in a volun- 
tary humility, and worshipping of angels. — 
Ver. 22. After the commandments and doc- 
trines of men. 

2 Thess. ii. 3. Let no man deceive you by 
any means. — Ver. 4. The man of sin exalteth 
himself. Ver. 9, 10. Whose coming is after 
the working of Satan, with all power and 
signs, and lying wonders; and with all de- 
ceivableness of unrighteousness. 

1 Tim. iv. 1 — 3. Some shall depart from the 
faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doc- 
trines of devils ; speaking lies in hypocrisy, 
having their conscience seared with a hot 
iron ; forbidding to marry, and commanding to 
abstain from meats. 

vi. 3. They consent not to wholesome 
words, even the words of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. Ver. 4. 

2 Tim. ii. 18. Who concerning the truth 
have erred, and overthrow the faith of some. 

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lii. 6. They creep into houses, and lead cap- 
tive silly women — Ver. 8. They resist the 
truth. 

Ver. 13. Evil men and seducers wax worse 
and worse, deceiving and being deceived. 

Tit. i. 10, 11. Unruly and vain talkers and 
deceivers subvert whole houses, teaching 
things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's 
sake. 

Heb. xiii. 9. Be not carried about with 
divers and strange doctrines. 

2 Pet. ii. I, 2. There were false prophets 
among the people, even as there shall be false 
teachers among you, who privily shall bring 
in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord 
that bought them, and bring upon themselves 
swift destruction. Many shall follow their 
pernicious ways, by reason of whom the way 
of truth shall be evil spoken of. Jude 4 to 20. 

1 John ii. 18, 19. Even now are there 
many antichrists. They went out from us, 
but they were not of us. — Ver. 26. These 
things I have written unto you concerning 
them that seduce you. 

iv. 1. Many false prophets have gone out 
into the world. 

2 John 7, 8. Many deceivers are entered 
into the world ; look to yourselves. 3 John 10. 

Rev. ii. 2. Thou hast tried them which say 
they are apostles, and are not, and hast found 
them liars. — Ver. 9. I know the blasphemy 
of them which say they are Jews, and are not. 

xviii. 23. By thy sorceries were all nations 
deceived. Ch. xix. 20.— xx. 10. Gal. vi. 13. 

DUTIES TOWARDS THE MINISTRY. 

CXXXVIII. To receive their instructions. 
Deut. xvii. 9 — 1 1. Thou shalt come unto the 
priests the Levites, and inquire ; and thou 
shalt do according to the sentence which they 
shall shew thee. According to the sentence of 
the law which they shall teach thee, and accord- 
ing to the judgment which they shall tell thee, 
thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the 
sentence which they shall shew thee, to the 
right hand nor to the left. 1 Sam. ix. 9. 

2 Chron. xx. 20. Believe his prophets, so 
shall ye prosper. Ch. xxx. 22. 

Mai. ii. 7. The priest's lips should keep 
knowledge, and they should seek the law at 
his mouth : for he is the messenger of the 
Lord of hosts. 

John viii. 47. He that is of God heareth 
God's words. 

Matt, xxiii. 2, 3. The scribes and Pharisees 
sit in Moses' seat: all therefore whatsoever 
they bid you observe, that observe and do. 

Luke x. 1 6. He that heareth you heareth 
me. Matt. x. 40. John xiii. 20. 

1 Cor iv. 6. Be not puffed up for one 



I against another. — Ver. 16. Be ye followers of 
me. Phil. iii. 17. 

xi. 1. Be ye followers of me, even as I am 
of Christ. 

xvi. 16. Submit yourselves to such as have 
addicted themselves to the ministry, and to 
every one that helpeth with us, and lahoureth. 

Heb. xiii 7. Remember them which have 
the rule over you, who have spoken unto you 
the word of God : whose faith follow, consi- 
dering the end of their conversation. — Ver. 17. 
Obey them which have the rule over you, and 
submit yourselves: for they watch for your 
souls, as they that must give account; that 
they may do it with joy and not with grief, 
for that is unprofitable for you. 

CXXXIX. To esteem and love them. 1 Cor. 
iv. 1. Let a man so account of us as of the 
ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mys- 
teries of God. 

xvi. 1 1. Let no man despise him, [Timothy,] 
but conduct him forth in peace. 

2 Cor. viii. 7. Ye abound in love to us. — 
Ver. 24. Shew the proof of your love. 

Gal. iv. 14. Ye received me as an angel of 
God. Phil. ii. 2. Fulfil ye my joy. 

1 Thess. v. 12, 13. Know them which la- 
bour among you, and are over you in the 
Lord, and admonish you. Esteem them 
highly in love for their work's sake. Phil, 
ii. 29. 

1 Tim. v. 17. Let the elders that rule well 
be counted worthy of double honour, especially 
they who labour in the word and doctrine. 

Tit. iii. 15. Greet them who love us in the 
faith. 

CXL. To pray for them. Acts xii. 5. 
Prayer was made without ceasing, of the 
church unto God, for Peter in the prison, and 
he was delivered. Ver. 7. 

Matt. ix. 38. Pray ye the Lord of the har- 
vest, that he would send forth labourers into 
the harvest. 

Rom. xv. 30. I beseech you, brethren, for 
the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love 
of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me 
in your prayers to God for me. Ver. 31, 32. 

2 Cor. i. 10, 11. God delivered us from 
death ; you helping together by prayer for us, 
Phil. i. 19. Philem. 22. 

1 Thess. v. 25. Brethren, pray for us. Heb. 
xiii. 18. 

2 Thess. iii. 1, 2. Brethren, pray for us, that 
the word of the Lord may have free course 
and be glorified ; and that we may be deli- 
vered from unreasonable and wicked men. 

Eph. vi. 19, 20. Pray for me, that utter- 
ance may be given to me, that I may open my 
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the gospel; that I may speak boldly as I ought 
to speak. Col. iv. 3, 4. 

CXLI. To give them support. Deut. xii. 
19. Take heed that thou forsake not the Le- 
vite, so long as thou shalt live upon the earth. 
Ch. xiv. 29— xvi. 17. 

2 Chron. xxxi. 4. Hezekiah commanded the 
people to give the portion of the priests and 
the Levites, that they might be encouraged in 
the law of the Lord. See Neh. xiii. 10, II. 
Ezek. xliv. 30. Mai. iii. 10. 

Matt. x. 10. Jesus said, The workman is 
worthy of his meat. 

1 Cor. ix. 11. Paul said, If we have sown 
unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if 
we reap your carnal things? — Ver. 13, 14. 
Do ye not know, that they which wait at the 
altar are partakers with the altar? Even so 
hath God ordained, that they which preach 
the gospel, should live of the gospel. See 
ver. 4. to 9. Deut. xxv. 4. 

Gal. vi. 6. Let him that is taught in the 
word, communicate to him that teacheth, in 
all good things. 

Phil. iv. 1G, 17. Paul said, Ye sent once 
and again to my necessity. Not because I 
desire a gift, but I desire fruit that may abound 
to your account. Ver. 18. Heb. x. 34. 

CXLII. Despising them, and not hearken- 
ing to their instructions : Threats. — Deut. 
xvii. 12. The man that will do presumptu- 
ously, and will not hearken to the priest that 
standeth to minister before the Lord, even that 
man shall die. 

2 Chron. xxxvi. 15, 16. The Lord sent by 
his messengers the prophets; but they mocked 
the messengers of God, and despised his words, 
and misused his prophets, until the wrath of 
the Lord rose against his people, and there 
was no remedy. Jer. vii. 25. — xxv. 3, 4. — 
xxvi. 5. — xxix. 19. — xxxv. 15. 

Isa. xxx. 9. 10. This is a rebellious people, 
which will not hear the law of the Lord : 
which say to the seers, See not ; and to the 
prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things ; 
speak unto us smooth things. I Kings xxii. 
8. 2 Chron. xxxvi. 15, 16. Jer. xi. 21. 
Mic. ii. 6. 

liii. 1. Who hath believed our report ? Ch. 
xlix. 4. 

Jer. ii. 25. Thou saidst, I have loved 
strangers, and after them I will go. 

v. 31. Prophets prophesy falsely, and the 
people love to have it so. 

vi. 10. The word of the Lord is unto them 
a reproach, they have no delight in it. 

"Ver 17. I set watchmen over them, saying. 
Hearken to tne sound of the trumpet ; but 
they said, We will not hearken. 

xviii. 18, They said, Come, let us smite 



the prophet with the tongue, and let us not 
give heed to any of his words. See Ch. xxvi. 
9. Lam. iii. 61, 62. 

Lam. iv. 16. The Lord will no more regard 
them ; they respected not the person of the 
priests, they favoured not the elders. 

Ezek. iii. 7. The house of Israel will not 
hearken unto thee, for they will not hearken 
unto me, saith the Lord. 

xxxiii. 30. The children of thy people are 
talking against thee by the walls, and in the 
doors of the houses. 

Ver. 31, 32. They come unto thee as the 
people cometh, and they sit before thee as my 
people ; they hear my words, hut they will 
not do them. Thou art to them as a lovely 
song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and 
can play well on an instrument: for they hear 
thy words, but do them not. — Ver. 33. They 
shall know that a prophet hath been among 
them. 

Dan. ix. 6. We have not hearkened to thy 
servants the prophets, which spake in thy 
name. 

Hos. iv. 4. Thy people are as they that 
strive with the priest. 

Zech. vii. 11, 12. They refused to hearken, 
and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped 
their ears, that they should not hear the words 
which the Lord hath sent in his Spirit by the 
prophets ; therefore came wrath from the Lord 
of hosts. 

Matt, xviii. 17. If one neglect to hear the 
church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man 
and a publican. 

x. 11. 14. Into whatsoever city ye enter, 
and they receive you not, shake the dust off 
your feet. — Ver. 15. It shall he more tolerable 
for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judg- 
ment than for that city. — Luke x. 16. He 
that despiseth you despiseth me. 

John i. 11. Christ came to his own, and 
his own received him not. 

iii. 11. Jesus said, Ye receive notour wit- 
ness. 

v. 43. Jesus said, I am come in my Father's 
name, and ye receive me not; if another come 
in his own name, him ye will receive. 

xii. 48. Jesus said, He that rejecteth me, 
and receiveth not my words, hath one that 
judgeth him; the word that I have spoken, 
the same shall judge him at the last day. 

Eph. iv. 14. Be no more children, tossed to 
and fro with every wind of doctrine. 

1 Thess. iv. 8. He that despiseth, despiseth 
not men, but God, who hath given unto us his 
Holy Spirit. See Matt, xxiii. 37. Luke xiii 34. 

2 Tim. i. 15. Paul said, all that are in Asia 
be turned away from me. 

iv. 3, 4. The time will come when they will 
not endure sound doctrine : but after their own 



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lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, 
having itching ears. And they shall turn away 
their ears from the truth, and shall he turned 
unto fables. 

1 Cor. iii. 4. One saith, I am of Paul ; an- 
other, I am of Apollos, &c. Ch. i. 12. 

jv. 6. Puffed up for one against another. 

CXLIII. Not supporting them. Mai. iii. 9. 
Ye are cursed with a curse, for ye have robbed 
me, even this whole nation. Ver. 10. Neh. 
xiii. 10. 12. 

SIXTH COMMANDMENT. 

CXLIV. Of murder. Exod. xx. 13. Thou 
shalt not kill. Matt. xix. 18. 1 Tim. i. 9. 

Death the punishment of murderers. Gen. 
ix. 6. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man 
shall his blood be shed. Ver. 5. 

Exod. xxi. 12. He that smiteth a man, so 
that he die, shall surely be put to death. Ver. 
13,14. Lev. xxiv. 17. 

Numb. xxxv. 1 6. The murderer shall sure- 
ly be put to death. Ver. 17, 18. 21. 30. 

Ver. 31. Ye shall take no satisfaction for 
the life of a murderer ; he shall surely be put 
to death. — Ver. 33. Blood defileth the land ; 
and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood 
that is shed therein, but by the blood of him 
that shed it. 

Deut. xix. 11. 13. If a man hate his neigh- 
bour, and lie in wait for him, and smite him 
mortally that he die ; thine eye shall not pity 
him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of in- 
nocent blood. 

CXLV. Cases excepted, wherein the kill- 
ing of a man was not to he -punished with 
death. Exod. xxi. 20. If a man smite his ser- 
vant with a rod ; and he die under his hand, 
he shall be surely punished. 

xxii. 2, 3. If a thief be found breaking up, 
and he be smitten that he die, there shall no 
blood be shed for him. But if the sun be 
risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for 
him. 

Deut. xix. 4. 6. Whosoever killeth. his 
neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not, he 
is not worthy of death. Numb. xxxv. 15.22. 

CXLVI. Threatenings against murderers. 
Ps. v. 6. The Lord will abhor the bloody man. 
See Ps. li. 14. Jonah i. 14. 

lv. 23. Bloody men shall not live half their 
days. 

cvi. 38. The land was polluted with blood. 
— Ver. 40. Therefore the wrath of the Lord 
was kindled 

cix. 31. The Lord shall stand at the right 
nand of the poor, to save him from those that 
condemn his soul. 



Prov. vi. 17. The Lord doth hate hands that 
shed innocent blood. 

xxviii. 17. A man that doth violence to the 
blood of any person, shall flee to the pit, let 
no man stay him. 

Isa. lix. 3. 10. Your hands are defiled with 
blood. (Ver. 7.) We are as dead men. 

Jer. ii. 34. Also in thy skirts is found the 
blood of the souls of the poor innocents. 

vii. 9. 15. Will ye steal, murder, commit 
adultery, &c. 1 I will cast you out of my 
sight. — Ver. 1 6. Pray not for this people. 

xix. 3, 4. I will bring evil upon this place. 
They have filled it with the blood of innocents 
Lam. iv. 14. 16. 

Ezek. xxiv. 6. Woe to the bloody city. Ver. 
9. Nah. iii. 1. 

xxxv. 6. As I live, saith the Lord God, I 
will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall 
pursue thee ; since thou hast not hated blood, 
even blood shall pursue thee. 

Hab. ii. 10, 11. Thou hast consulted shame 
to thy house by cutting off many people, and 
hast sinned against thy soul. For the stone 
shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of 
the timber shall answer it. 

John viii. 44. The devil was a murderer 
from the beginning. 

Gal. v. 2 1. The works of the flesh are, mur- 
ders, &c. James iv. 1. 

1 John iii. 15. No murderer hath eternal 
life abiding in him. 

Rev. xxi. 8. Murderers shall have their part 
in the lake that burneth with fire and brim- 
stone, which is the second death. 

xxii. 15. Without [the heavenly Jerusalem] 
are murderers, &c. See Hos. iv. 2, 3. Matt, 
xxiii. 35. 

CXLVII. Instances of the punishment of 
murder. Upon Cain, Gen. iv. 11,12. — Upon 
Simeon and Levi, Gen. xlix. 5, 6, 7. — xxxiv. 
25, 26.— Upon David, 2 Sam. 11th and 12th 
chapters. — Upon Ahab, 1 Kings xxii. 38. — 
Upon Manasseh, 2 Kings xxiv. 3, 4. 

CXL VIII. Striking, wounding, maiming; 
how to be punished. Exod. xxi. 18 to 25. 
Lev. xxiv. 19. Deut. xxvii. 24. 

SEVENTH COMMANDMENT. 

CXLIX. Adultery and fornication. Exod. 
xx. 14. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 
Mark x. 19. James ii. 11. 

Deut. xxiii. 17. There shall be no whore of 
the daughters of Israel. Lev. xix. 29. 

CL. Threatenings; or the evil consequences 
of adultery, fornication, &c. Gen. xii. 17. 
The Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with 
great plagues, because of Sarai, Abrani's wife, 
who was taken into Pharaoh's house. Ver. 15 



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SEVENTH COMMANDMENT. 



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xx. 2, 3. Abimelech took Sarah, Abraham's 
wife. God said to him, Thou art a dead man, 
for she is a man's wife. — Ver. 7. If thou re- 
store her not. thou shalt surely die. — Ver. 9. 
Abimelech said to Abraham, Thou hast brought 
on me and on my kingdom a great sin. Ch. 
xxvi. 7. 10, 11 

xxxv. 22. Reuben lay with Bilhah, his fa- 
ther's concubine. Ch. xlix. 4. Jacob said, 
Thou shalt not excel, because thou wentest up 
to thy father's bed, and didst defile it. 

Exod. xxii. 16, 17. If a man entice a maid, 
that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall 
surely endow her to be his wife. If her father 
refuse to give her to him, he shall pay money 
according to the dowry of virgins. 

Lev. xviii. 20. Thou shalt not lie carnally 
with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with 
her. — Ver. 28. That the land spue you not out. 

xx. 10. The man that committeth adultery 
with another man's wife, the adulterer and the 
adulteress shall surely be put to death. See 
to ver. 22. 

xxi. 7. The priest shall not take a wife that 
is a whore or profane. — Ver. 9. And the daugh- 
ter of the priest, if she profane herself by play- 
ing the whore, she profaneth her father ; she 
shall be burnt. 

Numb. v. 12, 13. 19. If a man's wife go 
aside, and commit a trespass against him, and 
a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from 
the eyes of her husband, and there be no wit- 
ness against her ; the priest shall charge her 
with an oath of cursing. — Ver. 27. And if 
she be defiled, her belly shall swell and her 
thigh shall rot 

Deut. xxii. 22. If a man be found lying 
with a woman married to a husband, they shall 
both of them die. 

Ver. 23, 24. If a damsel that is a virgin, be 
betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her 
in the city, and lie with her, ye shall stone 
them both with stones that they die ; the dam- 
sel because she cried not, being in the city ; 
and the man because he hath humbled his 
neighbour's wife. — Ver. 25. But if a man find 
a betrothed damsel in the field and force her 
and lie with her, then the man only shall die. 

Ver. 28, 29. If a man find a damsel that is 
a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold 
on her, and lie with her, and they be found ; 
then the man shall give unto the damsel's fa- 
ther fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his 
wife, because he hath humbled her ; he may 
not put her away all her days. 

xxiii. 2. A bastard shall not enter into the 
congregation of the Lord, even to his tenth ge- 
neration. 

Ver. 18. Thou shalt not bring the hire of 
a whore, or the price of a dog into the house 
of the Lord thy God for any vow. 



j 2 Sam. xii. 4. David's sin with the wife of 
Uriah. — Ver. 11. See the punishment thereof. 

Job xxiv. 15. The eye of the adulterer wait- 

! eth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see 

me. — Ver. 17, 18. The morning is to them as 

the shadow of death. Their portion is cursed 

on the earth. 

xxxi. 9 — 12. If my heart hath been deceived 
by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my 
neighbour's door ; then let my wife grind to 
another, and let others bow down upon her. 
For it is a heinous crime ; it is an iniquity to 
be punished by the judges. It is a fire that 
consumeth to destruction, and would root out 
all my increase. 

Prov. v. 3 — 6. The lips of a strange wo- 
man drop as a honey-comb, and her mouth is 
smoother than oil : But her end is bitter as 
wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her 
feet go down to death ; her steps take hold on 
hell. Lest thou shouldst ponder the path of 
life, her ways are moveable. — Ver. 8 — 11. 
Remove thy way far from her, come not nigh 
the door of her house. Lest thou give thine 
honour to others, and thy years unto the cruel : 
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth ; and 
thy labours be in the house of a stranger; and 
thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and 
thy body are consumed. 

Ver. 20, 21. Why wilt thou be ravished 
with a strange woman, and embrace the bo- 
som of a stranger 1 For the ways of man are 
before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth 
all his goings. 

vi. 24. Keep thee from the evil woman, 
from the flattery of the tongue of a strange 
woman. 

Ver. 25, 26. Lust not after her beauty in 
thy heart ; neither let her take thee with her 
eyelids. For by means of a whorish woman 
a man is brought to a piece of bread ; and the 
adulteress will hunt for the precious life. 

Ver. 27 — 29. Can a man take fire in his 
bosom, and not be burnt 1 Can he go upon 
hot coals, and his feet not be burnt 1 So he 
that goeth in to his neighbour's wife ; whoso- 
ever toucheth her shall not be innocent. 

Ver. 32 — 35. Whoso committeth adultery 
with a woman, lacketh understanding ; he 
that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. A 
wound and dishonour shall he get; and his re- 
proach shall not be wiped away. For jealousy 
is the rage of a man : he will not regard any 
ransom. 

vii. 5 to 26. See the description of a 
whorish woman, and the fool taken by her 
snares. — Ver. 27. Her house is the way to 
hell, going down to the chambers of death. 

ix. 17, 18. She saith, Stolen waters are 
sweet. But know that the dead are there, and 
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xxii. 14. The mouth of a strange woman ! 1 Cor. iii. 16, 17. Know ye not that ye are 
is a deep pit; he that is abhorred of the Lord the temple of God 1 If any man defile the 
shall fall therein. j temple of God, him shall God destroy. 

xxiii. 27, 28. A whore is a deep ditch, and ' v. 1. It is reported that there is fornication 
a strange woman is a narrow pit. She lieth among you, and such fornication as is not so 
in wait as for a prey, and increaseth trans- : much as named among the Gentiles. — Ver. 9 
gressors among men. I wrote to you, not to keep company with for- 

xxx. 20. An adulterous woman saith, I have ' nicators. — Ver. 11. If any man that is called 
done no wickedness. | a brother be a fornicator, with such a one, 

xxxi. 3. Give not thy strength unto women, no, not to eat. — Ver. 13. Put away from 
nor thy ways to that which dcstroyeth kings, among you that wicked person. 

Eccl. vii. 26. I find more bitter than death, vi. 9. Neither fornicators nor idolaters, nor 



the woman whose heart is snares and nets, 
and her hands as bands ; whoso pleaseth God 
shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be 
taken by her. 

Jer. vii. 9, 10. Will ye steal, murder, and 
commit adultery, and swear falsely, &c. ; and 
come and stand before me in this house 1 — 
Ver. 1 5. I will cast you out of my sight. 

v. 7 — 9. When I fed them to the full, they 
then committed adultery, and assembled them- 
selves by troops in the harlots' houses. They 
were as fed horses in the morning, every one 
neighing after his neighbour's wife. (Ch. 
xiii. 27.) Shall I not visit for these things 1 
saith the Lord : and shall not my soul be 
avenged on such a nation as this ] 

ix. 2. 9. They be all adulterers. Shall not 
my soul be avenged, &c. 1 

xxiii. 10. The land is full of adulterers. 
The land mourneth. 

xxix. 23. Because they have committed 
adultery with their neighbours' wives ; even 
I know and am a witness, saith the Lord. 

Ezek. xxii. 1 1. One hath committed abo- 
mination with his neighbour's wife, another 
hath defiled his daughter-in-law, and another 
hath humbled his sister. — Ver. 14. Can thy 
heart endure, or thy hands be strong in the 
day that I will deal with thee ? 

Hos. iv. 2, 3. By swearing and lying, and 
killing and stealing, and committing adultery, 
they break out. Therefore shall the land 
mourn. 

Ver. 11. Whoredom and wine taketh away 
the heart. 

Ver. 13, 14. Your daughters shall commit 
whoredom, and your spouses shall commit 
adultery. I will not punish your daughters 
nor your spouses; for themselves are separated 
with whores. 

vii. 4. They are all adulterers, as an oven 
heated. — Ver. 7. There is none among them 
that calleth unto me. 

Mai. iii. 5. I will be a swift witness against 
the adulterers and false swearers, &c. 

Rom. i. 28, 29. As they did not like to re- 
tain God in their knowledge, God gave them 
over to a reprobate mind : Being filled with 
all unrighteousness, fornication, &c. 



adulterers. &c, shall inherit the kingdom of 
God. Ver. 10. 

Ver. 13. The body is not for fornication, 
but for the Lord. — Ver. 15. Know ye not that 
your bodies are the members of Christ 1 Shall 
I make them members of a harlot? — Ver. 16. 
He that is joined to a harlot is one body with 
her. — Ver. 18. He that committeth fornica- 
tion sinneth against his own body. 

x. 8. Neither let us commit fornication, as 
some of them did, and fell in one day three 
and twenty thousand. Numb. xxv. 1. 9. 

2 Cor.xii. 20, 21. I fear lest I shall not find 
you such as I would ; and that I shall bewail 
many who have sinned, and have not repented 
of their fornication, lasciviousness, &c. 

Gal. v. 19. The works of the flesh are, 
adultery, fornication, uncleanness. — Ver. 21. 
They that do such things shall not inherit the 
kingdom of God. 

Eph. v. 5, 6. No whoremonger, nor unclean 
person, hath any inheritance in the kingdom 
of Christ and of God. Because of these 
things cometh the wrath of God upon the 
children of disobedience. 

Col. iii. 5, 6. Fornication, uncleanness, in- 
ordinate affection, &c. For which things' 
sake cometh the wrath of God upon the child- 
ren of disobedience. 

1 Tim. i. 10. The law is made for whore- 
mongers, &c. 

Heb. xiii. 4. Whoremongers and adulterers 
God will judge. 

2 Pet. ii. 14. Having eyes full of adultery, 
cursed children. 

Jude 7. Sodom and Gomorrah, and the 
cities about them, giving themselves over to 
fornication, and going after strange flesh, are 
set forth for an example, suffering the ven 
geance of eternal fire. Ver. 8. 

Rev. xxi. 8. Murderers and whoremongers, 
&c. shall have their part in the lake that 
burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the 
second death. 

xxii. 15. Without [the heavenly Jerusalem] 
are dogs, sorcerers, whoremongers, &c. 

Matt. v. 28. Whosoever looketh on a wo- 
man, to lust after her, hath committed adultery 
with her already in his heart. 



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xv. 19. Out of the heart proceed evil 
thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, 
&c. ; these defile a man. Ver. 20. 

CLI. Examples, exhortations, promises, 
SfC. against adultery and fornication. Gen. 
xxxix. 7 — 9. His master's wife cast her eyes 
upon Joseph, and said, Lie with me. But he 
refused ; and said, How can I do this great 
wickedness, and sin against God 1 

Job xxxi. 1. I made a covenant with mine 
eyes, why then should I think upon a maid ? 

Ezek. xviii. 5, 6. If a man be just, and do 
that which is lawful and right; and hath not 
defiled his neighbour's wife, &c. ; he shall 
live. Ver. 9. 

John viii. 1 1 . Jesus said to the woman taken 
in adultery, Sin no more. 

Acts xv. 20. Abstain from fornication. 
Ver. 29. 

Rom. xiii. 13, 14. Let us walk honestly, as 
in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness; 
not in chambering and wantonness. Make 
not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts 
thereof. 

1 Cor. vi. 15. Know ye not that your bo- 
dies are the members of Christ! — Ver. 18. Flee 
fornication. 

vii. 9. If they cannot contain, let them 
marry. 

ix. 27. I keep my hody under, lest I should 
be a cast-away. 

x. 8. Let us not commit fornication. 

Eph. v. 3. Fornication, and all uncleanness, 
let it not be once named among you, as be- 
cometh saints. Ver. 4. 

Col. iii. 5. Mortify your members which 
are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, 
inordinate affection, &c. 

1 Thess. iv. 3. This is the will of God, 
even your sanctification, and that ye abstain 
from fornication. 

Ver. 4, 5. Every one of you should know 
how to possess his vessel in sanctification and 
honour. Not in the lust of concupiscence, as 
the Gentiles which know not God. 

Ver. 7. God hath not called us to unclean- 
ness, but unto holiness. 

1 Tim. i. 10. The law is made for whore- 
mongers, for them that defile themselves with 
mankind. 

2 Tim. ii. 22. Flee youthful lusts. 

1 Pet. ii. 11. Abstain from fleshly lusts, 
Which war against the soul. 



EIGHTH COMMANDMENT. 

THEFT FORBIDDEN. 



CLII. Precepts concerning property and 
the use of riches in society. Exod. xx. 15. j neither deal falsely. Prov. xx. 14. 



Thou shalt not steal. Lev. xix. 11. 13. Deut 
v. 19. Matt. xix. 18. Rom. xiii. 9. Eph. 
iv. 28. 1 Pet. iv. 15. 

CLIII. Threatenings against thfft. Exod. 
xxi. 16. He that stealeth a man, shall surely 
be put to death. Deut. xxiv. 7. 1 Tim. i. 10. 

xxii. 1. If a man steal an ox or a sheep he 
shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four 
sheep for a sheep. 

Ver. 2. If a thief be found breaking up, and 
be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be 
shed for him. — Ver. 4. If the theft be found in 
his hand, he shall restore double. Ver. 7. 
Prov. vi. 30. 

Josh. vii. 11, 12. Israel hath sinned, they 
have stolen and dissembled also. Therefore 
they could not stand before their enemies, &c. 

Ps. 1. 18. When thou sawest a thief, thou 
consentedst with him. — Ver. 21. But I will 
reprove thee. 

Prov. xxix. 24. Whoso is partner with a 
thief, hateth his own soul. 

xxx. 8, 9. Feed me with food convenient : 
Lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name 
of God in vain. 

Jer. vii. 9. Will ye steal. &c. — Ver. 15. I 
will cast you out of my sight 

Hos. iv. 2, 3. By swearing and lying, kill- 
ing and stealing, they break out. Therefore 
shall the land mourn. 

Zech. v. 4. The curse [of the Lord] shall 
enter into the house of the thief, and shall con- 
sume it. 

Luke xii. 33. In the heavens, where no 
thief approaches. 

1 Cor. vi. 10. Neither thieves, nor covetous, 
nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of 
heaven. 

CLIV. Robbery forbidden, with threaten- 
ings. Lev. xix. 13. Thou shalt not defraud 
thy neighbour, neither rob him. 

Ps. lxii. 10. Become not vain in robbery. 
Ver. 12. 

Prov. xxi. 7. The robbery of the wicked 
shall destroy them. 

Isa. lxi. 8. I the Lord hate robbery. Ch. 
x. 2. — xvii. 14. 

Ezek. xxii. 29. The people have used rob- 
bery, &c. — Ver. 31. Therefore have I poured 
out my indignation upon them, saith the Lord. 
Ch. xviii. 10. 13. 

Amos iii. 10, 11. They store up violence 
and robbery in their palaces. Therefore (saith 
the Lord) thy palaces shall be spoiled. 

Nah. iii. 1. Woe to the bloody city, it is full 
of robbery. 

CLV. Fraud and cheating in commerce 
\ forbidden. Lev. xix. 11. Ye shall not steaL 



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Ver. 35, 36. Ye shall do no unrighteousness 
in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in 
measure. Just balances, just weights, a just 
ephah, and a just hin shall ye have. 

xxv. 14. If thou sellest aught unto thy 
neighbour, or buyest aught of thy neighbour's 
hand, ye shall not oppress one another. Prov. 
xi. 26. 

Deut. xxv. 13, 14. Thou shalt not have in 
thy bags divers weights, a great and a small. 
Thou shalt not have in thy house divers mea- 
sures, a great and a small. 

Ver. 15, 16. Thou shalt have a perfect and 
just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt 
thou have ; that thy days may be lengthened 
in the land which the Lord thy God giveth 
thee. For all they that do unrighteously are 
an abomination to the Lord. 

Prov. xi. 1. A false balance is an abomina- 
tion to the Lord, but a just weight is his de- 
light. See Prov. xvi. 11.— xx. 10. 23. Hos. 
xii. 7, 8. 14. Amos viii. 6. Mic. vi. 10 — 14. 
Hab. ii. 6. 

1 Thess. iv. 6. This is the will of God, that 
no man go beyond or defraud his brother in 
any matter; because that the Lord is the 
avenger of all such. 

CLVI. Concerning property in lands. The 
law thereof. Deut. xix. 14. Thou shalt not 
remove thy neighbour's land-mark. 

xxvii. 17. Cursed be he that removeth his 
neighbour's land-mark : and all the people 
shall say, Amen. See Job xxiv. 2. Prov. 
xxii. 28. — xxiii. 10, 11. 

Exod. xxii. 5. If a man cause a field or a 
vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast 
into another man's field, of the best of his own 
vineyard and of his own field shall he make 
restitution. 

xxii. 6. If a fire break out and catch in 
thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the stand- 
ing corn of the field be consumed, he that 
kindled the fire shall make restitution. 

CLVII. Concerning things found, lent, or 
entrusted with a neighbour to keep. The law 
thereof. Lev. vi. 1 to 6.— xxiv. 18. Exod. 
xxii. 9 to 16. 

OPPRESSION FORBIDDEN, &c. 

CLVIII. Oppression forbidden, and duties 
to the oppressed. See Duties of magistrates. 
— Duties of masters. 

Ps. lxii. 10. Trust not in oppression. 

Prov. iii. 31. Envy not the oppressor, and 
choose none of his ways. 

Isa. i. 17. Relieve the oppressed. 

xxxiii. 15, 16. He that despiseth the gain 
of oppressions, &c. : He shall dwell on high. 
Ezek xviii. 5. 7. 9. 16. 



lviii. 6. Is not this the fast that I have chosen 
to let the oppressed go free, <&c. ] 

Jer. xxi. 12. Deliver him that is spoiled out 
of the hand of the oppressor. 

Luke iii. 13. John said to the publicans, 
Exact no more than that which is appointed 
you. — Ver. 14. To the soldiers he said, Do 
violence to no man, and be content with your 
wages. 

CLIX. Restitution to the injured, to be 
made. Lev. vi. 5. 1 Sam. xii. 3. Luke xix. 8. 
Ps. xxxvii. 21. Gen. xliii. 12. — xliv. 8. 

CLX. Threatenings against oppressors. 
Job xxvii. 13, 14. This is the heritage of op- 
pressors, which they shall receive of the 
Almighty. If his children be multiplied, it is 
for the sword : and his offspring shall not be 
satisfied with bread. See to ver. 19. 

Prov. xx. 21. An inheritance may be gotten 
hastily at the beginning, but the end thereof 
shall not be blessed. 

xxii. 16. He that oppresseth the poor to in- 
crease his riches, shall surely come to want. 

Ver. 22, 23. Rob not the poor, neither op- 
press the afflicted ; For the Lord will plead 
their cause, and spoil the soul of those that 
spoiled them. 

xxviii. 3. A poor man that oppresseth the 
poor, is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no 
food. 

Ver. 8. He that by usury and unjust gain 
increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for 
him that will pity the poor. 

Ver. 20. 22. He that maketh haste to be 
rich, shall not be innocent. He hath an evil 
eye, and considereth not that poverty shall 
come upon him. 

Isa. v. 8. Woe unto them that join house to 
house, that lay field to field, till there be no 
place, that they may be placed alone in the 
midst of the earth. Mic. ii. 1, 2. 

xvi. 4. The oppressors are consumed out of 
the land. 

xxx. 12, 13. Because ye trust in oppression 
and perverseness, &c. therefore this iniquity 
shall be to you as a breach. 

xlix. 26. I will feed them that oppress you 
with their own flesh, &c. 

Ii. 23. I will put the cup of trembling into 
the hand of them that afflict thee. 

iix. 13. In transgressing and lying against 
the Lord, in departing away from our God ; 
speaking oppression and revolt. — Ver. 15. The 
Lord saw it and it displeased him, &c. 

Jer. vi. 6. This is the city to be visited [by 
an enemy] ; she is wholly oppression. 

xvii. 11. He that getteth riches, and not by 
right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, 
and at his end shall be a fool. 

xxii. 17—19. [Speaking of Jehoiakim]— 



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Thine eyes and thy heart are not but for co- 
vetousness and oppression. They shall not 
lament for him : He shall be buried with the 
burial of an ass, 

xxx. 20. I will punish all that oppress them. 

Ezek. xviii. 12, 13. 18. He hath oppressed 
the poor and needy, &c. — hath given forth 
upon usury — hath spoiled his brother by vio- 
lence : he shall die in his iniquity. 

Mic. ii. 2, 3. They covet fields, and take 
them by violence. Therefore, saith the Lord, 
Against this family do I devise evil. Isa. v. 8. 
See Eccl. v. 8. Also Isa. i. 17. Hos. xii. 7. 
Amos iv. 1, 2. Hab. ii. 6. Zeph. i. 9. Acts 
vii. 26. 1 Cor. vi. 8. 

CLXI. Prayers for the oppressed. Ps. 
xvii. 9. Keep me from the wicked that op- 
press me. 

xlii. 9. Why go I mourning, because of the 
oppression of the enemy 1 Ps. xliii. 2. — lv. 3. 

xliv. 24. Wherefore hidest thou thy face, 
and forgettest our affliction and our oppres- 
sion 1 ? 

liv. 2, 3. Hear my prayer, God, For op- 
pressors seek for my soul. 

lxxiv. 21. let not the oppressed return 
ashamed. 

cxix. 121. Leave me not to my oppressors. 
Ver. 122. 

Ver. 134. Deliver me from the oppression 
of man. 

Isa. xxxviii. 14. Lord, I am oppressed, 
undertake for me. 

CLXII. Promises to the oppressed. Ps. 
ix. 9. The Lord will be a refuge for the op- 



x. 18. Thou wilt judge the oppressed. 

xii. 5. For the oppression of the poor, for 
the sighing of the needy, will I arise, saith the 
Lord. 

xxxv. 10. Lord, who is like unto thee, which 
deliverest the poor from him that is too strong 
for him, and from him that spoileth him ! 

lxxii. 4. He shall save the children of the 
needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. 
— Ver. 14. He shall redeem their soul from 
deceit and violence, and precious shall their 
blood be in his sight. 

ciii. 6. The Lord executeth judgment for 
all that are oppressed. Ps. cxlvi. 7. 

Isa. ix. 4. Thou hast broken the rod of his 
oppressor, &c. 

xiv. 2. They shall rule over their oppressors. 

xix. 20. They shall cry to the Lord, because 
of the oppressors, and he shall deliver them. 

liv. 14. Thou shalt be far from oppression 
and from terror. 

.Ter. I. 33, 34. They were oppressed. Their 
Redeemer will plead their cause. See Ezek. 
xiv. 8. Zech. ix. 8. 

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See deliverances from national oppression : 
Exotl. hi. 9. Deut. xxvi. 7. Judg. ii. 16. 18. 
— iv. 3.— vi. 9.— Ch. vii. and viii. — x. 8. 12. 
—2 Kings xiii. 4. 23. Isa. lii. 4. 

DUTIES OF THE RICH TOWARD 
THE POOR. 

CLXIII. Hospitality. Rom. xii. 13. Given 
to hospitality. Ver. 8. 1 Tim. iii. 2. 

1 Pet. iv. 9. Use hospitality one toward 
another, without grudging. Ver. 10. 

Heb. xiii. 2. Be not forgetful to entertain 
strangers. 

1 Tim. v. 10. If she have lodged strangers. 
See instances of hospitality, Gen. xviii. I to 
19. Acts x. 23.— xxviii. 7. 3 John 5, 6. 

CLXIV. Lending without usury. Exod. 
xxii. 25. If thou lend to any of my people that 
is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer, 
neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. See 
Lev. xxv. 35, 36, 37. Deut. xv. 7 to 11. — 
xxiii. 19, 20. Ps. xv. 5. Prov. xxviii. 8. 
Ezek. xviii. 8. 13. 17.— xxii. 12, 13. 

Ver. 26. If thou take thy neighbour's 
raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it to him 
by that the sun goeth down. Deut. xxiv. 6. 
Job xxxi. 16. 

Ps. xxxvii. 26. The righteous is ever mer- 
ciful and lendeth ; his seed is blessed. 

cxii. 5. A good man sheweth favour and 
lendeth. — Ver. 9. His righteousness endureth 
for ever. 2 Cor. ix. 9. 

Prov. iii. 28. Say not to thy neighbour, Go, 
and come again ; when thou hast it by thee. 
Gal. vi. 10. 

Matt. v. 42. Give to him that asketh thee ; 
and from him that would borrow of thee, turn 
not thou away. 

Acts iv. 32. They that believed had all things 
common. 

CLXV. Giving alms.- promises. Ps. 
xxxvii. 21. The righteous sheweth mercy and 
giveth. — Ver. 24. The Lord upholdeth him. 

xii. 1. Blessed is he that considereth the 
poor. Ver. 2, 3. 

cxii. 9. He hath dispersed, he hath given to 
the poor ; his righteousness endureth for ever. 
2 Cor. ix. 9. 

Prov. iii. 9. 27. Honour the Lord with thy 
substance. Withhold not good from them to 
whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy 
hand to do it. — Ver. 10. So shall thy barns be 
filled with plenty, &c. 

xi. 24. There is that scattereth, and yet in- 
creaseth, &c. — Ver. 25. The liberal soul shall 
be made fat : and he that watereth shall be 
watered himself also. 

xiv. 21. He that hath mercy on the poor 
happy is he. 

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Ver. 3 1 . He that honoureth his Maker, hath 
mercy on the poor. 

xix. 17. He that hath pity on the poor, 
lendeth to the Lord ; and that which he hath 
given will he repay him. 

xxii. 9. He that hath a bountiful eye shall 
be blessed ; for he giveth of his bread to the 
poor. 

xxviii. 27. He that giveth to the poor shall 
not lack. 

xxix. 7. The righteous considereth the cause 
of the poor. 

Eccl. xi. 1. Cast thy bread upon the waters; 
for thou shalt find it after many days. 

Isa. xxxii. 8. The liberal deviseth liberal 
things, and by liberal things shall he stand. 

lviii. 6, 7. Is not this the fast that I have 
chosen 1 [saith the Lord :] To deal thy bread 
to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor 
that are cast out to thy house"? when thou 
seest the naked, that thou cover him ; and that 
thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh 1 — 
Ver. 9. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord will 
answer. 

Ver. 10, 11. If thou draw out thy soul to 
the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul ; then 
shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy dark- 
ness be as the noon-day. And the Lord shall 
guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in 
drought, and make fat thy bones : and thou 
6halt be like a watered garden, and like a 
spring whose waters fail not. Ver. 12. See 
Job xxxi. 16 to 20, and ver. 32. 

Ezek. xviii. 7. Hath given his bread to the 
hungry, and hath covered the naked with a 
garment. — Ver. 9. He shall surely live, saith 
the Lord. 

Mark x. 21. Jesus said, Sell whatsoever thou 
hast, and give to the poor ; and thou shalt have 
treasure in heaven. Luke xii. 33. — xviii. 22. 

xii. 42 — 44. A poor widow threw in two 
mites. Jesus said, This poor widow hath cast 
in more than they all. — She did cast in all 
that she had. 2 Cor. viii. 12. 

Luke iii. 11. Jesus said, He that hath two 
coats, let him impart to him that hath none ; 
and he that hath meat let him do likewise. 

vi. 38. Give, and it shall be given unto you. 

xi. 41. Give alms of such things as you have; 
and, behold, all things are clean unto you. 

xiv. 13, 14. When thou makest a feast, call 
the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind. 
And thou shalt be blessed ; for thou shalt be 
recompensed at the resurrection of the just. 

xvi. 9. Make to yourselves friends of the 
mammon of unrighteousness. 

Acts x. 2. Cornelius gave much alms to the 
people, and prayed to God always. — Ver. 4. 
The angel said unto him, Thy prayers and 
thine alms are come up as a memorial before 
God 



xx. 35. Support the weak. It is more blessed 
to give than to receive. 

Eph. iv. 28. Give to him that needeth. 

1 Tim. vi. 17 — 19. Charge them that are 
rich in this world, that they be rich in good 
works, ready to distribute, willing to commu- 
nicate ; laying up in store for themselves a 
good foundation against the time to come, that 
they may lay hold on eternal life. 

Heb. xiii. 16. To do good and communi- 
cate forget not ; for with such sacrifices God is 
well pleased. 

CLXVI. Alms to be done in secret. Matt.vi. 
1. Do not your alms before men, to be seen of 
them. 

Ver. 3, 4. When thou doest thine alms, let 
let not thy right hand know what thy left hand 
doeth, &c. ; that thine alms may be in secret ; 
and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall 
reward thee openly. 

Rom. xii. 8. He that giveth, let him do it 
with simplicity. 

CLXVII. To be given to the poor of every 
denomination. Luke vi. 30. Give to every 
man that asketh. 

Ver. 35, 36. Love your enemies, and do 
good, and ye shall be the children of the High- 
est ; for he is kind to the unthankful and the 
evil. Be ye therefore merciful as your Father 
is merciful. See an instance, chap. x. 29 to 38. 

Rom. xii. 20. If thine enemy hunger, feed 
him. 

Gal. vi. 10. Let us do good unto all men, 
especially to them who are of the household 
of faith. 

CLXVIII. To be given to poor Christians 
especially. Matt. x. 42. Whosoever shall 
give to drink unto one of these little ones, a 
cup of cold water only, in the name of a dis- 
ciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise 
lose his reward. Mark ix. 41. See above, 
Gal. vi. 10. 

Matt. xxv. 34 to 46. See Christ's remarka- 
ble sentence at the day of judgment, and the 
reasons given for it. 

Rom. xii. 13. Distributing to the necessity 
of saints. 

1 Cor. xvi. 2. Upon the first day of the 
week, let every one of you lay by him in store, 
as God hath prospered him. Mark iii. 4. For 
it is lawful to do good on the sabbath. 

See instances of such liberality to Saint 
Paul, and other saints : Rom. xvi. 2. Phil, 
iv. 10. 2 Tim. i. 16.18. Heb. vi. 10. 3 John 
5, 6. — Collections made for the saints at Jeru- 
salem ; Rom. xv. 26. 1 Cor. xvi. 3. 2 Cor. 
8th and 9th chapters. 

GOD'S CARE OF THE POOR. 

I CLXLX. Promises to the poor. Job v. 15, 



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] 6. He saveth the poor from the sword, from 
their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. 
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth 
her mouth. 

xxxvi. 15. He delivereth the poor in his af- 
fliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. 

Ps. ix. 18. The needy shall not always be 
forgotten ; the expectation of the poor shall 
not perish for ever. 

lxviii. 10. Thou, God, hast prepared of 
thy goodness for the poor. 

Ixix. 33. The Lord heareth the poor, 

lxxii. 3. He shall judge thy people with right- 
eousness, and thy poor with judgment. — Ver. 
12, 13. He shall deliver the needy when he 
crieth ; the poor also, and him that hath no 
helper. He shall spare the poor and needy, 
and shall save the souls of the needy. 

cii. 17. He will regard the prayer of the 
destitute, and not despise their prayer. 

cvii. 41. He setteth the poor on high from 
affliction, and maketh him famdies like a flock. 

cix. 31. He shall stand at the right hand of 
the poor, to save him from those that condemn 
his soul. 

cxiii. 7. He raiseth up the poor out of the 
dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dung- 
hill. 

exxxii. 15. I will satisfy her poor with 
bread. 

cxl. 12. The Lord will maintain the right 
of the poor. 

Isa. xiv. 30. The first-born of the poor shall 
feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety. 

Jer. xx. 13. Sing unto the Lord : praise ye 
the Lord, for he hath delivered the soul of the 
poor from the hand of evil-doers. 

Luke xvi. 25. Ahraham said, Son. remem- 
ber, that thou in thy life-time receivedst thy 
good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; 
but now he is comforted, and thou art tor- 
mented. 

James i. 9. Let the brother of low degree 
rejoice in that he is exalted. 

ii. 5. Hath not God chosen the poor of 
this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the king- 
dom, which he hath promised to them that 
love him 'J Ps. Ixxiv. 21. 

CLXX. Of the uncharitable to the poor. 
Deut. xv. 9. Beware of hardness of heart to- 
ward thy poor brother. Ch. xxiv. 15. 

Prov. xi. 26. He that withholdeth corn, the 
people shall curse him. 

xvii. 5. Whoso mocketh the poor reproach- 
eth his Maker. 

xxi. 13. Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry 
of the poor, he also shall cry himself and shall 
not be heard. Ver. 10. 26. 

xxviii. 27. He that hideth his eyes from the 
poor, shall have many a curse. 



Isa. xxxii. 7. The instruments of the churl 
are evil to destroy the poor. Prov. xxiii. 7. 
Eat, saith he, but his heart is not with thee. 

James ii. 15, 16. If a brother or sister be 
naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of 
you say unto him, Depart in peace, be you 
warmed, and filled ; notwithstanding ye give 
them not those things that be needful, what 
doth it profit 1 

1 John iii. 17. Whoso hath this world's 
good, and seeth his brother have need, and 
shutteth up his bowels of compassion from 
him, how dwelleth the love of God in him 1 



THE STRANGER. WIDOW, AND FA- 
THERLESS. 

CLXXI. Duties toward them, and threat- 
enings against those that oppress them. Exod 
xxii. 21. Thou shalt not vex a stranger nor op- 
press him ; for ye were strangers in the land 
of Egypt. Ch. xxiii. 9. 12. Lev. xix. 33. 

Exod. xxii. 22 — 24. Ye shall not afflict any 
widow or fatherless child. If thou afflict them 
in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will 
surely hear their cry ; and my wrath shall wax 
hot, and I will kill you with the sword, and 
your children shall be fatherless. 

Lev. xix. 10. Thou shalt not glean thy vine- 
yard, neither shalt thou gather every grape ot 
thy vineyard ; thou shalt leave them for the 
poor and the stranger. Deut. xxiv. 20, 21. — 
xxvii. 12. 

Ver. 34. The stranger that dwelleth with 
you, shall be unto you as one born among you,, 
and thou shalt love him as thyself. 

xxiii. 22. When ye reap the harvest of your 
land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the 
corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather 
any gleaning of thy harvest ; thou shalt leave 
them unto the poor, and to the stranger. Ch. 
xxv. 6. Deut. xxiv. 19. Ruth ii. 2, 3. 

Deut. i. 16. Judge righteously between every 
man and the stranger. 

x. 19. Love the stranger; for ye were 
strangers in the land of Egypt. 

xxiv. 17. Thou shalt not pervert the judg- 
ment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless, nor 
take a widow's raiment to pledge. Ch. xxvii. 
1 9. Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment 
of the stranger, of the fatherless, and widow: 
and all the people shall say. Amen. 

Job xxiv. 3. 9. The wicked drive away the 
ass of the fatherless, and take the widow's ox 
for a pledge. They pluck the fatherless from 
the breast, and take a pledge of the poor. 
(Ver. 21.) Ver. 23, 24. God's eyes are upon 
their ways : They are exalted for a little while, 
but are gone and brought low ; they are taken 
out of the way, and cut off as the tops of the 
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xxix. 12, 13. I delivered the poor that cried, 
end the fatherless, and him that had none to 
help him. The blessing of him that was ready 
to perish came upon me ; I caused the widow's 
heart to sing for joy. 

xxxi. 16, 17. 21, 22. If I have withheld 
the poor from their desire, or have caused the 
eyes of the widow to fail. — If I have eaten my 
morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten 
thereof — If I have lifted up my hand against the 
fatherless : Then let my arm fall from my 
6houlder blade. — Ver. 32. The stranger did 
not lodge in the street, but I opened my door 
to the traveller. 

Ps. xciv. 6. The proud slay the widow and 
the stranger, and murder the fatherless. — Ver. 
10. He that chastiseth the nations, shall he 
not correct you 1 

Prov. xxiii. 10, 11. Enter not into the fields 
of the fatherless : For their Redeemer is migh- 
ty ; he will plead their cause. 

Isa. i. 17. Judge the fatherless; plead for 
the widow. — Ver. 23, 24. They judge not the 
fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow 
come unto them. Therefore, saith the Lord, I 
will ease me of mine adversaries. Jer. v. 28, 29. 

x. 1, 2. Woe unto them that decree unright- 
eous decrees. — That widows may be their prey, 
and that they may rob the fatherless. Matt, 
xxiii. 14. 

Jer. vii. 6, 7. If ye oppress not the stranger, 
the fatherless and the widow ; then will I cause 
you to dwell in this place. Ch. xxii. 3. Zech. 
vii. 10. 

Ezek. xxii. 7. In thee have they dealt by 
oppression with the stranger, they vexed the 
fatherless and widow. — Ver. 15. I will scatter 
them among the heathen. Ver. 29. 31. 

xlvii, 22. Give the stranger his inheritance. 
Ver. 23. 

Mai. iii. 5. I will be a swift witness against 
those that oppress the widow and the father- 
less, and that turn aside the stranger from his 
right. 

1 Tim. v. 3. Honour widows that are wi- 
dows indeed. 

Ver. 16. If they have widows, let them re- 
lieve them. 

James i. 27. Pure religion and undefiled be- 
fore God and the Father, is this, To visit the 
fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to 
keep himself unspotted from the world. See 
Luke iv. 25. 

CLXXII. Promises to the stranger, father- 
less and widow. Deut. x. 18. The Lord doth 
execute the judgment of the fatherless and 
widow, and loveth the stranger in giving him 
food and raiment. 

Ps. x. 14. Thou art the helper of the father- 
less. Ver. 18. 



lxviii. 5. A father of the fatherless, and a 
judge of the widow, is God in his holy habi- 
tation. 

cxlvi. 9. The Lord preserveth the strangers, 
and relieveth the fatherless and widow. 

Prov. xv. 25. The Lord will establish the 
border of the widow. 

Ezek. xi. 16. Thus saith the Lord God, 
Although I have cast them far off among the 
heathen, and scattered them among the coun- 
tries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary 
in the countries where they shall come. 

Jer. xlix. 11. Leave thy fatherless children, 
I will preserve them alive, and let thy widows 
trust in me. 

Hos. xiv. 3. In thee the fatherless findeth 
mercy. 

Jer. xxix. 7. Seek the peace of the city, 
whither I have caused you to be carried away 
captives; and pray unto the Lord for it: for 
in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. Ps. 
xxvii. 10. See 1 Kings viii. 43. 2 Chron. 
vi. 33. 



NINTH COMMANDMENT. 

WITNESS-BEARING. 

CLXXIII. Of witness-bearing / fake 
swearing, <$-c. Exod. xx. 16. Thou shalt not 
bear false witness against thy neighbour. 
Deut. v. 20. Matt. xix. 18. Rom. xiii. 9. 

Numb. xxxv. 30. One witness shall not 
testify against any person to cause him to die. 
Deut. xvii. 6. 

Deut. xix. 15. One witness shall not rise 
up against a man for any iniquity, or for any 
sin that he sinneth ; out of the mouth of two 
witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, 
shall the matter be established. Matt, xviii. 
16. 2 Cor. xiii. 1. 1 Tim. v. 19. 

Ver. 16. 19. If a false witness rise up 
against any man, to testify against him that 
which is wrong; (Ver. 17, 18.) Then shall 
ye do unto him, as he thought to have done 
unto his brother ; so shalt thou put the evil 
away from among you. — Ver. 21. Life shall 
go for life, eye for eye, &c. 

Lev. v. 1. If a soul sin, and hear the voice 
of swearing, and is a witness whether he hath 
seen or known of it, if he do not utter it, then 
he shall bear his iniquity. 

Prov. vi. 16. 19. These things doth the 
Lord hate: A false witness that speaketh 
lies, &c. 

xiv. 5. A faithful witness will not lie ; but 
a false witness will utter lies. 

Ver. 25. A true witness delivereth souls, 
but a deceitful witness speaketh lies. 

xix. 5. A false witness shall not be un- 
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xxi 28. A false witness shall perish. 

xxiv. 28. Be not a witness against thy 
neighbour without a cause. See Prov. xii. 
17.— xix. 28.— xxv. 18. Matt. xv. 19. 

Instances : Of false witness given against 
Naboth, 1 Kings xxi. 7, &c. — Against David, 
Ps. xxvii. 12. — xxxv. 11. — Against Christ, 
Matt, xx vi. 60. — Against Stephen, Acts vi. 13. 

CLXXIV. Lying forbidden ; truth com- 
manded. Lev. xix. 11. Ye shall not lie one 
to another. Zech. viii. 16, 17. 

Ps. xxxiv. 1 3. Keep thy tongue from evil, 
and thy lips that they speak no guile. 1 Pet. 
ill. 10. 

Prov. iv. 24. A froward mouth and perverse 
lips put far from thee. 

Eph. iv. 15. Speaking the truth in love, 
grow up unto Christ. 

Ver. 25. Putting away lying, speak every 
man truth with his neighbour. 

Col. Hi. 9. Lie not one to another, seeing 
ye have put off the old man. See Ps. xv. 2. 
Isa. xxxiii. 15. Prov. xii. 17. 19. 

CLXXV. Lying abhorred by God and 
good men. Prov. vi. 16, 17. These things 
doth the Lord hate : A lying tongue, &c. 

xii. 22. Lying lips are abomination to the 
Lord ; but they that deal truly are his delight. 

Job xxvii. 4. Job said, My lips shall not 
speak wickedness, neither my tongue utter 
deceit. 

Ps. ci. 7. David said, He that telleth lies 
shall not tarry in my sight. 

cxix. 29. Remove from me the way of 
lying. — Ver. 163. I hate and abhor lying. 

Prov. viii. 7. Wisdom said, My mouth shall 
speak truth ; wickedness is an abomination 
to my lips. 

xiii. 5. A righteous man hateth lying. 

Isa. lxiii. 8. My people (saith God) are 
children that will not lie. 

CLXXVI. Satan, and his children, are 
liars. John viii. 44. The devil abode not in 
the truth ; he is a liar, and the father of it. 
Ver. 45. 

Acts v. 3. Why hath Satan filled thy heart 
to lie to the Holy Ghost 7 See Isa. xxviii. 15. 
17. — lix. 3, 4. Jer. xxiii. 14. 

CLXXVII. Threatenings and prayers 
against liars. Ps. v. 6. Thou shalt destroy 
them that speak leasing. 

xxxi. 18. Let lying lips be put to silence, 
which speak grievous things, proudly and 
contemptuously against the righteous. 

xxxvi. 1. There is no fear of God before 
his eyes. — Ver. 3. The words of his mouth 
are iniquity and deceit. — Ver. 12. They are 
cast down, they shall not arise. Ps. x. 7. 

) 19. Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and 



thy tongue frameth deceit. Ver. 21. I will 
reprove thee, saith the Lord. 

lii. 2 — 4. Thy tongue deviseth mischief 
like a sharp razor working deceitfully. Thou 
lovest evil more than good, and lying rather 
than to speak righteousness. Thou lovest all 
devouring words, thou deceitful tongue. — 
Ver. 5. God shall destroy thee for ever. 

Iv. 21. The words of his mouth were 
smoother than butter, but war was in his 
heart : his words were softer than oil, yet were 
they drawn swords. (Ver. 12, 13. 15.) Ver. 

23. Thou, God, shalt bring them down into 
the pit of destruction. 

lviii. 3, 4. The wicked are estranged from 
the womb, they go astray speaking lies. Their 
poison is like the poison of a serpent. (Ps. 
cxI. 3. 9.) Ver. 6, 7. Break their teeth, O 
God, in their mouth. Let them melt away 
like waters. 

lix. 7. They belch out with their mouth; 
swords are in their lips. 

Ver. 12, 13. For the sin of their mouth, 
and the words of their lips, let them even be 
taken in their pride ; and for cursing and 
lying which they speak, consume them in 
wrath. 

Ixii. 4. They delight in lies; they bless 
with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. — 
Ver. 3. Ye shall be slain all of you. 

lxiii. 11. The mouth of them that speak 
lies shall be stopped. 

cix. 2. They have spoken against me with 
a lying tongue : let them be condemned. 
Ver. 7. 

cxx. 3, 4. What shall be given unto thee ? 
or what shall be done unto thee, thou false 
tongue? Sharp arrows of the mighty with 
coals of juniper. 

Prov. x. 18. He that hideth hatred, with 
lying lips is a fool. 

xii. 13. The wicked is snared by the trans- 
gression of his lips. Ch. xvii. 20. 

Ver. 19. A lying tongue is but for a mo- 
ment. 

xvii. 7. Lying lips become not a prince. 

xix. 5. He that speaketh lies shall not 
escape ; he shall perish. Ver. 9. 

Ver. 22. A poor man is better than a liar. 
Ver. 1. 

xxi. 6. Getting treasures by a lying tongue, 
is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek 
death. 

xxvi. 18, 19. As a madman who casteth 
firebrands, arrows, and death : so is he that 
deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I 
in sport? 

Ver. 23. Lying lips and a wicked heart are 
like a potsherd covered with silver dross. Ver. 

24, 2b, 26. 28. 

Isa. Ivii. 1 1. Of whom hast thou been afraid, 
2 b 2 



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that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered 
me, sail h the Lord 1 

lix. 2, 3. Your iniquities have separated 
between you and your God, and your sins 
have hid his face from you. For your hands 
are defiled with blood, and your fingers with 
iniquity ; your lips have spoken lies, your 
tongue hath muttered perverseness. Ver. 
12—15. 

Jer. ix. 5. They will deceive every one his 
neighbour, and will not speak the truth ; they 
have taught their tongue to speak lies, and 
weary themselves to commit iniquity. — Ver. 7. 
Therefore, thus saith the Lord of hosts, Be- 
hold, I will melt them and try them. 

Ver. 8, 9. Their tongue is as an arrow shot 
out, and speaketh deceit : one speaketh peace- 
ably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in 
heart he layeth his wait. Shall I not visit 
them for these things 1 saith the Lord ; Shall 
not my soul be avenged on such a nation as 
this? 

Hos. iv. 1, 2. The Lord hath a controversy 
with the inhabitants of the land, because there 
*s no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God 
in the land. By swearing, and lying, and 
killing, and stealing, they break out. — Ver. 3. 
Therefore shall the land mourn. 

1 Tim. iv. 2. Seducing spirits, speaking lies 
in hypocrisy. 

Rev. xxi. 8. Liars shall have their portion 
in the lake that burnetii with fire and brimstone. 
, Ver. 27. There shall in no wise enter into 
heaven any thing that defileth or worketh abo- 
mination, or that raaketh a lie. 

xxii. 15. Without are dogs, and sorcerers, 
and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. 

See the death of Ananias and Sapphira, 
Acts v. 

CLXXVIII. The words of the wicked, in- 
jurious and offensive. Ps. v. 9. There is no 
faithfulness in their mouth; their throat is an 
open sepulchre. — Ver. 10. Destroy them, O 
God. 

xxii. 7. They shoot out the lip, they shake 
the head. 

lix. 7. They belch out with their mouth, 
swords are in their lips; for who (say they) 
doth hear us 1 — Ver. 8. Thou, O God, shalt 
laugh at them. Ps. lxiv. 3. — Ixix. 26. 

cxl. 3. They have sharpened their tongues 
like a serpent ; adders' poison is under their 
lips. — Ver. 9. Let the mischief of their own 
lips cover them. 

Prov. xii. 18. There is that speaketh like 
the piercing of a sword ; but the tongue of 
the wise is health. 

xvi. 27. An ungodly man diggeth up evil, 
and in his lips there is as a burning fire. 
Ver. 30. 



xvii. 4. A wicked doer giveth heed to false 
lips, and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. 
Ver. 7. 

xviii. 6. A fool's lips enter into contention, 
and his mouth calleth for strokes. — Ver. 7. 
His mouth is his destruction, and his lips are 
the snare of his soul. 

xxiv. 2. Their heart studieth destruction, 
and their lips talk of mischief. 

Eccl. x. 12. The words of a wise man's 
mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will 
swallow up himself. 

Lam. Hi. 61, 62. Thou hast heard the lips 
of those that rise up against me. 

Matt. xii. 34, 35. How can ye, being evil, 
speak good things 1 An evil man out of the 
evil treasure of his heart, bringeth forth evil 
things. — Ver. 37. By thy words thou shalt be 
condemned. 

xv. 18. The things that proceed out of the 
mouth, come forth from the heart, and defile 
the man. 

1 Cor. xv. 33. Evil communications corrupt 
good manners. 

James iii. 5, 6. The tongue is a little mem- 
ber, and boasteth great things. The tongue 
is a fire, a world of iniquity ; it defileth the 
whole body. Ver. 8, 9, 10. 

2 Pet. ii. 12. These, as natural brute beasts, 
speak evil of the things they understand not. 

CLXXIX. Words of the wicked against 
God. Jude 14, 15. The Lord cometh with 
ten thousand of his saints; to execute judg- 
ment, and to convince all that are ungodly, 
of their ungodly speeches which they have 
ungodly spoken against him. 

CLXXX. Evil speaking. Ps. xii. 3, 4. 
The Lord shall cut off the tongue that 
speaketh proud things : who have said, With 
our tongue will we prevail ; our lips are our 
own, who is Lord over us ? 

xii. 5. My enemies speak evil of me. Ver. 6. 

1. 1 9. Thou givest thy mouth to evil. — Ver. 
21. I will reprove thee, saith God. 

Eph. iv. 31. Let all bitterness, and wrath, 
and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away 
from you, with all malice. 

Tit. iii. 2. Speak evil of no man. Be not 
brawlers. 1 Pet. iii. 9. 

James iv. 1 1. Speak not evil one of another. 

1 Pet. ii. 1, 2. Laying aside all malice, and 
all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and evil 
speaking; as new-born babes desire the sin- 
cere milk of the word. 

iii. 10. He that will love life, and see good 
days, let him refrain his tongue from evil. Ps. 
xxxiv. 13. See Ps. cxl. 11. 

TALKATIVENESS. 
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the tongue. Job xi. 2. Should a man of much 
talk he justified ? 

xlii. 3. Job said, Who is he that hideth 
counsel without knowledge? therefore have I 
uttered that I understood not; things too won- 
derful for me, which I knew not. 

Ps. cvi. 33. They provoked Moses's spirit, 
so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. 

Prov. x. 8. A prating fool shall fall. — Ver. 
19. In the multitude of words there wanteth 
not sin, but he that refraineth his lips is wise. 
Job xiii. 5. 

xiii. 3. He that keepeth his mouth keepeth 
his life; but he that openeth wide his lips 
shall have destruction. 

xiv. 23. The talk of the lips tendeth only 
to penury. 

xvii. 27. He that hath knowledge spareth 
his words. Job xiii. 5. 

Ver. 28. Even a fool when he holdeth his 
peace is accounted wise. 

xviii. 13. He that answereth a matter before 
he heareth it, it is folly and shame to him. 

xxi. 23. Whoso keepeth his mouth and his 
tongue, keepeth his soul from troubles. 

xxix. 11. A fool uttereth all his mind: but 
a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. — Ver. 
20. Seest thou a man hasty in his words? 
there is more hope of a fool than of him. 

Eccl. iii. 7. There is a time to keep silence, 
and a time to speak. 

v. 2, 3. Be not rash with thy mouth. A 
fool's voice is known by multitude of words. 

x. 14. A fool is full of words. 

Amos v. 13. The prudent shall keep silence 
in the evil time. 

Mic. vii. 5. Keep the doors of thy mouth 
from her that lieth in thy bosom. 

James i. 19. Let every man be swift to 
bear, slow to speak. 

Ver. 26. If any man among you seemeth 
to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, 
that man's religion is vain. 

FLATTERY. 

CLXXXII. Flattery. Job xvii. 5. He 
that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the 
eyes of his children shall fail. 

xxxii'. 2 1 . 22. Let me not accept any man's 
person, neither give flattering titles to men. 
(1 Thess. ii. 5.) In so doing my Maker 
would soon take me away. 

Ps. v. 9. They flatter with their tongues. — 
Ver. 10. Destroy them, God. Ps. xli. 6. 

xii. 2. With flattering lips and a double 
heart they do speak. — Ver. 3. The Lord shall 
cut off all flattering lips. 

lxxviii. 36, 37. They did flatter God with 
their mouth, and lied unto him. For their 
heart was not right with him. Isa. xxix. 13. 



Prov. xx. 19. Meddle not with him that 
flattereth with his lips. 

xxvi. 28. A flattering mouth worketh ruin. 

xxix. 5. A man that flattereth his neigh- 
bour spreadelh a net for his feet. See Prov. 
ii. 16. — vi. 24. — vii. 21. — xxviii. 23. Ezek. 
xii. 24. Dan. xi. 21. 32. 34. 

TALE-BEARING. 

CLXXXIII. Tale-bearing. Lev. xix. 16 
Thou shalt not go up and down as a tale- 
bearer among t\.iy people. 

Prov. xi. 13. A tale-bearer revealeth secrets, 
but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the 
matter. 

xvii. 9. He that covereth a transgression 
seeketh love, but he that repeateth a matte* 
separateth very friends. 

xviii. 8. The words of a tale-bearer are as 
wounds, they go down into the innermost 
parts of the belly. Ch. xxvi. 22. 

xx. 19. He that goeth about as a tale-bearer 
revealeth secrets : therefore meddle not with 
him that flattereth with his lips. 

xxvi. 20. Where there is no tale-bearer the 
strife ceaseth. 

WHISPERING. 

CLXXXIV. Whispering. Ps. xli. 7. All 
that hate me, whisper together against me. 

Prov. xvi. 28. A whisperer separateth chief 
friends. 

Rom. i. 29. They [the wicked] are full of 
envy, murder, debate ; whisperers. 

2 Cor. xii. 20. I fear lest there be among 
you whisperings, swellings, &c. 

BACKBITING. 

CLXXXV. Backbiting. Ps. xv. 1. Lord, 
who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall 
dwell in thy holy hill?— Ver. 3. He that 
backbiteth not with his tongue. 

Prov. xxv. 23. An angry countenance 
driveth away a backbiting tongue. 

Rom. i. 28. The wicked have a reprobate 
mind. — Ver. 29. Filled with all unrighteous- 
ness. — Ver. 30. Backbiters, &c. See 2 Coi 
xii. 20. 

SLANDERING, &c. 

CLXXXVI. Slandering, <SfC. Ps. ci. 5. 
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him 
will 1 cut off. 

Prov. x. 1 8. He that uttereth a slander is a 
fool. 

Ps. xxxi. 13. I have heard the slander o 
many, while they took counsel against me. 



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I 20,21. Thou sknderest thy own mother's 
son. I will reprove thee, saith God. 

Jer. vi. 28. Grievous revolters, walking with 
slanders. 

ix. 4. Every neighbour will walk with 
slanders. Ver. 7. 

1 Tim. iii. 11. Deacons' wives must not be 
slanderers. See Ps. xxxi. 13. Rom. iii. 8. 

REPROACH. 

CLXXXVII. Prayers and complaints 
against it. Neh. iv. 4. Hear, O our God, for 
we are despised ; turn their reproach upon 
ftheir own head, and give them for a prey. 

Job xvi. 10. They have smitten me re- 
proachfully. 

Ps. xxii. 6. I am a reproach of men, and 
despised of the people. 

xxxi. 11. I was a reproach among all my 
enemies, and especially among my neighbours. 

xxxix. 8. Deliver me from all my enemies ; 
make me not the reproach of the foolish. 

xlii. 10. As with a sword in my bones my 
enemies reproach me. 

xliv. 13. Thou makest us a reproach to our 
neighbours, a scorn, and a derision to them 
that are round about us. 

Iv. 12. It was not an enemy that reproached 
me, then I could have borne it. — Ver. 15. Let 
death seize upon them. 

lxix. 7. For thy sake, I have borne re- 
proach, &c. 

Ver. 9, 10. The reproaches of them that 
reproached thee are fallen upon me. (Rom. 
xv. 3.) When I wept and chastened my soul 
with fasting that was to my reproach. 

Ver. 19. Thou hast known my reproach, 
my shame and dishonour. — Ver. 23. Let their 
eyes be darkened. 

lxxiv, 10. O God, how long shall the adver- 
sary reproach 1 — Ver. 18. Remember that the 
enemy hath reproached, O Lord. 

lxxix. 4. We are become a reproach to our 
neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that 
are round about us. — Ver. 12. Render unto 
our neighbours seven-fold into their bosom 
their reproach. 

lxxxix. 41. He is a reproach to his neigh- 
bours. 

Ver. 50, 51. Remember, O Lord, the re- 
proach of thy servants, wherewith thy enemies 
have reproached. 

cii. 8. My enemies reproach me all the day. 

cix. 25, 26. I became also a reproach unto 
diem. Help me, O Lord my God. 

cxix. 22. Remove from me reproach and 
contempt. 

Ver. 39. Turn away my reproach which I 
fear. 

Lam. iii. 61. Thou hast heard their reproach, 



O Lord, and all their imaginations against me. 
— Ver. 64. Render unto them a recompense, 
O Lord. 

Joel ii. 17. Spare thy people, O Lord, and 
give not thy heritage to reproach. 

CLXXXVIIL Reproach. God will bring 
it upon the wicked. Jer. xxiv. 9. I will deli- 
ver them to be removed into all the kingdoms 
of the earth, for their hurt ; to be a reproach 
and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all 
places whither I shall drive them. Ch. xxix. 
18.— xlii. 18.— xliv. 12. Ezek. v. 14, 15.— 
xxii. 4. 

Isa. xliii. 27, 28. Thy first father hath sin- 
ned, and thy teachers have transgressed against 
me. Therefore have I profaned the princes 
of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the 
curse, and Israel to reproaches. 

Dan. ix. 16. For the iniquities of our fathers, 
Jerusalem and thy people are become a re- 
proach to all that are about us. 

CLXXXIX. Promises against reproach* 
Ps. Ivii. 3. He shall save me from the reproach 
of him that would swallow me up. 

Isa. Ii. 7. Fear ye not the reproach of men, 
neither be afraid of their revilings; for the 
moth shall eat them, &c. Ver. 8. 

Ezek. xxxvi. 3. Ye are taken up in the lips 
of talkers, and are an infamy of the people. — 
Ver. 7. Thus saith the Lord, The heathen 
that are about you shall bear their shame. 

Joel ii. 19. I will no more make you a re- 
proach. 

Zeph. ii. 8, 9. I have heard the reproach of 
Moab, and the revilings of the children of Am- 
nion. As I live, saith the Lord God of Israel, 
surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the child- 
ren of x\mmon as Gomorrah. Ver. 10, 11. 

Luke vi. 22. Blessed are ye, saith Christ, 
when men shall reproach you for my sake. 

2 Cor. xii. 10. I take pleasure in reproaches 
for Christ. Heb. x. 33. 

1 Pet. iv. 14. If ye be reproached for the 
name of Christ, happy are ye. See Job v. 21. 
Ps. xxxi. 20.— cxx. 2. 

REVILING. 

CXC. Reviling practised by the wicked, 
and endured by the godly.. Exod. xxii. 28. 
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the 
ruler of thy people. Acts xxiii. 4, 5. 

Matt. v. 1 1. Blessed are ye when men shall 
revile you, &c. 

xxvii. 39. They that passed by reviled 
Christ. 

Mark xv. 32. They that were crucified with 
him reviled him. 

John ix. 28. The Pharisees reviled him 
whose eyes Christ opened. 



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1 Cor. iv. 12. Being reviled we bless. 

vi. 10. Neither thieves, nor covetous, nor 
drunkards, nor revilers, &c. shall inherit the 
kingdom of God. 

1 Pet. ii. 23. Christ, when he was reviled, 
reviled not again. See Isa. Ii. 7. Zeph. ii. 8, 
in the foregoing section. 

RAILING. 

CXCI. Railing. 1 Cor. v. 11. Keep not 
company with a railer. 

1 Tim. vi. 4. Strifes of words, whereof 
cometh envy, strife, railings, &c. 

1 Pet. iii. 9. Love as brethren, not rendering 
railing for railing. 

2 Pet. ii. 11. Angels bring not a railing ac- 
cusation against the wicked. 

Jude 9. The angel durst not bring a railing 
accusation against the devil. — Ver. 13. 

Instances of the wicked's railing. Sen- 
nacherib, 2 Chron. xxxii. 17. — Nabal, 1 Sam. 
xxv. 14. — Persons at Christ's crucifixion, 
Mark xv. 29. — A malefactor, Luke xxiii. 39. 

EVIL COMMUNICATIONS. 

CXCIL Evil communications. Isa. ix. 17. 
Every mouth speaketh folly. God's anger is 
not turned away, &c. 

1 Cor. xv. 33. Be not deceived, evil com- 
munications corrupt good manners. 

Eph. iv. 29. Let no corrupt communication 
proceed out of your mouth, but that which is 
good to the use of edifying, that it may minister 
grace unto the hearers. 

v. 3, 4. Fornication and uncleanness, let it 
not be once named amongst you ; neither filthi- 
ness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which 
are not convenient. Matt. xii. 36. For every 
idle word that men shall speak, they shall give 
an account thereof in the day of judgment. 

Col. iii. 8. Put off all these, anger, wrath, 
blasphemy, filthy communication out of your 
mouth. 

iv. 6. Let your speech be always with grace. 

2 Pet. ii. 7. God delivered just Lot, vexed 
with the filthy conversation of the wicked. 
See Isa. ix. 17. 

CXCIII. Unprofitable disputes about reli- 
gion. 1 Tim. i. 4. Neither give heed to fables, 
which minister questions rather than godly 
edifying. See 1 Tim. vi. 4, 5. 2 Tim. ii. 14. 
16, 17. Tit. iii. 9. 

CURSING. 

CXCIV. Cursing forbidden in Scripture, 
and avoided by the righteous. Exod. xxii. 28. 
Thou shalt not curse the ruler of thy people. 
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Lev. xix. 14. Thou shalt not curse the deaf, 
nor put a stumbling-block before the blind. 

Job xxxi. 30. Job said, Neither have I suf- 
fered my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to 
his soul that hated me. 

Eccl. x. 20. Curse not the king in thy 
thought ; curse not the rich. 

Matt. v. 44. Bless them that curse you. 
Rom. xii. 14. Bless and curse not. 

James iii. 10. Out of the same mouth pro- 
ceedeth blessing and cursing. These things 
ought not so to be. 

CXCV. Cursing practised by the wicked. 
Gen. xii. 3. The Lord said to Abram, I will 
curse him that curseth thee. Ch. xxvii. 29. 

Judg. xvii. 2. Micah's mother cursed about 
her silver. 

2 Sam. xvi. 5. 12. Shimei cursed David 
He is punished. 1 Kings ii. 8. 46. 

Ps. x. 7. The mouth of the wicked is full 
of cursing. 

lix. 12. For the sin of their mouth, for 
cursing and lying, consume them in wrath. 
Ver. 13. Ps. lxii. 4. 

cix. 17. As he loved cursing, let it come 
unto him. — Ver. 28. Let them curse, but bless 
thou. 

Prov. xxvi. 2. The curse causeless shall not 
come. 

xxix. 24. The wicked heareth cursing, and 
bewrayeth it not. 

Isa. viii. 21. The wicked shall fret them- 
selves, and curse their king and their God. 

Jer.xv. 10. Every one of them doth curse me. 

xxiii. 10. Because of cursing the land 
mourneth. 

Acts xxiii. 12. The Jews bound themselves 
with a curse, neither to eat nor drink, till they 
had killed Paul. 

See Numb. xxii. 6 to 17. — xxiii. 1 to 25. 
Deut. xxiii. 4. Josh. xxiv. 9. Neh. xiii. 2. 
Where Balak hires Balaam to curse Israel. 

See Matt. xxvi. 74. When Peter denied his 
Master. 

THE RIGHTEOUS. 

CXCVI. The righteous, their care of their 
ivord*. Job ii. 10. In all this Job sinned not 
with his lips. 

xxvii. 4. Job said, My lips shall not speak 
wickedness. 

xxxiii. 3. My words shall be of the upright- 
ness of my heart. 

Ps. xxxix. 1. David said, I will take heed to 
my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : I 
will keep my mouth with a bridle while the 
wicked is before me. 

cxli. 3. Set a watch, O Lord, before my 
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Prov. viii. 6. Wisdom saith, The opening 
of my lips shall be right things. 

xvi. 23. The heart of the wise teacheth his 
mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. 

Mai. ii. 6. Iniquity was not found in Levi's 
lips. 

CXCVII. They praise God with their 
mouths. Ps. xvii. 1. My prayer goeth not 
out of feigned lips. 

xl. 9. I preached righteousness ; I refrained 
not my lips. 

lxiii. 3. My lips shall praise thee. 

Ixvi. 14. I will pay my vows, which my lips 
have uttered when I was in trouble. 

lxxi. 23. My lips shall greatly rejoice when 
I sing unto thee. 

cxix. 13. With my lips have I declared all 
the judgments of thy mouth. — Ver. 171. My 
lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught 
me thy statutes. 

Hos. xiv. 2. We will render the calves of 
our lips. 

Heb. xiii. 15. Let us offer the fruit of our 
lips, giving thanks to his name. See Mai. iii. 
16. Matt. xiii. 52. 

CXCVI1I. The words of the righteous, the 
just, Sfc. toward men. Job vi. 25. How for- 
cible are right words. Prov. xv. 23. Eccl. 
xii. 10, 11. 

Ps. xxxvii. 30. The mouth of the righteous 
speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of 
judgment. 

Prov. x. 11. The mouth of the righteous is 
a well of life. — Ver. 13. In the lips of him 
that hath understanding, wisdom is found. 

Ver. 20, 21. The tongue of the just is as 
choice silver. The lips of the righteous feed 
many, but fools die for want of wisdom. 

Ver. 31 , 32. The mouth of the just bringeth 
forth wisdom, but the froward tongue shall be 
cut out. The lips of the righteous know 
what is acceptable, but the mouth of the 
wicked speaketh frowardness. 

xii. 6. The mouth of the upright shall de- 
liver them. — Ver. 14. A man shall be satisfied 
with good by the fruit of his mouth. Ch. 
xiii. 2. 

Ver. 18. There is that speaketh like the 
piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise 
is health. 

xiv. 3. In the mouth of the foolish is a rod 
of pride, but the lips of the wise shall pre- 
serve them. 

xv. 1 . A soft answer turneth away wrath, 
but grievous words stir up anger. 

Ver. 2. The tongue of the wise useth know- 
ledge aright, but the mouth of fools poureth 
out foolishness. 

Ver. 4. A wholesome tongue is a tree of 
life, but perverseness therein is a breach in the 



spirit.— Ver. 7. The lips of the wise disperse 
knowledge, but the heart of the foolish doeth 
not so. 

Ver. 28. The heart of the righteous studieth 
to answer, but the mouth of the foolish 
poureth out evil things. 

xvi. 13. Righteous lips are the delight of 
kings, and they love him that speaketh right. 

Ver. 21. The sweetness of the lips in- 
creased learning. — Ver. 24. Pleasant words 
are as a honey-comb ; sweet to the soul, and 
health to the bones. 

xviii. 20, 21. A man's belly shall be satis- 
fied with the fruit of his mouth, and with the 
increase of his lips shall he be filled. Death 
and life are in the power of the tongue, and 
they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. 

xx. 15. The lips of knowledge are a pre- 
cious jewel. . 

xxii. 1 1. He that loveth pureness of heart, for 
the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. 

Ver. 17, 18. Hear the words of the wise. 
They shall be fitted in thy lips. 

xxiii. 16. My reins shall rejoice when thy 
lips speak right things. 

xxiv. 26. Every man shall kiss his lips that 
giveth a right answer. 

Eccl. ix. 17. The words of the wise are 
heard in quiet, more than the cry of him that 
ruleth among fools. 

x. 12. The words of a wise man's mouth 
are gracious, but the lips of a fool will swal- 
low up himself. Ver. 13, 14. 

Matt. v. 37. Let your communication be, 
Yea, yea ; Nay, nay : for whatsoever is more 
than these cometh of evil. 

xii. 35. A good man, out of the good trea- 
sure of his heart, bringeth forth good things. 

xiii. 52. Every scribe instructed unto the 
kingdom of heaven, is like a man that is a 
householder, which bringeth forth out of his 
treasure things new and old. 

Luke iv. 22. Gracious words proceeded out 
of Jesus's mouth. 

Eph. iv. 29. Let no corrupt communication 
proceed out of your mouth ; but that which is 
good to the use of edifying, that it may minis- 
ter grace unto the hearers. 

v. 3, 4. Fornication and all uncleanness, let 
it not be once named amongst you : neither 
filthiness nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which 
are not convenient ; but rather giving of 
thanks. 

Col. iii. 8. Put off filthy communication 
out of your mouth. 

iv. 6. Let your speech be always with 
grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know 
how ye ought to answer every man. 

James i. 26. If any man seem to be reli- 
gious, and bridleth not his tongue, that man's 
religion is vain. 



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iii. 2. If any man offend not in word, the 
same is a perfect man. 

TENTH COMMANDMENT. 

COVETOUSNESS. 

CXCIX. Of covetousness. Exod. xx. 17. 
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, 
thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor 
his man servant, nor his maid servant, nor 
his ox nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy 
neighbour's. Deut. v. 21. Kom. vii. 7. — 
xiii. 9. 

Ps. cxix. 36. Incline my heart unto thy 
testimonies, and not to covetousness. 

1 Cor. v. 11. I have written to you, if any 
one that is called a brother, be covetous, &c. 
with such a one, no, not to eat. 

Eph. v. 3. Covetousness. let it not be once 
named among you, as becometh saints. 

Col. iii. 5. Mortify your members, &c. and 
covetousness, which is idolatry. 

Heb. xiii. 5 Let your conversation be with- 
out covetousness. 

CC. Threatening* against covetous per- 
sons. Ps. x. 3. The wicked blesseth the 
covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. 

Isa. lvii. 17. For the iniquity of his covet- 
ousness was I wroth, and smote him. 

Jer. vi. 12, 13. Their houses shall be turned 
unto others, with their fields. For from the 
least of them even to the greatest, every one 
is given to covetousness. Ch. viii. 10. 

xxii. 17 — 19. Thine eyes and thy heart are 
not but for thy covetousness. Therefore, saith 
the Lord, they shall not lament f .r him. (viz. 
Jehoiakim.) He shall be buried with the 
burial of an ass. 

li. 13. O Babylon, thine end is come, and 
the measure of thy covetousness. 

Mic. ii. 1, 2. Woe to them, they covet fields, 
and take them by violence 

Hab. ii. 9. Woe to him that coveteth an 
evil covetousness to his house, that he may 
set his nest on high, that he may be delivered 
from the power of evil. 

Mark vii. 22, 23. Thefts, covetousness, &c. 
defile the man. 

Rom. i. 29. Being filled with all unrighte- 
ousness, covetousness, &c. — Ver. 32. They 
that commit, such things are worthy of death. 

1 Cor. vi. 9, 10. Know ye not that the un- 
righteous shall not inherit the kingdom of 
God ? neither thieves, nor covetous, shall in- 
herit the kingdom of God. 

Eph. v. 5 No covetous man hath any in- 
heritance in the kingdom of Christ and of 
God. See Ezek. xxxiii. 28. 31. 

See instances of covetous persons punish- 
ed Balaam, Numb. Chap. xxii. and xxiii. 



Compare 2 Pet. ii. 15. Jude 11. Rev. ii. 14. 
— His death, Num. xxxi. 8. 16. — Achan, 
Josh. vii. 5 to 25. — Ahab, I Kings xxi. 1 to 
16. 19, &c 2 Kings ix. 25. 

CCI. An insatiable desire of riches. Prov. 
xv. 27. He that is greedy of gain troubleth 
his own house. 

xxvh. 20. Hell and destruction are never 
full ; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. 

Eccl. iv. 8. There is one alone, and there 
is not a second ; yea, he hath neither child 
nor brother ; yet there is no end of his labour, 
neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither 
saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave 
my soul of good 1 This is also vanity ; it is 
a sore travail. 

v. 10. He that loveth silver, shall not be 
satisfied with silver; neither he that loveth 
abundance with increase. 

CCII. TJireats against unjust measures 
if acquiring riches. Prov. i. 1 8, 1 9. They 
lay wait for their own blood, they lurk privily 
for their own lives. So are the ways of 
every one that is greedy of gain, which taketh 
away the life of the owners thereof. 

Matt. xvi. 26. What is a man profited, if 
he gain the whole world and lose his own soul? 
or what shall a man give in exchange for his 
soul ? Job xxvii. 8, 9. For what is the hope 
of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when 
God taketh away his soul? Will God hear 
his cry when trouble cometh upon him 1 

1 Tim. vi. 9. 10. They that will be rich fall 
into temptation, and a snare and into many 
foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in 
destruction and perdition. For the love of 
money is the root of all evil ; which while 
some coveted after, they have erred from the 
faith, and pierced themselves through with 
many sorrows. — Ver. 11. But thou, O man 
of God, flee these things. See James iv. 
13. 16. 

CCIII. Riches are not a lading possession. 
Prov. xxiii. 5. Riches make themselves wings 
and fly away. 

xxvii. 24. Riches are not for ever ; and doth 
the crown endure to every generation ? 1 Cor. 
vi. 13. 

Matt. vi. 19. They are treasures which moth 
and rust do corrupt, and which thieves break 
through and steal. 1 Tim. vi. 17. They are 
uncertain. 

xiii. 22. They are deceitful. Mark iv. 19. 
Heb. x. 34. Ye have in heaven a better and an 
enduring substance. 

CCIV. R : ches cannot be carried hence to 
the other world. Ps. xlix. 16, 17. Be not afraid 
when one is made rich, when the glory of his 
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carry nothing away; his glory shall not de- 
scend after him. 

Eccl. v. 15. As he came forth of his mo- 
ther's womb, naked shall he return to go as he 
came; and shall take nothing of his labour, 
which he may carry away in his hand. 

Job i. 21. Naked came I out of my mother's 
womb, and naked shall I return. 

1 Tim. vi. 7. We brought nothing into this 
world, and it is certain we can carry nothing 
out. 

CCV. Possessing riches but not using 
them ,- the vanity thereof. Prov. xiii. 7. There 
is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing. 
There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath 
great riches. Eccl. vi. 1, 2. — ii. 26. 

CCVI. Riches are attended with care and 
trouble. Eccl. ii. 4. I made me great works, 
I builded me houses, I planted me vineyards, 
&c. (to ver. 10.) Ver. 11. I looked on all 
the works that my hands had wrought, and on 
the labour that I had laboured to do ; and be- 
hold all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and 
there was no profit. 

Ver. 22, 23. For what hath man of all his 
labour, and of the vexation of his heart where- 
in he hath laboured 1 For all his days are 
sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart 
taketh not rest in the night. 

v. 11, 12. When goods increase, they are 
increased that eat them ; and what good is 
there to the owners thereof, saving the behold- 
ing of them with their eyes ] The abundance 
of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. 

Ver. 13. I have seen riches kept for the 
owners thereof to their hurt. — Ver. 16, 17. 
What profit hath he that laboureth for the 
wind] All his days he eateth in darkness, 
and hath much sorrow and wrath with his 
sickness. 

ix. 11. Riches are not to men of understand- 
ing, &c. 

Prov. xv. 6. In the revenues of the wicked 
is trouble. 

xxii. I. A good name is rather to be chosen 
than great riches. 

CCVII. Riches recommend no man to the 
favour of God. Job xxxiv. 19. God accept- 
eth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth 
the rich more than the poor. 

xxxvi. 19. Will he esteem thy riches 1 No, 
not gold, nor all the forces of strength. 

Prov. xi. 4. Riches profit not in the day of 
wrath. 

xxii. 2. The rich and poor meet together ; 
the Lord is the maker of them all. 

Ezek. vii. 19. Their silver and their gold 
shall not be able to deliver them, in the day of 
the wrath of the Lord. Zeph. i. 18. 



Mark xii. 41 — 44. Many that were rich cast 
much into the treasury of the temple. A 
poor widow cast in two mites, which make a 
farthing. Jesus said, This poor widow hath 
cast in more than they all : For they did cast 
in of their abundance; but she did cast in all 
that she had, even all her living. 

Luke i. 53. He hath filled the hungry with 
good things, and the rich he hath sent empty 
away. 

See the parable of the rich fool, Luke xii. 
20, &c. And of the rich man and Lazarus, 
Luke xvi. 19 to 25. 

CCVIII. The advantages which one man 
hath over another by means of riches. Prov. 
x. 15. The rich man's wealth is his strong city ; 
the destruction of the poor is their poverty. 
Chap, xviii. 1 1. 

xiii. 8. The ransom of a man's life are his 
riches. Eccl. vii. 12. 

xiv. 20. The poor is hated even of his 
neighbour, but the rich hath many friends. 
Chap. xix. 4. 

Ver. 24. The crown of the wise is their 
riches. 

Eccl. ix. 16. The poor man's wisdom is de- 
spised and his words are not heard. 

Prov. xxii. 7. The rich ruleth over the poor, 
and the borrower is servant to the lender. 

xviii. 23. The poor useth entreaties, but the 
rich answereth roughly 

CCIX. Trusting in riches and abusing 
them, the sin of the wicked, and avoided by 
the good. Job xxxi. 24, 25. 28. If 1 have made 
gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, 
Thou art my confidence — If I rejoiced be- 
cause my wealth was great, and because my 
hand had gotten much — I should have denied 
the God that is above. 

Ps. xlix. 6, 7. They that trust in their wealth, 
and boast themselves in the multitude of their 
riches; none of them can by any means re- 
deem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for 
him. Ver. 8. 14. 

lii. 5. God shall destroy thee for ever. — Ver. 
7. Lo, this is the man that made not God 
his strength, but trusted in the abundance of 
his riches. 

lxii. 1 0. If riches increase, set not your heart 
upon them. 

Prov. xi. 28. He that trusteth in his riches 
shall fall. 

x. 15. The rich man's wealth is his strong 
city, and a high wall in his own conceit. Chap, 
xviii. 11. 

xxviii. 1 1 . The rich man is wise in his own 
conceit. 

Jer. ix. 23. Thus saith the Lord, Let not the 
i wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the 



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mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich 
man glory in his riches. 

Mark x. 24. How hard is it for them that 
trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of 
God ! Ver. 25. 

1 Tim. vi. 17. Charge them that are rich in 
this world, that they be not high minded, nor 
trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, 
who giveth us richly all things to enjoy. 

James ii. 6. Do not rich men oppress you, 
and draw you before the judgment-seats'? 

CCX. Riches take the heart and thoughts 
off from God and religion. Deut. viii. 12. 
Beware, lest when thou hast eaten and art full, 
and when thy herds and thy flocks are multi- 
plied, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied ; 
then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget the 
Lord thy God, and thou say in thy heart, 
My power and the might of my hand hath 
gotten me this wealth. Ver. 13, 14. 17, 18. 

xxxii. 13, 14. The Lord made Jacob ride on 
the high places of the earth, that he might eat 
the increase of the fields ; and he made him 
to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of 
the flinty rock ; butter of kine and milk of 
sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed 
of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys 
of wheat ; and thou didst drink the pure blood 
of the grape. — Ver. 15. But Jeshurun waxed 
fat and kicked : thou art waxen fat, thou art 
grown thick, thou art covered with fatness ; 
then he forsook God which made him, and 
lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 

Hos. ii. 8, 9. She did not know that I gave 
her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her 
silver and gold. Therefore will I return and 
take away my corn, &c. Ezek. xvi. 6 to 20. 

Amos viii. 5. The wicked say, When will 
the Sabbath be gone, that we may set forth 
wheat % 

Matt. viii. 34. Those who lost their swine, 
entreated Jesus to depart out of their coasts. 

xiii. 22. The cares of this world, and the 
deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and 
he becometh unfruitful. 

xix. 21. Jesus said to the young man, If 
thou wilt be perfect, go sell that thou hast and 
give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure 
in heaven, and come and follow me. — Ver. 22. 
When the young man heard that saying, he 
went away sorrowful, for he had great posses- 
sions. 

Ver. 24. Jesus said, It is easier for a camel 
to go through the eye of a needle, than for a 
rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. 
Mark x. 23—25. 

xxii. 2, 3. Jesus said, The kingdom of hea- 
ven is like unto a certain king, which made a 
marriage for his son ; and sent forth his ser- 
vants to call them that were bidden to the wed- 



ding, and they would not come. — Ver. 5. They 
made light of it, and went their ways, one to 
his farm, another to his merchandise. Luke 
xiv. 16 to 20. 

Luke xvi. 14. The Pharisees, who were co- 
vetous, heard these things spoken by Christ 
against covetousness, and derided him. 

Acts xvi. 19. Those who lost their worldly 
gain by Paul's casting out a spirit of divina- 
tion, raise a tumult against him. 

xix. 24. Demetrius and his craftsmen do the 
same, for Paul's preaching against idolatry, by 
which they had their wealth. 

2 Cor. iv. 4. Satan is called the god of this 
world. Luke iv. 7. He tempted Christ with 
riches, to worship him. 

Phil. iii. 1 9. The wicked, whose end is de- 
struction, mind earthly things. 

1 Tim. vi. 10. The love of money is the root 
of all evil ; which while some coveted after, 
they erred from the faith. 

2 Tim. iv. 10. Demas hath forsaken me, 
(saith Paul) having loved this present world. 

James iv. 4. Whosoever will be a friend of 
the world, is the enemy of God. 

1 John iv. 5. They are of the world ; there- 
fore speak they of the world, and the world 
heareth them. See Prov. xxx. 9. Hab. i. 16. 

CCXI. The wicked rich man ,- his portion. 
Job xx. 15. He hath swallowed down riches, 
and shall vomit them up again : God shall cast 
them out of his belly. 

xxvii. 16, 17. Though they heap up silver 
as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay ; 
(Hab. ii. 6.) he may prepare it, but the just 
shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide 
the silver. 

Ver. 1 9. The rich man shall lie down, but 
he shall not be gathered ; he openeth his eyes, 
and he is not. Ver. 20. 23. 

Ps. xvii. 14. O Lord, deliver my soul from 
men of the world, which have their portion in 
this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy 
hid treasure. 

xxxix. 6. He heapeth up riches, and knoweth 
not who shall gather them. 

lxxiii. 3. I was envious at the foolish, when 
I saw the prosperity of the wicked. — Ver. 7. 
Their eyes stand out with fatness ; they have 
more than their heart could wish. — Ver. 12. 
These are the ungodly ; they prosper in the 
world, they increase in riches. — Ver. 17, 18. 
I went into the sanctuary of God ; then I un- 
derstood their end. Surely thou didst set them 
in slippery places ; thou castedst them down 
into destruction. Ps. xxxvii. 1 . Job xxi. 7. 
Jer. xii. 1. Hab. i. 4. 

Luke vi. 24. Woe unto you that are rich, 
for ye have received your consolation. 

xvi. 19. A rich man, clothed in purple and 
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fine linen, fared sumptuously every day. — Ver. 
22, 23. He died ; and in hell he lifted up hi? 
eyes, being in torment, &c. 

James i. 10, 11. As the flower of the grass, 
the rich man shall fade away. 

v. 1 — 3. Ye rich men, weep and howl, for 
your miseries that shall come upon you. Your 
riches are corrupted, and your garments are 
moth-eaten. Your gold and silver is cankered ; 
and the rust of them shall he a witness against 
you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have 
heaped treasure together for the last days. See 
Rev. vi. 15.— xviii. 3. 8. 15. 17. Eccl. xi. 9. 



THE USE OF RICHES. 

CCXII. The use of riches in the hands of 
a wise and good man tmvards himself Eccl. 
iii. 12. There is no good in them, but for a 
man to rejoice and do good in his life. 

v. 18. Behold that which I have seen ; it is 
good and comely for one to eat, and to drink, 
and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he 
taketh under the sun ail the days of his life, 
which God giveth him ; for it is his portion. 

Ver. 19, 20. Every man also to whom God 
hath given riches and power to eat thereof, and 
to take bis portion, and to rejoice in his labour ; 
this is the gift of God. For he shall not much 
remember the days of his life; because God 
answereth him in the joy of his heart. Ch. ii. 
24.— iii. 13.— viii. 15. 

For the other uses which riches answer, see 
in Commandment hth, Duties of parents 
toward children, and Of people toward mi- 
nisters—And Commandment 8th, Duties of 
the rich. 

CCXIH. God maketh rich. Deut. viii. 18. 
The Lord thy God, it is he that giveth thee 
power to get wealth. 

1 Sam. ii. 7. The Lord maketh poor, and he 
maketh rich. 

1 Kings iii. 13. The Lord said to Solomon, 
I have given thee both riches and honour. 

1 Chron. xxix. 1 2. Solomon said to God, 
Both riches and honour come of thee. 

Job i. 21. Job said, The Lord gave, and the 
Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name 
of the Lord. 

Prov. x. 22. The blessing of the Lord it 
maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. 

Eccl. ii. 26. God giveth to a man that is 
good io his sight, wisdom and knowledge, and 
joy : but to the sinner he giveth travail, to 
gather and to heap up, that he may give to 
him that is good before God. Ch. iii. 13. See 
Gen. xxiv. 35. 

CCXIV. Riches promised to the righteous. 
Ps. cxii. 2, 3. The generation of the upright 



shall be blessed. Wealth and riches shall be 
in his house. 

Prov. iii. 16. Length of days is in her 
[Wisdom's] right hand, and in her left hand 
riches and honour. Ch. viii. 18, 19. — xxii. 4. 
— xxiv. 3, 4. 

xv. 6. In the house of the righteous is much 
treasure; but in the revenues of the wicked is 
trouble. 

xxii. 4. By humility, and the fear of the 
Lord, are riches, and honour, and life. 

CCX V. Instances of good men that were 
rich. Abram, Gen. xiii. 2. — Lot, Gen. xiii. 
5. — Isaac, Gen. xxvi. 12, 13, 14. — Jacob, Gen. 
xxx. 43. — xxxvi. 7. — David, 1 Chron. xxix. 
28.— Solomon, 1 Kings iii. 13.— x. 23. Eccl. 
ii. 4 to 10. — Job, ch. i. 3. — Jehoshaphat, 
2 Chron. xvii. 5. — Hezekiah, 2 Chron. xxxii. 
17 to 31. 

CCX VI. Instances of riches not regarded 
by good men. Gen. xiv. 2 1 . The king of So- 
dom said to Abram, Give me the persons, and 
take the goods to thyself. — Ver. 23. Abram 
said, I will not take any thing that is thine. 

xxviii. 20, 21. Jacob said. If God will be 
with me, and keep me in the way that I go ; 
and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to 
put on, so that I come again to my father's 
house in peace; then shall the Lord be my 
God. 

1 Kings iii. 1 1. Solomon asked wisdom, and 
not riches. 

Prov. xxx. 8, 9. Agur prayed, Give me 
neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food 
convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny 
thee, and say, Who is the Lord ] or lest I be 
poor, and steal, and take the name of my God 
in vain. 

Gal. vi. 14. Paul said, The world is cruci- 
fied unto me, and I unto the world. 

CCXVII. Those things that are necessary 
for the support of man's life, promised to the 
righteous. Food promised. Gen. i. 29. God 
said, Behold, I have given you every herb 
bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the 
earth, and every tree in the which is the fruit 
of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for 
meat. 

ix. 3. Every moving thing that liveth shall 
be meat for you ; even as the green herb have 
I given you all things. 

Exod. xxiii. 25. Serve the Lord your God, 
and he shall bless thy bread and thy water. 

Deut. vii. 12, 13. If ye hearken to these 
judgments, and keep and do them, the Lord 
thy God will bless the fruit of the land ; thy 
corn and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase 
of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Ver. 
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viii. 7—9. The Lord thy God bringeth thee 
into a good land, a land of brooks of water, 
of fountains and depths that spring out of the 
valleys and hills ; a land of wheat and barley, 
and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a 
land of oil and honey ; a land wherein thou 
shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt 
not lack any thing in it ; a land whose stones 
are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest 
dig brass. — Ver. 10. When thou hast eaten 
and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord, for 
the good land which he hath given thee. 

xi. 13 — 15. If ye shall hearken diligently 
unto my commandments, to love the Lord 
your God, and to serve him with all your heart 
and with all your soul ; I will give you the 
rain of your land in due season, the first rain 
and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in 
thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. And 
I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, 
that thou mayest eat and be full. 

xxviii. 2. These blessings shall come on 
thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the 
Lord thy God. 

Ver. 3 — 5. Blessed shalt thou be in the city, 
and blessed shalt thou be in the field. Blessed 
shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of 
thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, and the 
increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy 
sheep. Blessed shall be thy basket and thy 
store. — Ver. 8. The Lord will command his 
blessing upon thee in thy store-houses. — Ver. 
12. The Lord shall open unto thee his good 
treasure ; the heaven to give the rain unto thy 
land in his season, and to bless all the work 
of thy hands; and thou shalt lend unto many 
nations, and thou shalt not borrow. Ch. xxx. 
9.— xxxiii. 28. Isa. xxx. 23. 

Ruth i. 6. The Lord hath visited his people, 
in giving them bread. 

Ps. xxiii. 1. The Lord is my Shepherd, I 
shall not want. — Ver. 5. Thou preparest a 
table for me, my cup runneth over. 

xxxiv. 9. There is no want to them that 
fear God. — Ver. 10. The young lions do lack 
and suffer hunger; but they that seek the 
Lord shall not want any good thing. 

xxxvii. 3. Trust in the Lord, and do good ; 
so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou 
shalt be fed. 

Ver. 16. A little that a righteous man hath, 
is better than the riches of many wicked. 
(Prov. xvi. 8.) Ver. 25. I have not seen the 
righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 

cvii. 38. He blesseth them, so that they are 
multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle 
to decrease. 

cxi. 5. He halh given meat unto them that 
fear him ; he will ever be mindful of his co- 
venant. 

cxxviii. 1, 2. Blessed is every one that 



feareth the Lord ; that walketh in his ways. 
For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands: 
happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with 
thee. 

cxxxii. 15. I will abundantly bless her pro- 
vision, and will satisfy her poor with bread. 

Prov. iii. 9, 10. Honour the Lord with thy 
substance, and with the first fruits of all thine 
increase. So shall thy barns be filled with 
plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with 
new wine. 

x. 3. The Lord will not suffer the soul of 
the righteous to famish. 

xiii. 25. The righteous eateth to the satisfy 
ing of his soul ; but the belly of the wicke< 
shall want. 

Isa. xxxiii. 15. He that walketh righteously, 
bread shall be given him, and his waters shall 
be sure. Ver. 16. 

lxv. 13. Behold, my servants shall eat, but 
ye shall be hungry ; behold, my servants shall 
drink, but ye shall be thirsty. 

Ver. 21—23. They shall build houses and 
inhabit them, and they shall plant vineyards 
and eat the fruit of them. They shall not 
build and another inhabit, they shall not plant 
and another eat; for as the days of a tree are 
the days of my people, and mine elect shall 
long enjoy the work of their hands. They 
shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for 
trouble ; for they are the seed of the blessed 
of the Lord, and their offspring with them. 

Ezek. xxxvi. 29, 30. I will save you from 
your uncleanness : I will call for the corn, and 
will increase it; and I will multiply the fruit 
of the tree, and the increase of the field. 

Joel ii. 19. 26. I will send you corn and 
wine. (Hos. ii. 22.) Ye shall eat in plenty 
and be satisfied. See Zech. ix. 17. 

See Isaac's blessing to his sons, consisting 
chiefly, (Zech. viii. 12.) of the fruits of the 
earth, Gen. xxvii. 28. 37. 39. See Acts xiv. 17. 

See Promises to obedience. 

DELIVERANCE FROM FAMINE. 

CCXVIII. Deliverance from famine. Job 
v. 20. In famine he shall redeem thee from 
death. — Ver. 22. At destruction and famine 
thou shalt laugh. 

Ps. xxxiii. 18, 19. Behold the eye of the 
Lord is on them that fear him. on them that 
hope in his mercy ; to deliver their soul from 
death, and to keep them alive in famine. 

xxxvii. 19. They shall not be ashamed in 
the evil time, and in the days of famine they 
shall be satisfied. 

cvii. 9. He satisfieth the longing soul, and 
filleth the hungry soul with goodness. 

cxlvi. 7. Which giveth food to the hungry. 

Isa. xli. 17. When the poor and needy seek 



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water, and there is none, and their tongue 
faileth for thirst ; I the Lord will hear them, I 
the God of Israel will not forsake them. 

Ezek. xxxvi. 29, 30. I will call for the corn 
and will increase it, and lay no famine upon 
you. Ye shall receive no more reproach of 
famine among the heathen. 

Hab. iii. 17, 18. Though the fig-tree shall 
not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines ; 
the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields 
shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off 
from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the 
stalls : Yet will I rejoice in the Lord, I will 
joy in the God of my salvation. 

Matt. iv. 4. Man shall not live by bread 
alone, but by every word that proceedeth out 
of the mouth of God. 



SPIRITUAL RICHES. 

CCXIX. Not earthly, but spiritual riches, 
or the interests of the soul, the chief object of 
a wise man's desires and pursuits. Ps. 
xxxvii. 16. A little that a righteous man hath 
is better than the riches of many wicked. 

Prov. xv. 16. Better is little with the fear of 
the Lord, than great treasure and trouble there- 
with. 

xxiii. 4. Labour not to be rich. 

Jer. xlv. 5. Seekest thou great things for 
thyself? seek them not. 

Matt. vi. 8. Your Father knoweth what 
things ye have need of. 

Ver. 9. 11. After this manner pray ye: 
Give us this day our daily bread. 

Ver. 19, 20. Lay not up for yourselves 
treasures on earth, &c. But lay up for your- 
selves treasures in heaven. — Ver. 24. Ye can- 
not serve God and mammon. 

Ver. 25 — 27. Take no thought for your 
life, what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, 
nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on : 
Is not the life more than meat, and the body 
more than raiment] Behold the fowls of the 
air, for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor 
gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father 
feedeth them ; are ye not much better than 
they 1 Which of you by taking thought can 
add one cubit to his stature. — Ver. 32. Your 
heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need 
of all these things. — Ver. 33, 34. But seek ye 
first the kingdom of God and his righteous- 
ness, and all these things shall be added unto 
you. Take therefore no thought for the mor- 
row, for the morrow shall take thought for the 
things of itself; sufficient unto the day is the 
evil thereof Luke xii. 21 to 35. 

LiiKe x. 41, 42. Jesus said, Martha, Martha, 
thou art careful and troubled about many 
things ; but one thing is needful, and Mary 



hath chosen that good part that shall not be 
taken away from her. 

xxi. 34. Take heed lest your hearts be 
overcharged with the cares of this life, and so 
that day come upon you unawares. 

John vi. 27. Labour not for the meat that 
perisheth, but for that meat which endureth 
unto everlasting life, which the Son of man 
shall give unto you. 

1 Cor. iii. 22. All things are yours. 2 Cor. 
viii. 9. Our Lord Jesus Christ, though he was 
rich, for your sakes became poor, that ye 
through his poverty might be rich. 

Phil. iv. 6. Be careful for nothing, but in 
every thing, by prayer and supplication, let 
your requests be made known to God. 1 Cor. 
vii. 31, 32. 

Col. iii. 1, 2. Seek those things which are 
above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand 
of God. Set your affections on things above, 
n6t on things on the earth. 

James i. 1 0. Let the rich rejoice that he is 
made low. 

ii. 5. Hath not God chosen the poor of this 
world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, 
which he hath promised to them that love him 1 

1 Pet. v. 7. Casting all your care upon God, 
for he careth for you. Ps. Iv. 22. 

1 John ii. 15. Love not the world, neither the 
things that are in the world : if any man love 
the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 

'v. 4. Whosoever is born of God overcometh 
the world. See 2 Cor. ix. 8. 10. 

CCXX. Raiment promised. Matt. vi. 25. 
Is not the body more than raiment? 

Ver. 28—30. Why take ye thought for 
raiment 1 Consider the lilies of the field : they 
toil not, neither do they spin ; and yet I say 
unto you, That even Solomon, in all his glory, 
was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, 
if God so clothe the grass of the field, which 
to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, 
shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of 
little faith ] 

Clothes miraculously supplied to Adam and 
Eve, Gen. iii. 21. — To the Jews in the wilder- 
ness, Deut. viii. 4. Neh. ix. 21. — A gourd for 
Jonas, Jonah iv. 6. 

CCXXI. Supports of life miraculously 
supplied to the Jeius. Exod. xvi. 13, 14, 15. 
Quails and manna. 

Deut. viii. 3. The Lord thy God fed thee 
with manna, that he might make thee know, 
that man doth not live by bread only : but by 
every word that proceedeth out of the mouth 
of the Lord, doth man live. Neh. ix. 21. 
Matt. iv. 4. 

1 Kings xvii. 6. The ravens brought to 
Elijah, bread and flesh in the morning, and 
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Ver. 14. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, 
the barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall 
the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the 
Lord sendeth rain upon the earth. — Ver. 16. 
The barrel of meal wasted not, neither did 
the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of 
the Lord. 



Mark vi. 43. Christ feeds five thousand 
with five loaves and two fishes. 

viii. 8. Christ feeds four thousand with 
seven loaves and a few fishes. 

Jihn ii. 8. Christ turns water into wine. 

See Contentment, Submission, and Resig- 
nation. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



OF REPENTANCE. 



I. REPENTANCE, the first doctrine 
preached at the publishing of the Gospel. 
Matt. iii. 1, 2. John the Baptist came preach- 
ing, and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of 
heaven is at hand. Acts xiii. 24. — xix. 4. 

Ver. 8. Bring forth fruits meet for repentance. 

Ver. 10. The axe is laid unto the root of 
the trees ; every tree which bringeth not forth 
good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire. 

iv. 17. Jesus began to preach, and to say, 
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

ix. 13. Jesus said, I came to call sinners to 
repentance. Mark ii. 17. 

Mark vi. 12. The disciples being sent forth 
by Christ, preached that men should repent. 
Ver. 7. 

Acts xx. 21. Paul said, I taught, testifying 
both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, re- 
pentance toward God, and faith toward our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

xxvi. 20. I shewed first to the Jews and 
then to the Gentiles, that they should repent 
and turn to God, and do works meet for re- 
pentance. See above, Matt. iii. 8. 

II. The duty of repentance enforced by 
ihreatenings in the New Testament. Matt, 
xi. 20 — 22. Then began Jesus to upbraid the 
cities wherein most of his mighty works were 
done, because they repented not: saying, Woe 
unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Beth- 
saida ! for if the mighty works which were 
done in you, had been done in Tyre and Si- 
don, they would have repented long ago in 
sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It 
shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at 
the day of judgment than for you. Ver. 23. 
See Capernaum threatened. Ver. 24. 

xii. 41. The men of Nineveh shall rise in 
judgment with this generation, and shall con- 
demn it : because they repented at the preach- 
ing of Jonas ; and, behold, a greater than Jonas 
»s here. Luke xi. 32. Compare Jonah iii. 5. 

xxi. 31, 32. The publicans and harlots go 
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into the kingdom of God before you. For 
John came to you in the way of righteous- 
ness, and ye believed him not; but the publi- 
cans and harlots believed him; and ye re- 
pented not. 

Acts xvii. 30. The times of ignorance God 
winked at, but now commandeth all men 
every where to repent. 

Rev. ii. 5. Remember from whence thou 
art fallen, and repent ; or I will come and re- 
move thy candlestick out of his place, except 
thou repent. See ver. 16. 21, 22. Ch. iii. 3. 
— ix. 20.— xvi. 9. 

III. The duty of repentance encouraged 
by promises in the New Testament. Luke 
xxiv. 46, 47. It behoved Christ to suffer, and 
to rise from the dead, that repentance and re- 
mission of sins should be preached in his 
name among all nations. 

Acts ii. 38. Repent and be baptized in the 
name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of 
sins ; and ye shall receive the Holy Ghost. 

iii. 19. Repent and be converted, that your 
sins may be blotted out. 

viii. 22. Repent of this thy wickedness, and 
pray God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart 
may be forgiven thee. 

IV. Promises to those that return to God. 
Deut. iv. 30, 31. When thou art in tribula- 
tion, and all these things are come upon thee, 
if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shall be 
obedient to his voice, he will not forsake thee. 
Ch. xxx. 1 to 10. 2 Chron. xv. 4. 

1 Sam. vii. 3. If ye return unto the Lord 
with all your hearts, and prepare your hearts 
unto the Lord, and serve him only, he will 
deliver you. 1 Kings viii. 33 to 38. 48, 49. 
2 Chron. vi. 37. Neh. ix. 33. Ps. cvl. 6. 
Dan. ix. 5. 15. 

Job xxii. 23. If thou return to the Al- 
mighty, thou shalt be built up. 

Isa.lv. 7. Let the wicked forsake his way, 
and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and 
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let him return unto the Lord, and he will have | 
mercy upon him ; and to our God, for he will 
abundantly pardon. 

Jer. iii. 12. Return, thou backsliding Israel, 
saith the Lord, and I will not cause mine 
anger to fall upon you. (Ver. 1. 10. 14.) 
Ver. 22. Return and T will heal your back- 
sliding?. Ch. iv. I. — xv. 19. 

xviii. 7, 8. At what instant I shall speak 
concerning a nation, and concerning a king- 
dom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to 
destroy it : If that nation turn from their evil, 
I will repent of the evil that I thought to do 
unto them. Ch. xxvi. 2, 3.— xxxvi. 3. 

Ezek. xviii. 21—23. If the wicked will 
turn from all his sins that he hath committed, 
and keep all my statutes, and do that which is 
lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall 
not die. They shall not be mentioned unto 
him : in his righteousness that he hath done 
he shall live. Have I any pleasure at all that 
the wicked should die 1 saith the Lord God ; 
and not that he should return from his ways, 
and live ? Ver. 27, 28. 

Ver. 30. 32. Repent, and turn from all 
your transgressions ; so iniquity shall not be 
your ruin. For I have no pleasure in the 
death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God : 
wherefore turn and live. 

xxxiii. 11. As I live, saith the Lord God, 
I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked ; 
but that the wicked turn from his way, and 
live. Turn ye, turn ye, from your evil ways ; 
for why will ye die, O house of Israel 1 Ver. 
14. 19. 2 Pet. iii. 9. 

Hos. vi. 1. Let us return unto the Lord; 
for he hath torn, and he will heal us ; he hath 
smitten, and he will bind us up. Lam. iii. 40. 

xiv. 1, 2. Israel, return unto the Lord : 
for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity ; take 
with you words, and say unto him, Take away 
all iniquity, and receive us graciously. — Ver. 
4, I will heal their backslidings, I will love 
them freely, saith the Lord. Ch. xii. 6. 

Joel ii. 12, 13. Therefore also now, saith 
the Lord, Turn ye even to me with all your 
heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and 
with mourning ; and rend your heart, and not 
your garments, and turn unto the Lord your 
God : for he is gracious and merciful, slow to 
anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth 
him of the evil. 

Zech. i. 3. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
Turn ye unto me, and I will turn unto you. 
Mai. iii. 7. 

ix. 12. Turn to the strong-hold, ye prisoners 
of hope. 

V. Remarkable instances of penitent re- 
turning sinners obtaining mercy. 2 Chron. 
xv. 4. When they in their trouble did turn 



unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, 
he was found of them. Ch. xxx. 6. 9. Neh. 
i. 9.— ix. 28. 

Ps. lxxviii. 34. They returned, and inquired 
early after God. — Ver. 38. He forgave their 
iniquity. 

cxix. 59. I turned my feet unto thy testi- 
monies. — Ver. 65. Thou hast dealt well with 
thy servant, according to thy word. 2 Kings 
xxiii. 25. 

Jonah iii. 10. God saw the works of the 
Ninevites, that they turned from their evil 
way : and God repented him of the evil that 
he had said he would do unto them, and he 
did it not. Matt. xii. 41. 

VI. Turning to God enjoined by com- 
mands, and enforced by threatenings against 
those who turn not from sin. 2 Kings xvii. 
13, 14. The Lord testified against Israel and 
Judah, by the prophets and seers, saying, Turn 
ye from your evil ways. But they would not 
hear. — Ver. 18. The Lord was angry, and re- 
moved them out of his sight. Jer. xliv. 4, 5, 6. 

Neh. ix. 26, 27. They slew the prophets, 
which testified against them, to turn them to 
thee. Therefore thou deliveredst them into 
the hand of their enemies. 

Ver. 35. They have not served thee, in thy 
great goodness, neither turned from their wick- 
edness. — Ver. 36. Behold, we are servants 
this day, &c— Ver. 37. 

Job xxxvi. 10 — 12. He openeth their ear 
to discipline, and commandeth that they return 
from iniquity. If they obey and serve him, 
they shall spend their days in prosperity, and 
their years in pleasures. If they obey not, they 
shall perish by the sword, and die without 
knowledge. 

Ps. vii. 12, 13. If the wicked turn not, God 
will whet his sword : he hath bent his bow and 
made it ready. He hath also prepared for him 
the instruments of death. 

Isa. xxxi. 6. Turn ye to him from whom 
the children of Israel have deeply revolted. 

Jer. v. 3, 4. Thou hast stricken them, but 
they have not grieved ; thou hast consumed 
them, but they have refused to receive correc- 
tion. They have made their faces harder than 
a rock, they have refused to return. There- 
fore I said, Surely these are poor, they are fool- 
ish. — Ver. 6. A lion out of the forest shall 
slay them, &c. 

viii. 5, 6. Why is this people slidden back 
with a perpetual backsliding? they refuse to 
return. No man repenteth him of his wicked- 
ness, saying, What have I done 1 Every one 
turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into 
the battle. Hos. xi. 5. 

xv. 7. I will destroy my people, since they 
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xviii. 11. Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I 
frame evil against you ; return ye now every 
one from his evil way, and make your ways 
and your doings good. Ch. xxxv. 15. 

xxiii. 14, 15. The false prophets strengthen 
the hands of evil-doers, that no man doth re- 
turn from his wickedness. Therefore, thus 
saith the Lord of hosts, concerning the pro- 
phets, Behold, I will feed them with worm- 
wood, and make them drink the water of gall. 
Ezek. xiii. 22. 

xxv. 4, 5. The Lord sent unto you his ser- 
vants the prophets. They said, Turn ye 
every one from his evil way, and from the 
evil of your doings, and dwell in the land, &c. 
— Ver. 7. Yet ye have not hearkened unto 
me, saith the Lord. See threats to ver. 12. 
Ch. xxvi. 3.— xxxvi. 3. 7. 

Ezek. iii. 19. If thou warn the wicked, and 
he turn not from his wickedness, he shall die 
in his iniquity ; but thou hast delivered thy 
soul. Ch. xxxiii. 9. 

Dan. ix. 13, 14. All this evil is come upon 
us, yet made we not our prayer before the 
Lord our God, that we might turn from our 
iniquities. Therefore hath the Lord watched 
upon the evil, and brought it upon us. Zech. 
i. 4. 6. 

Hos. v. 3, 4. I know Ephraim, and Israel is 
not hid from me. They will not frame their 
doings to turn unto their God. — Ver. 14. I 
will he unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young 
lion to the house of Judah ; I will tear, and I 
will take away, and none shall rescue. 

vii. 9, 10. Gray hairs are here and there 
upon Ephraim, and he knoweth it not. The 
pride of Israel doth testify to his face, and 
they do not return to the Lord their God, nor 
seek him for all this. — Ver. 13. 16. Woe unto 
them, destruction unto them, they return, but 
not to the Most High. Ch. xi. 5. 

xiv. 1. O Israel, return unto the Lord thy 
God ; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. 

Amos iv. 6. I have given you cleanness of 
teeth, and want of bread; yet have ye not re- 
turned unto me, saith the Lord. Ver. 8 — 1 1. 

Jer. iv. 3, 4. Thus saith the Lord to them 
of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fal- 
low ground; and sow not among thorns. Cir- 
cumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away 
the foreskins of your hearts ; lest my fury 
come forth like fire, and burn that none can 
fuench it. Hos. x. 12. 

Matt, xviii. 3. Except ye be converted, and 
beco-rie as little children, ye shall not enter 
into the kingdom of heaven. 

VII. The cause and means of repentance 
and cmiversion. God the cause; this im- 
plied in prayers made to God for it, and 
other expressions ascribing it to God as his 



gift. Ps. lxxx. 3. Turn us again, O God, 
and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be 
saved. Ver. 7. 19. 

lxxxv. 4. Turn us, O God of our salvation, 
and cause thine anger towards us to cease. 

Song i. 4. Draw me, I will run after thee. 

Jer. xxxi. 18, 19. Turn thou me, and I 
shall be turned ; for thou art the Lord my 
God. After that I was turned, I repented 5 
and after that I was instructed, I smote upon 
my thigh : I was ashamed ; yea, even con- 
founded, because I did bear the reproach of 
my youth. 

Lam. v. 21. Turn thou us unto thee, 
Lord, and we shall be turned. 

Acts xi. 18. They said, Then hath God 
also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto 
life. 

Ver. 21. The hand of the Lord was with 
the disciples, and a great number believed, 
and turned unto the Lord. 

Rom. ii. 4. The goodness of God leadetb 
to repentance. 

2 Tim. ii. V5. In meekness instructing those 
that oppose themselves; if God peradventure 
will give them repentance, to the acknow- 
ledgment of the truth. 

VIII. Jesus Christ giveth repentance. Acts 
iii. 26. God having raised up his son Jesus, 
sent him to bless you, in turning away every 
one of you from his iniquities. 

v. 31. Him hath God exalted, a Prince and 
a Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and 
forgiveness of sins. N 

IX. God's law a mean of converting sin- 
ners. Ps. xix. 7. The law of the Lord is per* 
feet, converting the soul. 

Luke xvi. 30. And he said, Nay. fathei 
Abraham ; but if one went unto them from 
the dead, they will repent. — Ver. 31. If they 
hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will 
they be persuaded, though one rose from the 
dead. 

X. The ministry a mmn of converting 
sinners. Ezek. iii. 19. If thou warn the 
wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, 
he shall die in his iniquity ; but thou hast 
delivered thy soul. Ch. xxxiii. 9. 

Dan. xii. 3. They that turn many to right- 
eousness, shall shine as the stars for ever and 
ever. James v. 19. Prov. xi. 30. 

Luke. i. 16. Many of the children of Israel 
shall John Baptist turn to the Lord their God. 
Matt. xxi. 32. 

Acts xxvi. 17, 18. The Lord said to Paul, 
I send thee to open men's eyes, to turn them 
from darkness to light, and from the power of 
Satan unto God ; that they may receive the 
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all them that are sanctified, by faith that is 
in me. 

XI. Repentance promised. Ps. xxii. 27. 
All the ends of the world shall remember, and 
turn to the Lord. Ps. li. 3. — ex. 3. 

Isa. i. 27. Zion shall be redeemed with 
judgment, and her converts with righteous- 
ness. 

x. 21. The remnant shall return unto the 
mighty God. Mic. v. 3. 

lx. 5. The abundance of the sea shall be 
converted unto thee, and the forces of the 
Gentiles shall come unto thee. Ch. Iv. 7. 

Jer. xxiv. 7. They shall return unto me 
with their whole heart. 

Hos. ii. 7. The church shall say, I will re- 
turn to my first husband. 

xiv. 7. They that dwell under his shadow 
shall return ; they shall revive as the corn, 
end grow as the vine. 

XII. Self -examination needful to repent- 
ance. 1 Kings viii. 38. Know every man the 
plague of his own heart. 

Ps. iv. 4. Commune with your own heart 
on your bed, and be still. 

lxxvii. 6. My spirit made diligent search. 

cxix. 59. I thought on my ways, and turned 
my feet unto thy testimonies. 

Lam. iii. 40. Let us search and try our 
ways, and turn again to the Lord. 

1 Cor. xi. 28. Let a man examine himself. 

2 Cor. xiii. 5. Examine yourselves, prove 
your own selves. 

Gal. vi. 4. Let every man prove his own 
work. 

XIII. Consideration needful to repent- 
ance. Deut. iv. 39. Consider in thy heart, 
that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and 
in the earth beneath. 

1 Sam. xii. 24. Consider how great things 
the Lord hath done for you. 

Job xxiii. 15. When I consider him, I am 
afraid. 

Ps. cxix. 95. I will consider thy testimonies. 

Eccl. vii. 14. In the day of adversity, con- 
sider. 

Isa. xli. 20. Consider that the hand of the 
Lord hath done this. 

Ezek. xii. 3. It may be they will consider, 
though they be a rebellious house. Ch. 
xviii. 14. 

Hag. i. 5. Thus saith the Lord, Consider 
your ways. 

2 Tim. ii. 7. Consider, and the Lord give 
thee understanding in all things. For consi- 
dering God's works, see Job xxxvii. 14. Ps. 
viii. 3.— lxiv. 9. Eccl. vii. 13. Isa. Hi. 15. 
Jer. xxx. 24. 

XIV. The inconsideration of the wicked. 



Deut. xxxii. 29. that they would consider 
their latter end. 

Ps. 1. 22. Consider, ye that forget God ; lest 
I tear you in pieces, and there be none to de- 
liver. 

Eccl.v. 1. They consider not that they do evil. 

Isa. i. 3. Israel doth not know, my people 
doth not consider. Ch. v. 12. Ps. lxxxii. 5. 
— xciv. 8. 

xliv. 19. None considereth in his heart. 
Ch. xlvii. 7. 

Ver. 20. A deceived heart hath turned him 
aside ; he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, la 
there not a lie in my right hand ? 

Jer. ii. 10, 11. Consider, hath a nation 
changed their gods] but my people have 
changed their glory. 

x. 8. They are altogether brutish. Ver. 14. 
Ch. li. 17. 

Hos. vii. 2. They consider not in their hearts 
that I remember all their wickedness. 

Matt. vii. 3. Thou consideredst not the beam 
that is in thine own eye. 

Luke ix. 55. Ye know not what manner of 
spirit ye are of. 

xix. 42. If thou hadst known the things that 
belong to thy peace, but now they are hid from 
thine eyes. 

Rev. iii. 17. Thou say est, I am rich, and 
increased with goods, and have need of no- 
thing ; and knowest not that thou art wretch- 
ed, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and 
naked. 

XV. The case of those who withstand the 
appointed means of repentance. Matt. xiii. 
13, 14. Jesus said, I speak to them in para- 
bles ; because they seeing, see not ; and hear- 
ing, they hear not ; neither do they understand. 
And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, 
which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and 
shall not understand ; and seeing ye shall see, 
and shall not perceive : (Isa. vi. 9.) Ver. 15. 
For this people's heart is waxed gross, and 
their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes 
they have closed ; lest at any time they should 
see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, 
and should understand with their heart, and 
should be converted, and I should heal them. 
Mark iv. 12. Luke viii. 10. John xii. 40. 
Acts xxviii. 26. Rom. xi. 8. 

Luke xvi. 30. Dives said, If one went from 
the dead unto my brethren they will repent. 
—Ver. 31. Abraham said, If they hear not 
Moses and the prophets, neither will they be 
persuaded, though one rose from the dead. 

xix. 41, 42. Jesus wept over Jerusalem, 
saying, If thou hadst known, in this thy day, 
the things which belong to thy peace! But 
now they are hid from thine eyes. 

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tent heart, thou treasurest up unto thyself 
wrath against the day of wrath. 

Heb. vi. 4 — 6. It is impossible for those who 
were once enlightened, and have tasted of the 
heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the 
Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of 
God, and the powers of the world to come, if 
they fall away, to renew them again to repent- 
ance; seeing they crucify to themselves the 
Son of God afresh, and put him to open 
shame. 

xii. 17. Esau found no place for repentance, 
though he sought it carefully with tears. Matt. 
xxvii. 3. 

Gen. vi. 3. God saith, My Spirit shall not 
always strive with man. Ps. xcv. 8. Harden 
not your hearts. Heb. iii. 8. 15. — iv. 7. 

XVI. Sorrow for sin. Ps. xiii. 2. How long 
shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow 
in my heart daily 1 

xxxviii. 17. I am ready to halt ; my sorrow 
is continually before me. — Ver. 18. I will de- 
clare my iniquity ; I will be sorry for my sin. 

Ixix. 29. I am poor and sorrowful ; let thy 
salvation, O God, set me on high. Ps. cxvi. 
3,4. 

Eccl. vii. 3. Sorrow is better than laughter. 
Pro v. xiv. 13. 

Jer. xxxi. 25. I have satiated the weary 
soul ; I have replenished every sorrowful soul. 

Zeph. iii. 18. I will gather them that are 
sorrowful for the solemn assembly. 

John xvi. 20. Your sorrow shall be turned 
into joy. 

Rom. ix. 2. I have continual sorrow in my 
heart. 

2 Cor. vi. 10. As sorrowful, yet always re- 
joicing. 

vii. 9 to 12. Ye sorrowed to repentance. 

XVII. Mourning for sin. Exod. xxxiii. 
4. When the people beard God's threatenings 
against them, they mourned. Numb. xiv. 39. 

Ezra x. 6. Ezra mourned, because of the 
transgression of those that had been carried 
captive. 

Neh. i. 4. Nehemiah wept and mourned, 
fasted and prayed, and said, &c. 

Job v. 11. God doth great things, that those 
that mourn may be exalted. Ver. 8, 9. 

Ps. xxxviii. 6. I go mourning all the day. 
Ps. xlii. 9.— xliii. 2. 

Iv. 2. Attend unto me and hear me ; I mourn 
in my complaint. 

Isa. xxxviii. 14. Like a crane or a swallow, 
so did I chatter ; I did mourn as a dove. Isa. 
lix. 11. 

lvii. 1 8. I will restore comforts unto him and 
to his mourners. 

lxi. 2, 3. The Lord hath sent me to comfort 
all that mourn. To give unto them that mourn 



in Zion, beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for 
mourning, and the garments of praise for the 
spirit of heaviness. 

Jer. xxxi. 13. I will turn their mourning 
into joy : I will comfort them, and make them 
rejoice from their sorrow. 

Ezek. vii. 16. They shall be on the moun- 
tains like doves of the valleys, mourning every 
one for his iniquity. Ver. 27. 

ix. 4. Set a mark on the foreheads of them 
that sigh and crv for the abominations. Rev, 
vii. 3. 

Dan. x. 2. I Daniel was mourning three full 
weeks, &c. 

Joel i. 9. The priests, the Lord's ministers 
mourn. 

ii. 12. Turn ye unto me (saith the Lord) 
with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping 
and mourning. 

Ver. 13. Rend your heart and not your gar- 
ments, and turn unto the Lord your God. 

Zech. xii. 1 0. They shall look on me whom 
they have pierced, and mourn. 

Ver. 12. The land shall mourn, every fami- 
ly apart. 

Matt. v. 4. Blessed are they that mourn ; 
they shall be comforted. 

XVIII. Reproofs and threats for not mourn- 
ing for sin. Isa. xxii. 12, 13. In that day did 
the Lord God of hosts call to weeping and 
mourning, and baldness, and to girding with 
sackcloth. But behold joy and gladness. 

Zech. vii. 5. When ye fasted and mourned, 
did ye at all fast to me, even to me 1 

Luke vi. 25. Woe unto you that laugh ; ye 
shall mourn. 

1 Cor. v. 2. Ye are puffed up, and have not 
rather mourned. 

James iv. 9. Be ye afflicted, and mourn and 
weep ; let your laughter be turned to mourning, 
and your joy to heaviness. 

XIX. Heaviness for sin. Ezra ix. 5. 1 arose 
from my heaviness. 

Ps. xxxviii. 4. Mine iniquities are as a 
heavy burden. 

cxix. 28. My soul melteth for heaviness. 

Matt. xi. 28. Come unto me, all ye that la- 
bour and are heavy laden, and I will give you 
rest. Isa. lxi. 3. 

XX. Grief for sin. 2Chron. vi. 29, 30. 
When every one shall know his own sore, and 
his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands 
and pray ; Hear thou, and forgive. 1 Kings 
viii. 38, 39. When he shall know the plague 
of his own heart ; Hear thou, and forgive. 

Neh. xiii. 8. Their profaning the house ol 
God, grieved me sore. 

Ps. cxix. 158. I beheld transgressors and 
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Mark iii. 5. Jesus was grieved for the hard- 
ness of their hearts. 

XXI. Nut being grieved for sin. Jer. v. 3. 
Thou hast stricken them ; they have not 
grieved. Isa. Ivii. 10. 

XXII. Weeping for sin. Judg. ii. 4. The 
Israelites being reproved by an angel for their 
sins, they lifted up their voice and wept. 

2 Kings xxii. 1 9. Because thy heart was 
tender, and thou hast rent thy clothes, and 
wept before me, I also have heard thee, saith 
the Lord. 2 Chron. xxxiv. 27. 

Ezra x. 1. Ezra confessed, weeping. 

Ps. vi. 8. The Lord hath heard the voice of 
my weeping. 

cii. 9. I have mingled my drink with weep- 
ing. 

cxxvi. 6. He that goeth forth and weepeth, 
bearing precious seed, shall come again with 
rejoicing. 

Jer. xiii. 17. My soul shall weep in secret 
for your pride. 

xx xi. 9. They shall come with weeping and 
supplications. 

1. 4. The children of Israel shall go together 
weeping, to seek the Lord their God. 

Joel ii. 12. Turn ye unto me with all your 
heart, with fasting, weeping and mourning. 

Ver. 1 7. Let the priests, the ministers of the 
Lord, weep between the porch and the altar ; 
and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord. 

Luke vi. 21. Blessed are ye that weep. 
Ver. 25. 

vii. 38. A woman stood weeping, and began 
to wash Jesus' feet with tears. 

xxiii. 28. Jesus said, Weep not for me, but 
weep for yourselves. James iv. 9. — v. 1. 

XXIII. Tears for sin. 2 Kings xx. 5. I 
have seen thy tears ; behold I will heal thee. 
Isa. xxxviii. 5. 

Job xvi. 20. Mine eye poureth out tears 
unto God. 

Ps. vi. 6. I water my couch with my tears. 

xxxix. 12. Hold not thy peace'at my tears. 

xlii. 3. My tears have been my meat day 
and night. 

lvi. 8. Put my tears in thy bottle. 

cxxvi. 5. They that sow in tears shall reap 
in joy. 

Jer. ix. 1. O that my head were waters, and 
mine eyes a fountain of teats. Ver. 18. 

xiii. 17. Mine eye shall run down with tears. 

Lam. ii. 11. Mine eyes do fail with tears. 

Ver. 18. Let tears run down like a river day 
and night; give thyself no rest. Jer. xiv. 17. 

Acts xx. 19. Serving the Lord with many 
tears. 

Rev. vii. 17. God shall wipe away all tears 
from their eyes. 



XXIV. The heart affected for having sin- 
ned. 1 Sam. xxiv. 5. David's heart smote hitn. 

1 Kings viii. 38. Know the plague of his 
own heart. 2 Chron. vi. 29. His own sore. 

2 Kings xxii. 19. Because thy heart was 
tender. 

Isa. xlvii. 7. Lay to heart. Dan. v. 22. 
Humble the heart. Joel ii. 13. Rend the 
heart. Acts ii. 37. They were pricked in their 
hearts. Ch. ix. 6.— xvi. 30. Ps. cix. 22. 
Heart wounded. 

XXV. A broken and contrite heart. Ps. 
xxxiv. 18. The Lord is nigh unto them that 
are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be 
of a contrite spirit. 

Ii. 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken 
spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, 
thou wilt not despise. 

cix. 16. See prayers against those who 
would slay the broken in heart. Ver. 17, &c. 

cxlvii. 3. The Lord healeth the broken in 
heart, and bindeth up their wounds. 

Isa. Ivii. 15. Thus saith the Lord, I dwell 
with him that is of a contrite and humble 
spirit; to revive the spirit of the humble, and 
to revive the heart of the contrite ones. 

Ixi. 1. The Lord hath sent me to bind up 
the broken-hearted. Luke iv. 18. 

Ixvi. 2. To this man will I look, even to 
him that is poor, and of a contrite spirit, and 
trembleth at my word. 

XXVI. Shame the portion of sinners. 
Prov. iii. 35. Shame shall be the promotion of 
fools. 

xiii. 5. A wicked man cometh to shame, 
xiv. 34. Sin is a reproach to any people. 
Dan. xii. 2. Some (at the last day) shall 
awake to shame, &c. 

XXVII. Shame enjoined as a mark of true 
penitents. Jer. xxii. 22. Thou shalt be 
ashamed and confounded, for all thy wicked- 
ness. 

Ezek. xliii. 10. Show the house of Israel, 
that they may be ashamed of their iniquities. 
Ver. 11. Hos. iv. 19. 

Rom. vi. 21. What fruit had ye in these 
things whereof ye are now ashamed 1 Jer. 
xxxi. 19. — iii. 25. 

XXVIII. Avoiding sin is avoiding shame. 
Ps. cxix. 6. Then shall I not be ashamed 
when I have respect unto all thy command- 
ments. See Rev. iii. 18. — xvi. 15. Compare 
Gen. iii. 7, 8. 

Job xi. 14, 15. If iniquity be in thy hand, 
put it far away ; and let not wickedness dwell 
in thy tabernacles. For then thou shalt lift 
up thy face without spot, &c. 

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of sin. Jer. vi. 15. When they had commit- 
ted abomination they were not ashamed, 
neither could they blush. Ch. viii. 12. 

Zeph. iii. 5. The unjust knoweth no shame. 

Phil. iii. 19. The wicked glory in their 
shame. 
* Jude 13. Foaming out their own shame. 

XXX. Abhorring and loathing one's self 
for sin. Job xlii. 6. Job said, I abhor myself, 
and repent in dust and ashes. 

Ezek. vi. 9. They shall loathe themselves 
for the evils which they have committed, in all 
their abominations. Ch. xx. 43. — xxxvi. 31. 

XXXI. Confssion and acknowledgment 
of sin required of penitents. 

XXXII. Promises to confessing and ac- 
knowledging sin. Lev. xxvi. 40 — 42. If they 
shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of 
their fathers ; if their uncircumcised hearts be 
humbled ; then will I remember my covenant. 
1 Kings viii. 33. 35. 

Ps. xxxii. 5. T said, I will confess my trans- 
gressions ; thou forgavest the iniquity of my 
sin. 

Prov. xxviii. 13. He that covereth his sins 
shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and 
forsaketh them, shall have mercy. Job xxxi. 33. 

1 John i. 9. If we confess our sins, he is 
faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to 
cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

XXXIII. Exhortations to confession. Josh, 
vii. 19. Give glory to God, and make confes- 
sion. 

Jer. iii. 13. Acknowledge thine iniquity, 
that thou hast transgressed against the Lord 
thy God. Ezra x. 11. Hos.v. 15. 

Rom. xiv. 11. Every knee shall bow, and 
every tongue shall confess to God. 

XXXIV. Instances. Matt. iii. 6. They 
were baptized, confessing their sins. 

Acts xix. 18. Many that believed, confessed 
and shewed their deeds. 

XXXV. Confessions made in Scripture 
expressions. Ezra ix. 6. my God, I am 
ashamed, and blush to lift up my face to thee, 
my God ; for our iniquities are increased over 
our heads, and our trespass is grown up unto 
the heavens. Ver. 7. 13. 15. Ps. xxxviii. 4. 
— xl. 12. Jer. xiv. 20. 

Neh. i. 6, 7. Both I and my father's house 
have sinned. (Ps. cvi. 6.) We have dealt 
very corruptly against thee. 

ix. 16. They dealt proudly and hardened 
their necks, and hearkened not to thy com- 
mandments. 

Ver. 26. They were disobedient and rebelled 
against thee, and cast thy law behind their 
backs. 



Ver. 35. They have not served thee in thy 
great goodness, neither turned they from then 
wicked works. 

Job xiii. 23. How many are my iniquities 
and my sins : make me to know my transgres- 
sion and my sin. 

xiv. 4. Who can bring a clean thing out of 
an unclean 1 

xv. 14. What is man that he should b© 
clean 1 and he that is born of a woman, that 
he should be righteous] 1 Kings viii. 46. 

Ver. 15. Behold he putteth no trust in his 
saints, and the heavens are not clean in his 
sight. 

xl. 4. Behold I am vile, what shall I answer 
thee ] I will lay my hand upon my mouth. 

Ps. xxxviii. 18. I will declare mine iniquity; 
I will be sorry for my sin. Ps. xxxii. 5. 

li. 3. I acknowledge my transgressions ; my 
sin is ever before me. 

Ver. 5. Behold I was shapen in iniquity, 
and in sin did my mother conceive me. 

lxix. 5. O God, thou knowest my foolish- 
ness, and my sins are not hid from thee. Pa, 
cxxx.3. If thou, Lord, shouldst mark iniquities* 
O Lord, who shall stand ] 

Prov. xx. 9. Who can say, I have made my 
heart clean, I am pure from my sin 1 1 John 
i. 8. If we say we have no sin, we deceive our- 
selves, and the truth is not in us. 

Eccl. vii. 20. There is not a just man upon 
earth, that doeth good and sinneth not. 

Isa. lix. 12. Our transgressions are multi* 
plied before thee, and our sins testify against us, 

Ixiv. 6. We are all as an unclean thing, 
and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags j 
and we all do fade as a leaf, and our iniquities 
like the wind have taken us away. 

Jer. xiv. 7. Our backslidings are many ; we 
have sinned against thee. Ver. 20. Luke 
xv. 21. 

Dan. ix. 5. We have sinned, and have com- 
mitted iniquity, and have done wickedly and 
have rebelled ; even by departing from thy 
precepts, and from thy judgments. — Ver. 8. 
Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to 
our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers j 
because we have sinned against thee. 

Rom. vii. 18. In my flesh dwelleth no good 
thing. — Ver. 21. I find a law, that when I 
would do good, evil is present with me. — Ver. 
23. I see a law in my members, warring 
against the law of my mind, and bringing me 
into captivity to the law of sin, which is in my 
members. 

XXXVI. Amendment. Deut. x. 16. Cir- 
cumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be no 
more stiff-necked. Jer. iv. 4. 

Job xxxiv. 32. If I have done iniquity, 1 
will do no more. 



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Isa. i. 16, 17. Cease to do evil, learn to do 
well. 

Jer. vii. 3. Amend your ways and your 
doings. Ver. 5. Ch. xxvi. 13. — xxxv. 15. 

Matt. iii. 8. Bring forth fruits meet for re- 
pentance. Luke iii. 8. 

John v. 14. Sin no more. Ch. viii. 11. Ps. 
iv. 4. Stand in awe, and sin not. 

Rom. vi. 1. Shall we continue in sin, &c. 
God forbid. 

Eph. v. 14. Awake, thou that sleepest, arise 
from the dead. See Dead works. 

James iv. 8. Cleanse your hands, purify 
your hearts. 



FRUITFULNESS. 

XXXVII. Fruitfulness in religion. Ps. i. 
3. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers 
of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his 
season. 

xcii. 14. They shall bring forth fruit in old 
age ; they shall be fat and flourishing. See 
ver. 12, 13. Ps. lxxxiv. 7. 

Prov. iv. 18. The path of the just is as the 
shining light, that shineth, &c. 

Isa. v. 4. What could have been done more 
to my vineyard that I have not done in it, to 
make it fruitful ] 

Jer. xxxi. 12. Their soul shall be as a 
watered garden. Mai. iv. 2. 

Hos. xiv. 5. I will be as the dew unto Is- 
rael ; he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth 
his roots as Lebanon. — Ver. 8. I am like a 
green fir-tree ; from me is thy fruit found. 

Matt. vii. 16. Ye shall know them by their 
fruits. Ver. 20. Ch. xii. 33. 



Ver. 17. Every good tree bringeth forth 
good fruit. Ch. xiii. 23. Mark xii. 2. 

John xv. 2. Every branch that beareth fruit 
he purgeth, that it may bring forth more fruit. 
Matt. xiii. 12. 

Ver. 5. I am the vine, ye are the branches : 
he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same 
bringeth forth much fruit ; for without me ye 
can do nothing. 

Ver. 8. Herein is my Father glorified, that 
ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. 

Ver. 1 6. I have chosen you, and ordained 
you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit. 

Rom. vi. 22. Being made free from sin, ye 
have your fruit unto holiness, and the end 
everlasting life. Ch. vii. 4. 

Eph. iv. 15. Grow up unto Christ in all 
things. 

v. 9. The fruit of the Spirit is in all good- 
ness, righteousness, and truth. 

Phil. i. 11. Being filled with the fruits of 
righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to 
the glory and praise of God. 

Col. i. 10. Walk worthy of the Lord to al! 
pleasing, being fruitful in every good work. 
Ch. ii. 6, 7. 

James iii. 17. The wisdom from above is 
full of good fruits. 

1 Pet. ii. 2. Desire the sincere milk of the 
word, that ye may grow thereby. 

2 Pet. i. 8. If these things be in you, and 
abound, they make you that ye shall neither 
be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of 
our Lord Jesus Christ. 

iii. 18. Grow in grace, and in the know- 
ledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 

Jude 20. Building yourselves up in your 
most holy faith. 



CHAPTER XIX. 



OF DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION. 



I. THE shortness of human life. Gen. 
xlvii. 9. Jacob said, Few and evil have the 
days of the years of my life been. Job xiv. 1. 
Man that is born of a woman, is of lew days. 

1 Sam. xx. 3. There is but a step between 
me and death. 

1 Chron. xxix. 15. Our days on earth are 
as a shadow, and there is none abiding. Job 
viii. 9. Ps. cii. 1 1. — cxliv. 4. Zech. i. 5. 

Job vii. 6. Our days are swifter than a 
weaver's shuttle. 

ix. 25, 26. Our days are swifter than a post, 
they fly away. They are passed away as the 



swift ships, and as the eagle that hasteth to 
the prey. 

xvi. 22. When a few years are come, then 
I shall go the way whence I shall not return. 

xvii. 1. My breath is corrupt, my days are 
extinct, the graves are ready for me. 

Ps. xxxix. 4, 5. Lord, make me to know 
my end, and the measure of my days, what it 
is, that I may know how frail I am. Behold, 
thou hast made my days as a handbreadth, 
and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily 
every man at his best estate is altogether 
sanity. — Ver. 13. O spare me, that I may 



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recover strength before I go hence and be no 
more. Ps. xc. 3. 5, 6. 10. 12. 

ciii. 15, 16. Man's days are as grass; as a 
flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the 
wind passeth over it. and it is gone ; and the 
place thereof shall know it no more. Isa. xl. 
6, 7, 8 James i. 1 0. 1 Pet. i. 24. 

James iv. 14. Our life is even a vapour, 
that appeareth for a little time, and then 
vanisheth away. Heb. xiii. 14. Here we have 
no continuing city. 1 Chron.xxix. 15. There 
is none abiding. 

II. Of the term or boundary of human 
life. Job vii. 1. Is there not an appointed 
time for man upon earth ] Are not his days 
like the days of a hireling 1 

xiv. 5. Man's days are determined ; the 
number of his months are with thee, thou 
hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass. 
— Ver. 14. All the days of my appointed 
time will I wait, till my change come. 

Ps. xc. 10. The days of our years are three- 
score and ten ; and if by reason of strength 
they be fourscore years, yet is their strength 
labour and sorrow ; for it is soon cut off and 
we fly away. 

Eccl. iii. 2. A time to be born, and a time to die. 

Matt. vi. 27. Which of you can add one 
cubit to his stature 1 [or age.] 

Acts xvii. 26. God hath made of one blood 
all nations of men to dwell on the face of the 
earth; and hath determined the times, before 
appointed, and the bounds of their habitation 

III. The time of life is in God's hand. 
Job v. 18. The Lord maketh sore, and bindeth 
up ; he woundeth, and his hands make whole. 

1 Sam. ii. 6. The Lord killeth, and he 
maketh alive ; he bringeth down to the grave, 
and he raiseth up. Deut. xxxii. 39. 

Ps. Ixviii. 20. Unto God the Lord belong 
the issues from death. Ps. ix. 13. — ciii. 4. 

Dan. v. 23. God, in whose hand thy breath 
is, and whose are all thy ways. 

Acts xvii. 28. In him we live, and move, 
and have our being. 

Rev. i. 18. I have the keys of hell and of 
death, saith Christ. 

IV. Death prevailing over all mankind, of 
every character, rank and station. Josh, 
xxiii. 14. Joshua said, I am going the way of 
all the earth. 1 Kings ii. 2. 

Job iv. 19 — 21. Mortal men dwell in houses 
of clay; their foundation is in the dust, they 
are crushed before the moth. They are de- 
stroyed from morning to evening; they perish 
for ever, without any regarding it. Doth not 
their excellency that is in them go away 1 
they die without wisdom. 

vii. 9, 10. He that goeth down to the grave 
40 



shall come up no more. He shall return no 
more to his house, neither shall his place know 
him any more. 

ix. 22. God destroyeth the perfect and the 
wicked. 

xiv. 2. Man cometh forth like a flower, and 
is cut down. — Ver. 10. Man dieth and wasteth 
away ; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and 
where is he? — Ver. 12. Man lieth down, and 
riseth not till the heavens be no more, they 
shall not awake, nor be raised out of sleep. 

Ver. 1 9, 20. Thou destroyest the hope of 
man. Thou prevailest for ever against him, 
and he passeth ; thou changest his countenance, 
and sendest him away. 

xvii. 13, 14. If I wait, the grave is my 
house. (Ver. 1.) I have said to corruption, 
Thou art my father; and to the worm, Thou 
art my mother and sister. — Ver. 15. And 
where is now my hope 1 

xxi. 23 — 26. One dieth in his full strength, 
being wholly at ease and quiet. His breasts 
are full of milk, and his bones moistened with 
marrow. Another dieth in the bitterness of 
his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. They 
shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms 
shall cover them. 

xxiv. 24. The mighty are exalted for a little 
while, but are gone and brought low ; they are 
taken ©utof the way as all others, and cut off 
as the tops of the ears of corn. Eccl. viii. 8. 
Neither shall wickedness deliver those that are 
given to it. 

xxx. 23. I know that thou wilt bring me to 
death, and to the house appointed for all living. 
Eccl. viii. 8. There is no discharge in that war. 

xxxiv. 14. If he set his heart upon man, 
and if he gather unto him his spirit and his 
breath ; afl flesh shall perish together, and man 
shall turn again to dust. 

Ps. xlix. 6, 7. 9, 10. They that trust in 
their wealth, none of them can by any means 
redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom 
for him ; that he should live for ever, and not 
see corruption. Wise men die, likewise the 
fool and the brutish person perish, and leave 
their wealth to others. Ver. 11 to 14. 

lxxxii. 6, 7. I have said, Ye are gods, and 
all of you children of the Most High. But 
ye shall die like men. Ps. cxlvi. 4. 

Ixxxix. 48. What man is he thatliveth, and 
shall not see death ] Shall he deliver his soul 
from the hand of the grave 1 

xc. 3. Thou turnest man to destruction. — 
Ver. 5, 6. Thou earnest them away as with 
a flood : they are as a sleep : in the morn- 
ing they are like grass that groweth up. In 
the morning it flourisheth and groweth up, in 
the evening it is cut down and wihereth. 

Eccl. i. 4. One generation cometh, and an- 
other goeth 

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ii. 1 6. How dieth the wise man ? as the 
fool. 

viii. 8. No man hath power over the spirit 
to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in 
the day of death : and there is no discharge in 
that war. 

xii. 5. Man goeth to his long home, and the 
mourners go about the streets. 

Ver. 7. The dust shall return to the earth as 
it was, and the spirit shall return unto God 
who gave it. 

V. Preparative duties for death. Deut. 
xxxii. 29. O that they were wise ; that they 
would consider their latter end. 

Ps. xc. 12. So teach us to number our days, 
that we may apply our hearts to wisdom. Ps. 
xxxix. 4. 

John ix. 4. I must work the works of him 
that sent me, while it is day ; the night cometh 
when no man can work. 

1 Pet. i. 17. Pass the time of your sojourn- 
ing here in fear. Matt. x. 28. 

VI. No preparative duties are to be per- 
formed after death. Isa. xxx viii. 18, 19. The 
grave cannot praise thee ; death cannot cele- 
brate thee : they that go down to the pit cannot 
hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he 
shall praise thee, as I do this day. See Ps. vi. 
5. — xxx. 9. — lxxxviii. 10, 11, 12.— cxv. 17. 

VII. The deuth of the righteous happy. 
Ps. xxxi. 5. Into thy hand I commit my spi- 
rit, O Lord. Acts vii. 59. 

xxxvii. 37. Mark the perfect man, and be- 
hold the upright ; for the end of that man is 
peace. 

cxvi. 15. Precious in the sight of the Lord 
is the death of his saints. 

Prov. xiv. 32. The righteous hath hope in 
his death. Numb, xxiii. 10. Let me die the 
death of the righteous, and let my last end be 
like his. 

Eccl. vii. 1. The day of his death is better 
than the day of his birth. 

Isa. lvii. 1, 2. The righteous is taken away 
from the evil to come. He shall enter into 
peace. 2 Kings xxii. 19, 20. 

Jobiii. 17, 18. There the wicked cease from 
troubling, and there the weary be at rest. There 
the prisoners rest together ; they hear not the 
voice of the oppressor. 

Ps. Ixxiii. 24. Thou wilt guide me with thy 
counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Ps. 
lxxxiv. 11. The Lord will give grace and 
glory. 

Luke xvi. 22. Lazarus died, and was carried 
by angels into Abraham's bosom. Ver. 25. 
Now he is comforted. 

xxiii. 43. Jesus said, This day shalt thou be 
with me in paradise. 



1 Cor. iii. 22, 23. Whether life or death, all 
are yours; and ye are Christ's. 

2 Cor. v. 6. While we are at home in the 
body, we are absent from the Lord. — Ver. 8. 
We are willing rather to be absent from the 
body, and to be present with the Lord. 

Phil. i. 21. For me to live is Christ, and to 
die is gain. — Ver. 23. I have a desire to depart 
and to be with Christ, which is far better. 

1 Thess. v. 10. Christ died for us, that 
whether we wake or sleep, we should live 
together with him. Rom. xiv. 8, 9. 

Heb. xii. 23. The righteous go to the spirits 
of just men made perfect. 

Rev. xiv. 13. Blessed are the dead which 
die in the Lord, from henceforth : yea, saith 
the Spirit, that they may rest from their 
labours, and their works do follow them. 

VIII. Death of the wicked. Job xxvii. 20, 
21. Terrors take hold on him as waters; a 
tempest stealeth him away in the night. The 
east wind carrieth him away and he departetb, 
and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. — 
Ver. 22, 23. For God shall cast upon him, 
and shall not spare. Men shall clap their 
hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his 
place. Jer. xxiii. 19. 

xxxvi. 6. God preserveth not the life of the 
wicked. 

Ps. xxxvii. 34. When the wicked are cut 
off thou shalt see it. — Ver. 38. The end of 
wicked men shall be cut off. 

Prov. xi. 7. When a wicked man dieth, his 
expectation perisheth. — Ver. 10. When the 
wicked perish there is shouting. 

xii. 7. The wicked are overthrown and are 
not. Ch. x. 27. 

xiv. 32. The wicked is driven away in his 
wickedness. 

Eccl. viii. 10. I saw the wicked buried ; they 
were forgotten. 

Isa. xiv. 9. Hell from beneath is moved for 
thee, to meet thee at thy coming. 

xiv. 15. Thou shalt be brought down to 
hell, to the sides of the pit. 

Ezek. xviii. 18. He shall die in his iniquity, 
Ch. xxxiii. 8, 9. 

Luke xvi. 23. The rich man died, and was 
buried ; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being 
in torment. Ps. ix. 17. 

IX. The dead leave all their possessions 
behind them. Ps. xlix. 10. They leave their 
wealth to others. Job i. 21. Eccl. ii. 18. 

Ver. 14. Their beauty shall consume in 
the grave. — Ver. 17. When he dieth he 
shall carry nothing away, his glory shall not 
descend after him. 

Eccl. v. 15, 16. As he came, naked shall he 
return, and shall take nothing of his labour, 
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poin's as he came, so shall he go. Ch. ii. 19. 
Who knoweth whether he shall he a wise man 
or a fool that shall be after him ? 

ix. 5, 6. The memory of them is forgotten. 
Also, their love, and their hatred, and their 
envy, is now perished ; neither have they any 
more a portion for ever in any thing that is 
done under the sun. 

Job xiv. 21. His sons come to honour, and 
he knoweth it not ; they are brought low, but 
he perceiveth it not. 

1 Tim. vi. 7. We brought nothing into this 
world, and it is certain we can carry nothing 
out. 

OF THE RESURRECTION FROM 
THE DEAD. 

X. That there shall be a resurrection of 
he dead. (See Christ shall raise the dead.) 
Job xix. 25 — 27. I know that my Redeemer 
liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day 
upon the earth. And though after my skin 
worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall 

1 see God : whom I shall see for myself, and 
mine eyes shall behold, and not another; 
though my reins be consumed within me. Ps. 
xlix 15. 

Ps. xvi. 9. My flesh shall rest in hope. Ver. 
10. Ps. lxviii. 20. Acts ii. 26, 27, 28. 31. 

Dan. xii. 2. Many of them that sleep in the 
dust of the earth shall awake ; some to ever- 
lasting life, and some to everlasting shame and 
contempt. Ps. xvii. 15. 

Matt. xxii. 30. In the resurrection they nei- 
ther marry nor are given in marriage ; but are 
as the angels in heaven. — Ver. 31, 32. As 
touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye 
not read that which was spoken unto you by 
God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and 
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ! God 
is not the God of the dead, but of the living. 
Luke xx. 35, 36. 

Luke xiv. 14. Thou shalt be recompensed 
at the resurrection of the just. 

Acts iv. 2. The apostles taught the people, 
and preached through Jesus the resurrection 
from the dead. Heb. vi. 1, 2. 

xxiii. 6. Paul said, Of the hope and resur- 
rection of the dead I am called in question. 
Ch. xxiv, 21. 

xxiv. 15. Paul said, I have hope toward 
God, that there shall be a resurrection of the 
dead, both of the just and unjust. 

xxvi. 8. Why should it be thought a thing 
incredible with you, that God should raise the 
dead 1 

Pom. iv. 17. God quickeneth the dead. 

2 Cor. i. 9. God raiseth the dead. 

viii. 1 1. If the Spirit of him that raised up 
Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that 



raised up Christ from the dead shall also 
quicken your mortal bodies by his spirit that 
dwelleth in you. 

Ver. 19. The earnest expectation of the 
creature waiteth for the manifestation of the 
sons of God. — Ver. 21. Because the creature 
shall be delivered from the bondage of corrup 
tion, into the glorious liberty of the children 
of God. — Ver. 23. We ourselves, who have 
the first fruits of the Spirit, groan within our- 
selves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the 
redemption of our body. 

1 Cor. vi. 14. God both raised up the Lord 
Jesus, and will also raise up us, by his own 
power. 

xv. 12 — 14. How say some of you, that 
there is no resurrection of the dead 1 (2 Tim. 
ii. 17, 18.) If there be no resurrection of the 
dead, then is Christ not risen : And if Christ 
be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and 
your faith is also vain. — Ver. 20. But now is 
Christ risen from the dead, and become the 
first fruits of them that slept. 

Ver. 21 — 23. Since by man came death, by 
man came also the resurrection of the dead. 
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall 
all be made alive. But every man in his 
order: Christ the first fruits, and afterward 
they that are Christ's, at his coming. Col 
i. 18. 

Ver. 35 Some man will say, How are the 
dead raised 1 and with what bodies do they 
come 1 — Ver. 38. God giveth a body as it 
pleaseth him. — Ver. 42. So also is the resur- 
rection of the dead : it is sown in corruption, 
it is raised in incorruption. — Ver. 43. It is 
sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory : it is 
sown in weakness, it is raised in power. — Ver. 
44. It is sown a natural body, it is raised a 
spiritual body. 

Ver. 52 — 54. The dead shall be raised in- 
corruptible. For this corruptible must put on 
incorruption, and this mortal must put on im- 
mortality. Then shall be brought to pass the 
saying that is written, Death is swallowed up 
in victory. Isa. xxv. 7, 8. — xxvi. 19. Hos. 
xiii. 14. 

2 Cor. iv. 14. He that raised up the Lord 
Jesus, shall raise up us also by Jesus, and 
shall present us with you. 

v. 1 — 3. We know that if our earthly house 
of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a 
building of God, a house not made with hands, 
eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, 
earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our 
house which is from heaven. If so be that 
being clothed, we shall not be found naked — 
Ver 4. For we that are in this tabernacle do 
groan, being burdened ; not for that we would 
be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality 
might be swallowed up of life. 



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Eph. iv. 30. By the Holy Spirit of God ye 
are sealed unto the day of redemption. 

1 Thess. iv. 14. If we believe that Jesus 
died and rose again ; even so them that sleep 
in Jesus, will God bring with him. 

Ver. 15 — 17. For this we say unto you, by 
the word of the Lord, That we which are alive 
and remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall 
not prevent them which are asleep. For the 
Lord himself shall descend from heaven with 
a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and 
with the trump of God ; and the dead in 
Christ shall rise first. Then we which are 
alive and remain, shall be caught up together 
with them in the clouds to meet the Lord 



in the air : so shall we ever be with the 
Lord. 

Heb. xi. 19. Abraham accounted that God 
was able to raise Isaac from the dead. 

Ver. 35. Others were tortured, not accepting 
deliverance, that they might obtain a bettei 
resurrection. 

Rev. xx. 6. Blessed and holy is he that hath 
part in the first resurrection : on such the se- 
cond death hath no power; but they shall be 
priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign 
with him a thousand years. 

Ver. 13. The sea gave up the dead which 
were in it. Isa. xxvi. 19. See Christ shall 
change the bodies of mankind. 



CHAPTER XX. 

OF A FUTURE JUDGMENT, AND THE STATE OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND 

THE WICKED. 



I. OF a future judgment, and its conse- 
quences. Acts xxiv. 25. As Paul reasoned of 
righteousness, temperance, and judgment to 
come, Felix trembled. 

Heb. vi. 1, 2. Let us go on unto perfection. 
Not laying again the foundation of the resur- 
rection of the dead and of eternal judgment. 

ix. 27. It is appointed unto men once to 
die, but after this the judgment. 

II. Gad is judge. (See Christ shall judge 
the world.) Ps. 1. 6. God is judge.— The 
judge of all the earth. Gen. xviii. 25. 

xcvi. 13. He cometh to judge the earth. 
He shall judge the world with righteousness, 
and the people with his truth. Ver. 10. Ps. 
lviii. 11. — xcviii. 9. 

Acts xvii. 31. He hath appointed a day 
wherein he will judge the world in righteous- 
ness. 

Rom. ii. 2. The judgment of God is accord- 
ing to truth. Ch. iii. 5. 

Ver. 12. As many as have sinned in the 
law, shall be judged by the law. 

Ver. 16. In the day when God shall judge 
the secrets of men by Jesus Christ. 

1 Cor. iv. 4. He that judgeth me is the 
Lord. 

Rev. xx. 11, 12. I saw a great white throne, 
and him that sat on it, from whose face the 
earth and the heaven fled away ; and there 
was found no place for them. And I saw the 
dead, small and great; stand before God ; and 
the books were opened ; and another book was 
opened, which is the Book of Life: and the 



dead were judged out of those things which 
were written in the books, according to their 
works. 

III. The persons and things that shall be 
judged. Eccl. iii. 1 7. God shall judge the 
righteous and the wicked. 

xi. 9. Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, 
and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy 
youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and 
in the sight of thine eyes : but know, that for 
all these things God will bring thee into judg- 
ment. 

xii. 14. God will bring every work into 
judgment, with every secret thing, whether it 
be good or whether it be evil. Rom. ii. 16. 
God shall judge the secrets of men. 

Matt. xii. 36. Every idle word that men 
shall speak, they shall give account thereof in 
the day of judgment. Ver. 37. 

Rom. xiv. 12. Every one shall give account 
of himself to God. 

1 Cor. iii. 13. Every man's work shall be 
made manifest. 

Heb. xiii. 17. Ministers watch for your 
souls, as they that must give account. 

1 Pet. iv. 4, 5. They that run to excess of 
riot, shall give account to him that is ready to 
judge the quick and the dead. 

Ver. 17. Judgment must begin at the house 
of God. 

IV. When the day of judgment shall be. 
Mark xiii. 24 — 26. The sun shall be darken- 
ed, and the moon shall not give her light; and 
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that are in heaven shall be shaken. And then 
shall they see the Son of Man, coming in the 
clouds with great power and glory. — Ver. 32. 
But of that day and hour knoweth no man ; 
no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither 
the Son, but the Father. Matt. xxiv. 29 to 44. 

1 Thess. v. 2. The day of the Lord so 
cometh as a thief in the night. 2 Pet. iii. 10. 

2 Thess. ii. 3. That day shall not come, 
except there come a falling away first, and that 
man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition. — 
Ver. 8. Whom the Lord shall consume, &c. 

V. Uses to be made of the doctrine of a 
future judgment, and its consequences ; for 
encouraging steadfastness and perseverance in 
sundry graces and duties of the Christian 
life. Luke xxi. 34, 35. Take heed to your- 
selves, lest at any time your hearts be over- 
charged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and 
the cares of this life; and so that day come 
upon you unawares. (Compare I Pet. iv. 4, 
5.) For as a snare shall it come on all them 
that dwell on the face of the earth. — Ver. 36. 
Watch ye, therefore, and pray always ; that 
ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these 
things that shall come to pass, and to stand 
before the Son of man. See Matt. xxiv. 42. 
44 to 51. Mark xiii. 33 to 37. 

1 Cor. i. 7, 8 Waiting for the coming of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall confirm you 
unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the 
day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

iv. 4, 5. He that judgeth me is the Lord. 
(See Christ shall judge.) Therefore judge 
nothing before the time, till the Lord come. 
See Matt. vii. 1, 2. Rom. xiv. 3. 10. 13. Col. 
ii. 16. James iv. 11. 

Acts xvii. 30, 31. The times of ignorance 
God winked at, but now commandeth all men 
every where to repent. Because he hath ap- 
pointed a day wherein he will judge the world 
in righteousness, by Jesus Christ. 

Col. iii. 4, 5. When Christ, who is our life, 
shall appear, then shall ye appear with him in 
glory. Mortify therefore your members which 
are upon the earth ; fornication, uncleanness, 
inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and 
covetousness, which is idolatry. — Ver. 8. Also 
put off anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy 
communication out of your mouth. — Ver. 9. 
Lie not. — Ver. 24. Knowing that of the Lord 
ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance. 

1 Thess. ii. 19. We who are ministers, what 
is our hope or joy, or crown of rejoicing 1 are 
not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus 
Christ at his coming 1 

iii. 12, 13. The Lord make you to increase 
and abound in love one toward another, and 
toward all men. To the end he may es- 
tablish your hearts unblameable in holiness, 
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before God, even our Father, at the coming of 
our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. 

iv. 17. We shall be caught up in the clouds 
to meet the Lord in the air: so shall we be 
ever with the Lord. — Ver. 18. Wherefore 
comfort one another with these words. 

v. 2. The day of the Lord cometh as a thief 
in the night. 2 Pet. iii. 10. 

Ver. 4. But ye. brethren, are not in darkness, 
that that day should overtake you as a thief. — 
Ver. 6. Therefore let us not sleep as do others, 
but let us watch and be sober. 

Ver. 8. Putting on the breast-plate of faith 
and love ; and for a helmet the hope of sal- 
vation. 

2 Thess. ii. 1, 2. We beseech you, brethren, 
by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and 
by our gathering together unto him, that ye 
be not soon shaken in mind. 

1 Tim. vi. 14. Keep this commandment with- 
out spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of 
our Lord Jesus Christ. See Obedience to 
Christ. 

Tit. ii. 12, 13. Denying ungodliness and 
worldly lusts, we should live soberly, right- 
eously, and godly, in this present world : Look- 
ing for that blessed hope, and the glorious 
appearing of the great God and our Saviour 
Jesus Christ. 

James v. 7. Be patient, brethren, unto the 
coming of the Lord. — Ver. 8. Establish your 
hearts, for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 

1 Pet. i. 7. That the trial of your faith, being 
much more precious than that of gold that pe- 
risheth, though it be tried by fire, might be 
found unto praise, and honour, and glory, at 
the appearing of Jesus Christ. — Ver. 9. Ye 
receiving the end of your faith, the salvation 
of your souls. 

Ver. 13 — 15. Gird up the loins of your 
mind, be sober and hope to the end, for the 
grace that shall be brought to you at the reve- 
lation of Jesus Christ ; As obedient children, 
not fashioning yourselves according to the for- 
mer lusts in your ignorance : but as he which 
hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all 
manner of conversation. 

iv. 7. The end of all things is at hand ; be 
ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 

Ver. 13. Rejoice, in as much as ye are par- 
takers of Christ's sufferings ; that when his 
glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also 
with exceeding joy. 

2 Pet. iii. 11, 12. Seeing then that all these 
things shall be dissolved, what manner of per- 
sons ought ye to be, in all holy conversation 
and godliness? Looking for, and hasting to 
the coming of the day of God, wherein the 
heavens being on fire, shall be dissolved, and 
the elements shall melt with fervent heat. Ver. 
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1 John ii. 28. Little children, abide in Christ, 
that when he shall appear ye may have confi- 
dence, and not be ashamed at his coming. 

iv. 17. Herein is our love made perfect, 
that we may have boldness in the day of judg- 
ment. 

Rev. xiv. 7. Fear God, and give glory to 
him ; for the hour of his judgment is come ; 
and worship him that made heaven and earth, 
and the fountains of waters. 

VI. The dissolution of the heavens and the 
earth. Ps cii. 25. The heavens are the work 
of thy hands. — Ver. 26. They shall perish, 
but thou shalt endure ; yea, all of them shall 
wax old like a garment, and as a vesture shalt 
thou [Christ] change them, and they shall be 
changed. See Heb. i. 10, 11, 12. 

2 Pet. iii. 7. The heavens and the earth, 
which are now, are kept in store, reserved unto 
fire against the day of judgment, and perdition 
of ungodly men. — Ver. 10. The heavens shall 
pass away with a great noise, and the elements 
shall melt with fervent heat ; the earth also 
and the works that are therein shall be burnt 
up. Ver. 12. 

Ver. 13. Nevertheless we, according to his 
promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, 
wherein dwelleth righteousness. See Rev, vi. 
14. Isa. xxxiv. 4.— Ii. 6.— lxv, 17.— lxvi. 22. 

HAPPINESS OF THE RIGHTEOUS. 

VII. The happiness of the righteous in 
heaven, inconceivably great. 1 Cor. ii. 9. Eye 
hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have en- 
tered into the heart of man, the things which 
God hath prepared for them that love him. 
Isa. lxiv. 4. 

1 John iii. 2. Beloved, now are we the sons 
of God ; and it doth not yet appear what we 
shall be : but we know that when he shall ap- 
pear we shall be like him ; for we shall see him 
as he is. Rom. viii. 29. Phil. iii. 21. 

VIII. Christians are heirs. Rom. viii. 17. 
If children, then heirs; heirs of God, and 
joint heirs with Christ. Ch. iv. 14. 16. 

Gal. iii. 29. Heirs according to the promise. 
Eph. iii. 6. 

Tit. iii 7. Heirs according to the hope of 
sternal life. 

Heb. i. 1 4. Heirs of salvation. 

vi. 17. Heirs of promise. 

xi. 7. 9. Heirs of righteousness by faith. 

James ii. 5. Heirs of the kingdom which 
God hath prepared for them that love him. 

1 Pet. iii. 7. Heirs of the grace of life. 

Christians have an inheritance, a kingdom, 
Sfc. iMatt. xix. 21. 29. Thou shalt have trea- 
sure in heaven — Shall inherit everlasting life. 



xxv. 34. Christ will say, Come, ye blesseil 
of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared 
for you from the foundation of the world. 
Luke xii. 32. 

Luke xxii. 29, 30. I appoint unto you a 
kingdom, even as my Father hath appointed 
unto me ; that ye may eat and drink at my 
table, in my kingdom. 

Acts xiv. 22. We must through much tri 
bulation enter into the kingdom of God. 

xx. 32. To an inheritance among them that 
are sanctified, by faith in Jesus Christ. Chap, 
xxvi. 18. 

Rom. v. 17. They which receive abundance 
of grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall 
reign in life by Jesus Christ. 2 Tim. ii. 12. If 
we suffer with Christ we shall also reign with 
him. Matt. xix. 28. 

Gal. iii. 18. An inheritance, not of law but 
of promise. Rom. iv. 1 4. 

Eph. i. 11. In Christ we have obtained an 
inheritance. 

Ver. 14. The Spirit of promise is the earn- 
est of our inheritance. 

Ver. 18. The glory of God's inheritance in 
the saints. 

Col. i. 12. The Father hath made us meet 
to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints 
in light. 

iii. 24. Of the Lord ye shall receive the 
reward of the inheritance ; for ye serve the 
Lord Christ. 

1 Thess. ii. 12. God hath called us to his 
kingdom and glory. 

2 Thess. i. 5. That ye may be accounted 
worthy of the kingdom, for which ye also 
suffer. 

2 Tim. iv. 1 8. The Lord shall preserve me 
to his heavenly kingdom. 

Heb. ix. 15. Christ the mediator, &c. that 
they might receive the promise of eternal in- 
heritance. 

x. 34. An enduring substance. Ch. xii. 28. 
A kingdom that cannot be moved. 

1 Pet. i. 3, 4. God hath begotten us to a 
lively hope ; to an inheritance incorruptible, 
undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved 
in heaven. 

2 Pet. i. 11. An entrance shall be ministered 
unto you abundantly, into the everlasting 
kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus 
Christ. 

Rev. i. 6. Jesus Christ hath made us kings 
and priests unto God and his Father. Ch. v. 
10.— xx. 4. 6. See Luke vi. 20.— xiii. 28, 
29.— xiv. 15. 

xxi. 7. He that overcometh shall inherit all 
things. 

I Cor. vi. 9. The unrighteous shall not in- 
herit the kingdom of God. Ver. 10. Gal. v. 
21. Eph. v. 5. 



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IX. The righteous have rest. Job iii. 17. 
There [in heaven] the weary are at rest. 

Ps. cxvi. 7. Return unto thy rest, my 
soul. 

Jer. vi. 16. Walk in the good way, and ye 
shall find rest for your souls. Isa. lvii. 2. 

Matt. xi. 28. Come unto me [said Jesus,] 
and I will give you rest. — Ver. 29. Ye shall 
find rest unto your souls. 

2 Thess. i. 7. God will give you rest, when 
the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven. 

Heb. iv. 9. There remaineth a rest for the 
people of God. — Ver. 11. Let us labour to 
enter into that rest. 

Rev. xiv. 13. The dead which die in the 
Lord, rest from their labours, and their works 
do follow them. 

X. They enjoy mansions, a new heaven, a 
heavenly temple, light, S(C. John xiv. 2. In 
my Father's house are many mansions; I go 
to prepare a place for you. — Ver. 3. I will 
come again, and receive you unto myself, that 
where I am, there ye may be also. 

2 Pet. iii. 13. We look for new heavens, 
and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteous- 
ness. 

Rev. iii. 4. They shall walk with me in 
white, for they are worthy. 

xxi. 22. The Lord God Almighty, and the 
Lamb, are the temple of it. — Ver. 23. The 
glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is 
the light thereof. 

xxii. 4. They shall see his face, and his 
name shall be in their foreheads. — Ver. 5. 
The Lord God giveth them light; and they 
shall reign for ever and ever. 

XI. They are present with Christ. John 
xvii. 24. I will that they also whom thou hast 
given me be with me where I am, that they 
may behold my glory which thou hast given 
me. Ch. xii. 26. 

Col. iii. 4. When Christ who is our life 
shall appear, then shall ye also appear with 
him in glory. 1 John iii. 2. 

1 Thess. iv. 17. We shall be caught up in 
the clouds to meet the Lord in the air ; and 
so shall we ever be with the Lord. 

Rev. iii. 4. Thou hast a few names even in 
Sardis, which have not defiled their garments ; 
and they shall walk with me in white, for 
they are worthy. 

Ver. 21. To him that overcometh will I 
grant to sit with me in my throne ; even as I 
also overcame, and am set down with my 
Father in his throne. Ver. 5. 

vii. 15. They are before the throne of God, 
and serve him day and night in his temple ; : 
and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell i 
among them. 

xiv. 4. These are they which follow the j 



Lamb whithersoever he goeth : these were re- 
deemed from among men ; being the first- 
fruits unto God and to the Lamb. Ver. 5. 

XII. Are in a state of jny. Ps. xvi. 11. 
Thou wilt shew me the path of life; in thy 
presence is fulness of joy, and at thy right 
hand are pleasures for evermore. Ps. xxxvi. 
8, 9. Isa. xxxv. 10. 

Matt. xxv. 21. Enter into the joy of thy 
Lord. 

Jude 24. He is able to present you fault- 
less before the presence of his glory, with ex- 
ceeding joy. 

XIII. Free from pain and sorrow. Isa. 
xxxiii. 24. The inhabitant shall not say. I am 
sick ; the people that dwell there shall be for- 
given their iniquity. 

xxxv. 10. Sorrow and sighing shall flee 
away. 

lx. 19. The sun shall be no more thy light 
by day, neither shall the moon give light unto 
thee; but the Lord shall be unto thee an ever- 
lasting light, and thy God thy glory. Ver. 20. 

N. B. The above texts from Isniah, though 
prophetical of the happy state of the church 
on earth, are more strictly true and expressive 
of the happiness of glorified saints in heaven. 

Matt. vi. 20. Lay up for yourselves trea- 
sures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust 
doth corrupt, nor thieves break through and 
steal. 

Rev. vii. 15 — 17. They are before the 
throne of God, and serve him day and night 
in his temple; and he that sitteth on the 
throne shall dwell among them. And they 
shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; 
neither shall the sun light on them, noi any 
heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst 
of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead 
them unto living fountains of wafers, and God 
shall wipe away all tears from th^ir eyes. 

xxi. 4. God shall wipe away all tears from 
their eyes; and there shall be no more death, 
neither sorrow nor crying ; neither shall there 
be any more pain ; for the former things are 
passed away. 

xxii. 3. There shall be no more curse ; but 
the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be 
in it, and his servants shall serve him. 

XIV. Efernal life is from God. Ps. xvi. 
11. Thou wilt shew me the path of life. Acts 
ii. 28. 

xxxvi. 9. With thee is the fountain of life. 

lxiii. 3. Thy loving-kindness is better than 
life. 

Rev. xxii. 1. I beheld a pure river of water 
of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the 
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Ver, 2. In the midst of the street, and on I 
either side of the river, was the tree of life, i 
See Life through Christ. 

XV. Life, promised to sundry graces and 
duties. (See Promises to faith in Christ ; 
to obedience.) Lev.xviii. 5. Keep my statutes 
and my judgments ; which if a man do he 
shall live in them. Neh. ix. 29. Ezek. xx. 
11. 13. 21. Rom. x. 5. Gal. iii. 12. 

Ezek. xviii. 9. He that hath walked in my 
statutes, and kept my judgments, he shall 
surely live. Ver. 17. 19. Ch. xxxiii. 13. 

Matt. xix. 16, 17. One came, and said unto 
Jesus, Good Master, what good thing shall I 
do that I may have eternal life '? Jesus said 
unto him, If thou wilt enter into life, keep 
the commandments. Ver. 18, 19. 21. Mark 
x. 17. 19. Lukex. 25, &c. 

John i*', 36. He that reapeth receiveth 
wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal ; 
that he that soweth and he that reapeth may 
rejoice together. 

xii. 50. The Father's commandment is life 
everlasting. 

Rom. ii. 7. To them who, by patient con- 
tinuance in well-doing, seek for glory, honour, 
and immortality, God will give eternal life. 

vi. 22. Being made free from sin, and be- 
come the servants of God, ye have your fruit 
unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 

Rev. ii. 7. To him that overcometh will I 
give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the 
midst of the paradise of God. 

xxii. 14. Blessed are they that do his com- 
mandments, that they may have a right to the 
tree of life, and may enter in through the gates 
into the city. See Promises to obedience ; to 
good works ,- well-doing, Sfc. 

XVI. To righteousness. Prov. xi. 19. 
Righteousness tendeth to life. Ver. 30. Ch. 
xxi. 21. 

xii. 28. In the way of righteousness is life, 
and in the pathway thereof is no death. 

Matt. xxv. 46. The righteous shall go into 
life eternal. See Promises to the righteous. 

XVII. To the spiritually minded. Rom. 
viii. 6. To be spiritually minded is life and 
peace. Ver. 10. 13. 

Gal. vi. 8. He that soweth to the Spirit, 
shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 

XVIII. To seeking God. Ps. xxii. 26. 
Your hearts shall live that seek him. 

Amos v. 4. Seek ye me, and ye shall live, 
dee Promises to seeking God. 

XIX. To godliness. See Promises to god- 
liness. 

1 Tim. iv. 8. Godliness hath the promise 



or' the life that now is, and of that which is to 
come. 

XX. To the fear of God. See Promises 
to fearing God. 

Prov. xiv. 27. The fear of the Lord is a 
fountain of life, to depart from the snares of 
death. Ch. xix. 23. — xxii. 4. 

XXI. To loving God. See Promises to 
loving God. 

James i. 12. A crown of life he hath pro- 
mised to them that love him. 

XXII. To mortification, dying unto sin. 
Matt, xviii. 8. If thy hand or thy foot offend 
thee, cut them off and cast them from thee : it 
is better for thee to enter into life halt or 
maimed, rather than having two hands or two 
feet to be Cast into everlasting fire. — Ver. 9. 
If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast 
it from thee ; it is better for thee to enter into 
life with one eye, rather than having two eyes 
to be cast into hell-fire. 

Rom. vi. 8. If we be dead with Christ, we 
shall also live with him. (2 Tim. ii. II.) 
Ver. 11. Reckon ye yourselves to be dead in- 
deed to sin, but alive unto God through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 

Gal. ii. 20. I am crucified with Christ: 
nevertheless I live ; yet not I, but Christ liveth 
in me. Rom. viii. 2. 

XXIII. To suffering for Chrisfs sake. 
Matt. x. 39. He that loseth his life for my 
sake, shall find it. John xii. 25. 

xix. 29. Every one that hath forsaken 
houses, or brethren or sisters, or father or mo- 
ther, or wife or children, or lands, for my 
name's sake, shall receive a hundred fold, and 
shall inherit everlasting life. 

XXIV. To perseverance. Rev. ii. 10. Be 
thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee 
a crown of life. Matt. x. 22. 

XXV. To those that overcome. Rev. ii. 7. 
To him that overcometh will I give to eat of 
the tree of life, which is in the midst of the 
paradise of God. See ver. 11. 17. 26. Ch. 
iii. 5. 12. 21. — xxi. 7. 

XXVI. To repentance. See Promises to 
repentance, conversion, turning, Sfc. 

Acts xi. 18. Then hath God to the Gentiles 
granted repentance unto life. 

XXVII. To the wise. See Promises to the 
love and study of wisdom. 

Prov. iv. 4. Wisdom saith, Keep my com- 
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vih. 35. Whoso findeth wisdom findeth life, 
and shall obtain favour of the Lord. Ch. 
xvi. 22. 

Eccl. vii. 12. Wisdom giveth life. See 
Prov. xiii. 1 4. — xv. 24. 



FUTURE PUNISHMENTS 

XXVIII. Sinners that shall not enter into 
the kingdom of heaven. Matt. v. 20. Except 
your righteousness shall exceed the righteous- 
ness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in 
no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. 

vii. 21 — 23. Jesus said, Not every one that 
saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the 
kingdom of heaven ; but he that doeth the will 
of my Father which is in heaven. Many will 
say unto me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we 
not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name 
cast out devils, and in thy name done many 
wonderful works ? And then will I profess 
unto them, I never knew you : depart from me, 
ye that work iniquity. Luke xiii. 26, 27. 

xviii.3. Except ye be converted, and become 
as little children, ye shall not enter into the 
kingdom of heaven. Mark x. 1 5. 

Mark x. 23 — 25. 27. Jesus said, How hardly 
shall they that have riches enter into the king- 
dom of God ! how hard is it for them that trust 
in riches to enter into the kingdom of God ! — 
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye 
of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into 
the kingdom of God. — With men it is impos- 
sible, but not with God ; for with God all 
things are possible. 

Luke xiii. 24. Strive to enter in at the strait 
gate ; for many shall seek to enter in, and shall 
not be able. Matt. vii. 13, 14. For wide is the 
gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to de- 
struction, and many there be which go in 
thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow 
is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few 
there be that find it. 

John iii. 3. Except a man be born again, he 
cannot see the kingdom of God. — Ver. 5. 
Except a man be born of water and of the 
Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of 
God. 

1 Cor. vi. 9, 10. Know ye not, that the un- 
righteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? 
Be not deceived : neither fornicators, nor idola- 
ters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers 
of themselves with mankind ; nor thieves, nor 
covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor ex- 
tortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 

xv. 50. Flesh and blood cannot inherit the 
kingdom of God. 

Gal. v. 19—21. The works of the flesh are 
manifest, which are these ; adultery, fornica- 
tion, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, 
witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, 
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strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, 
drunkenness, revellings and such like, of the 
which I tell you before, as I have also told you 
in time past, that they which do such things 
shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 

Eph. v. 5. No whoremonger, nor unclean 
person, nor covetous man who is an idolater, 
hath any inheritance in the kingdom of God 
and of Christ. 

Heb. iii. 19. The Jews could not enter into 
the promised land, because of unbelief. 

iv. 1, Let us fear, lest a promise being left 
us of entering into his rest, any of you should 
seem to come short of it. 

Rev. xxi. 27. There shall in no wise enter 
into the heavenly Jerusalem, any thing that 
defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomina- 
tion, or maketh a lie. Ch. xx. 15. 

xxii. 15. Without are dogs, and sorcerers, 
and whoremongers, and murderers, and idola- 
ters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. 
Ch. xxi. 8. 

XXIX. The greatest punishments and 
sufferings in this life, set forth in the lan- 
guage expressive of future punishments. 
Deut. iv. 24. The Lord thy God is a consum- 
ing fire. Heb. xii. 29. 

xxxii. 22. A fire is kindled in my anger, and 
shall burn unto the lowest hell ; and shall 
consume the earth with her increase, and set 
on fire the foundations of the mountains. 

Ps. xi. 6. Upon the wicked he shall rain fire 
and brimstone, and a horrible tempest. Ps. 1. 3. 

xcvii. 3. A fire goeth before him, and 
burneth up his enemies round about. See in- 
stances hereof, Gen. xix. 24. Exod. ix. 23, 
24. Lev. x. 2. 2 Kings i. 10. 12. 

Isa. xiv. 9. Hell from beneath is moved, to 
meet thee at thy coming. 

xxxiii. 14. Who of us shall dwell with de- 
vouring fire 1 who of us shall dwell with ever- 
lasting burnings 1 

xxxv. 4. God will come with vengeance, &c. 

lxvi. 14, 15. The indignation of the Lord 
shall be known towards his enemies. For 
behold the Lord will come with fire, and with 
his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his 
anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames 
of fire. 

Ver. 24. The men that have transgressed 
against me, their worm shall not die, neither 
shall their fire be quenched. 

Jer. iv. 4. Circumcise your hearts to the 
Lord, take away the foreskin of your hearts ; 
lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn 
that none can quench it, for the evil of your 
doings. Ch. xxi. 12. 

Lam. ii. 4. He poured out his fury like 
fire. Ezek. xxxviii. 22. 

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live ; lest he break out like fire, and devour, 
and there be none to quench it. 

Nah. i. 5. The mountains quake at him, and 
the hills melt, and the earth is burnt up at his 
presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell 
therein. 

Hab. iii. 5. Before him went the pestilence, 
and burning coals went forth at his feet. 

Mai. iii. 2. Who may abide the day of his 
coming? and who shall stand when he ap- 
peareth 1 for he is like a refiner's fire, and 
fuller's soap. 

iv. 1. Behold the day of the Lord cometh 
that shall burn as an oven, and all the proud, 
yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble ; 
and the day that cometh shall burn them up, 
saith the Lord of hosts. 

XXX. The punishment of the wicked in a 
future state is thus set forth. Ps. ix. 17. 
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all 
the nations that forget God. Ps. lxxix. 6. 

Matt. iii. 10. Every tree that bringeth not 
forth good fruit, is hewn down and cast into 
the fire. Ch. vii. 19. John xv. 2. 6. 

v. 22. Whosoever shall say to his brother, 
Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell-fire. 

x. 28. Fear him that is able to destroy both 
soul and body in hell. 

xiii. 40 — 42. As the tares are gathered, and 
burnt in the fire ; so shall it be in the end of 
the world. The Son of Man shall send forth 
his angels, and they shall gather out of his 
kingdom all things that offend, and them 
which do iniquity ; and shall cast them into a 
furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and 
gnashing of teeth. 

xxiii. 29. 33. Woe unto you, hypocrites, 
&c. How can ye escape the damnation of hell 1 ? 

xxv. 41 — 43. Christ shall say unto them 
on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, 
into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and 
his angels: for I was a hungered, and ye 
gave me no meat ; I was thirsty and ye gave 
me no drink ; I was a stranger, and ye took 
me not in ; naked, and ye clothed me not ; 
sick and in prison, and ye visited me not. — 
Ver. 45, 46. Inasmuch as ye did it not to one 
of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And 
these shall go away into everlasting punish- 
ment. 

Mark ix. 43. If thy hand offend thee, cut 
it off; it is better for thee to enter into life 
maimed, than having two hands, to go into 
hell. — Ver. 45. And if thy foot offend thee, 
cut it off*; it is better for thee to enter halt 
into life, than having two feet, to be cast into 
hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched. 
— Ver. 47, 48. And if thine eye offend thee, 
pluck it out ; it is better for thee to enter into 
the kingdom of God with one eye, than having 



two eyes, to be cast into hell-fire; where their 
worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 
Matt. v. 29.— xviii. 8, 9. 

Luke iii. 17. He will gather the wheat into 
his garner, but the chaff he will burn with 
fire unquenchable. 

xvi. 23. In hell the rich man lifted up his 
eyes, being in torments. — Ver. 24. Tormented 
in this flame. Ver. 25. 28. 

Rom.ix.22. God endureth with much long- 
suffering the vessels of wrath, fitted to de- 
struction. 

Phil. iii. 18, 19. The enemies of the cross 
of Christ, their end is destruction. 

1 Thess. v. 2, 3. The day of the Lord so 
cometh, as a thief in the night. When they 
shall say, Peace and safety ; then sudden de- 
struction cometh upon them, as travail upon 
a woman with child ; and they shall not 
escape. 2 Pet. iii. 10. 12. Rev. iii. 3.— 
xvi. 15. 

2 Thess. i. 7—9. The Lord Jesus shall be 
revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 
in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that 
know not God, and that obey not the gospel 
of our Lord Jesus Christ : who shall be pu- 
nished with everlasting destruction, from the 
presence of the Lord, and from the glory of 
his power. 

ii. 8. Then shall that Wicked be revealed, 
whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit 
of his mouth, and shall destroy with the 
brightness of his coming. 

Ver. 12. That they all might be damned, 
who believed not the truth, but had pleasure 
in unrighteousness. 

Heb. vi. 8. The end of the unfruitful is to 
be burned. Matt. iii. 10. — vii. 19. 

x. 27. Fiery indignation shall devour the 
adversaries. 

Ver. 28, 29. He that despised Moses' law 
died without mercy. Of how much sorer 
punishment shall he be thought worthy, who 
hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and 
hath counted the blood of the covenant where- 
with he was sanctified an unholy thing, and 
hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace ? 

Ver. 30. Vengeance is mine, I will recom- 
pense, saith the Lord? — Ver. 31. It is a fear- 
ful thing to fall into the hands of the living 
God. Heb. xii. 29. For our God is a con- 
suming fire. 

2 Pet. ii. 4. He spared not the angels that 
sinned, but cast them down to hell ; and de- 
livered them into chains of darkness, to be re- 
served unto judgment. 

Ver. 9, 10. The Lord knoweth how to de- 
liver the godly out of temptation, and to re- 
serve the unjust unto the day of judgment to 
be punished. But chiefly them who walk 
after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness. 



Chap. XX. 



FUTURE PUNISHMENTS. 



323 



iii. 7. The heavens and the earth are kept 
in store, reserved unto fire, against the day of 
judgment, and perdition of ungodly men. 

Jude 7. Sodom and Gomorrah are set for 
an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal 
fire. 

Rev. xiv. 9, 10. If any man shall worship 
the beast and his image, and shall receive his 
mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same 
shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, 
poured out without mixture, into the cup of 
his indignation ; and he shall be tormented 
with fire and brimstone. — Ver. 11. The smoke 
of their torment ascendeth up for ever and 
ever, and they have no rest day nor night. 

xviii. 9. They shall see the smoke of her 
burning. 

xix. 20. The beast and the false prophet 
were cast alive into a lake of fire, burning 
with brimstone. 

xx. 10. The devil was cast into the lake of 



fire and brimstone, where the beast and the 
false prophet are ; and shall be tormented day 
and night, for ever and ever. 

Ver. 14, 15. Death and hell were cast into 
the lake of fire; this is the second death. 
And whosoever was not found written in the 
Lamb's book of life, was cast into the lake 
of fire. 

xxi. 8. The fearful and unbelieving, and 
the abominable and murderers, and whore- 
mongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all 
liars, shall have their part in the lake that 
burneth with fire and brimstone ; which is the 
second death. Ch. xxii. 15. 

N. B. The reader may observe the dread- 
fulness and duration of the foregoing punish- 
ments mentioned : Also, against what sins 
they are denounced. See also threats de- 
nounced against the various sorts of sinners, 
under the words, Wicked, Ungodly, Disobe 
dient, Unbelievers, &c. in this work. 



INDEX. 



Note. — In the following Index, the Numerical Letters refer to the Sections, and the 
Fissures to the Page. 






Abhorred of God, who are so, cliv. 65. 
Abhorring one's self for sin, xxx. 311 
Ability for obedience, Ixiii. 200. 

— For good works, lxxv. 204. 

Able to do every thing, God is so, lxviii. 41. 
Abominableness of sin, cxii. 209. 
Access to God in prayer, xxxi. 145. 
Admonish one another, lvi. 243. 
Adoption is of grace, cxxvii. 59. 

— Promised to faith, xxii. 144. 
Adversaries of God, cxxvi. 213. 
Adversity of man in God's hand, lxx. 42. 

, rejoicing in it, cxi. 157. 

Adultery and fornication, cxlix. 284. 
Affection, natural, how destroyed, lxxxvii. 263. 
Affliction, deliverance from it, matter of praise 

to God, ccxxiv. 183. 
Alive, the righteous are only truly so, lxxxvii. 

206. 
Almighty God, lx. 41. 
Alms called grace, cxxx. 59. 

— Must accompany prayer, clxxii. 172. 

— Required of Christians, clxvii. 290. 
Amendment of life, xxxvi. 311. 

Angels, their numbers and names, xvii. xviii. 
68. 

— Their employment about mankind, xxi. 69. 

— They have revealed God's will, xxiii. 69. 

— They have inflicted God's judgments, xxiv. 
69. 

— Their attendance on Christ, xxv. xxvi. 70. 

— Their work at the day of judgment, xxvii. 
70. 

— - They worship God, xxviii. 70. 

— They worship Christ, xxix. 70. 

— They are not to be worshipped, cli. 109. 
Anger ascribed to God, cxlvii. 64. 

— Threatened against sinners, cxlviii. 64. 

— In men, xvi. xvii. xviii. 234. 
Apostasy from God, lxxxi. 98. 
Apostles, their commission, cxv. 270. 

— Their power, cxvi. 271. 
Apostles, their miracles, Ivii. 106. 

— Their inspiration by the Spirit, ix. 131. 

— Their writing by the Spirit, xi. 132. 



Applause of men not sought by Christ, xiiL 

100. 
— Not sought by ministers of Christ, cxxv 

276. 
Appointments of God, x. 75. 
Arm of God, denoting his power, lxii. 41. 
Arrogancy, xlvii. 257. 
Ascension of Christ, xliv. 104. 
Astray from God, cxlviii. 169. 
Assistance in prayer from the Spirit, clxiii. 

171. 
Assurance of faith, cxxxiii. 166. 
Atonement of Christ, xxxiv. 126. 
Author of faith, xv. xvi. xvii. 142. 



B. 



Backbiting, clxxxv. 295. 

Backsliding from God, cxlvii. 168. 

Baptism, i. 127. 

Bearing with one another's weaknesses and 

infirmities, Ixv. 245. 
Being of God, how evidenced, i. 33, and iv. 

138. 
Believers, promises to them, 143 to 145. 
Benefits of Christ to mankind, 119 to 127. 
against sin, xvii. 122- 



Blameless, xlii. 240. 
Blasphemy, cxciii. 227. 
Blessedness of God, xxiii. 35. 
Blessings of God to his people, cxliv. 61 

— To whom promised, cxlv. 62. 

— Promised by way of covenant, cxlvi. 63. 

— Through Christ, matter of praise, ccxvii. 
182. 

— Spiritual, cause of joy, cvii. 157. 

— God's power therein, lxxv. 43. 
Blind cured by Christ, liii. 106. 
Blood of Christ, its efficacy, xxxii. 125. 
Boasting in God, cxix. 159. 
Boasting sinfully, cxx. 159, and liv. 258. 
Body of Christ formed by the Holy Ghost, iii. 

130. 

2 E 325 



326 



INDEX. 



Bodies of mankind will be changed by Christ, 

iii. 113. 
Boldness of Christ's servants in speaking his 

truth, cxxvii. 276. 
Bounty in God, cxlii. 61. 

— In men, cxliii. 61. 

Bread, daily, to be prayed for, clxxxiii. 174. 

— God to be praised for it, ccxxiii. 183. 
Brethren, the duties of Christians, as such, 

xli. 84. 
Broken heart, xl. 195. 
Brother, Christ so called, xlii. 84. 
Builder, God is so to his church, lxxix. 97. 
Burial of Christ, xxxviii. 103. 



Calamities on wicked parents and children, 
lxxxii. 263. 

— On the children of the wicked, lxxxii. 263. 
Calling of God's people, xv. 77. 

— Is of grace, cxxiv. 59. 
« — Is holy, xcvii. 51. 

— Persons called of God to offices, xvi. 78. 
Care of God for his people, cause of joy, c. 

156. 

— Cause of praise, ccxx. 182. 

— Of Christ for his people, xviii. 123. 
Cast off, who are so, xxxv. 81. 

— Who are not so, xxxiii. 81. 
Charity, v. vi. 232. 

Childless, promises to them, xc. 264. 
Children, their duties towards parents, xci. 
264. 

— Dutiful, blessed, xcii. 264. 

— Undutiful, cursed, xciii. 264. 

— Desired, lxxvii. 262. 

— Promised, lxxvi. 262. 

— God's care of them, lxxix. 262. 

— Duties toward them, Ixvi. 260. 

— Of God, how made so, xxxvii. 82. 

— Their duties and marks, xxxix. 83. 

— Their blessings, xxxviii. 82. 

— Of the devil, lxxxviii. 207. 

— What the wicked are children of, xl. 84. 
Chosen of God, see election, xii. 75. — xiii. 76. 

— xiv. 77. 
Christ, prophecies concerning him, 98 to 104. 

— His incarnation, iii. 99. 

— His miracles, 105, 106. 

— His glory, i. 107. 

— His exaltation, iv. 108. 

— His titles, 109 to 112. 

— His works, 113 to 115. 

— His worship, i. 115. 

— His perfections, 116 to 118. 

— His benefits, 119 to 127. 

Christ, his benefits against sin, xvii. 122. 

cause of joy, xcv. 155. 

cause of praise, ccxvi. 182. 



Church of God, prayers for it, clxxxviiL 176 

— God's power toward it, lxxiii. 42. 
Clean heart, xxxix. 195. 

Cleanse, God doth cleanse his people, xxv. 7 

— Duty to cleanse ourselves, xxv. 79. 
Clouds, wind, and rain, created, vii. viii. 67 
Comfort to believers, xxix. 144. 

— Is the gift of God, cxii. 1 57. 

— Giving it to one another, lxiii. 244. 
Coming to God through Christ, cxlii. 168. 

to Christ, cxlii. 168. 



Commands of God are right, lxxxiii. 48. 
are faithful, xc. 50. 



Communications, evil, forbidden, cxcii. 297. 
Compare, nothing to God, x. 33. 
Compassion ascribed to God, cviii. 56. 

— To whom exercised, cix. 56. 

— Instances thereof, ex. 56. 

— Ascribed to Christ, cxi. 56. 
Compassion in men, xlv. 241. 

— God excites it toward his people, cviii. 56. 
Conceit, being wise therein, xiv. 250. 
Confessing Christ, xi. 140. 

Confession of sin, xxxii. 311. 

— To be made in prayer, clxx. 172. 
Confidence of the righteous in God,cxxx. 164 

- of the wicked, sinful, exxxii. 165= 



Conscience, good, xlviii. 197. 

— How attained, xlix. 197. 

— An evil one, Iii. 197. 

— Natural, its force, 1. 197. 

— Weak, not to be wounded, li. 197. 
Consideration, xiii. 308. 
Contention, xx. 235. 
Contentious, fools are so, xx. 251. 
Contentment, xxvii. 253. 

Contrite heart, xl. 195. 

Correcting children, lxxii. 261. 

Corruption of sin, xcv. 208. 

Covenant of God, holy, xcvii. 51. 

Covenant blessings, cxlvi. 63. 

Covenants with the heathen inhabitants of 

Canaan forbidden to the Jews, cxl. 220. 
Covenants with them punished, cxli. 220. 
Covetousness in general, excix. 299. 

— In magistrates, ciii. 267. 

— In ministers, exxxiv. 280. 
Counsels of God, iv. 74. 

— Are faithful, xc. 50. 

Counsel, God giveth it to his people, li. 88. 

— The wicked are deprived of it, Hi. 88. 

— The duty of giving and receiving it, xhx. 
242. 

— Rejecting evil counsel, the wisdom thereof 
1. 242. 

Creation of all things, i. 66. 

— The wisdom of God therein, lv. 40. 

— The power of God therein, lxxi. 42. 

— By Christ, i. 113. 

— The Spirit's work therein, i. 129. 

— A cause of joy to angels, cix. 157. 



INDEX. 



327 



Creator, God is so to his people, lxxvi. 96. 

Creatures, Christians are new ones, Ixxvii. 97. 

Creatures in the sea and land made, ix. 67. 

Crucifixion of Christ, xxix. 102. 

Cruelty, xlvi. 241. 

Cures, miraculous, performed by Christ, li. 105. 

Cursing, the sin thereof, cxciv. 297. 



D. 



Darkness, works thereof, Ixxxiv. 206. 
David,Christ descended from him,xxxviii. 127. 
Dead works, lxxxvii. 206. 
Dead raised by Christ, liv. 106. 

— Will all be raised by him, ii. 113. 
Deaf cured by Christ, liii. 106. 
Death prevails over all, iv. 313. 

— Preparative duties for it, v. vi. 314. 

— Of the righteous, happy, xi. 190. — vii. 347. 

— Of the wicked, miserable, viii. 348. 
Death of Christ, xxxvi. 103. 

— Its efficacy, xxxi. 125. 

Deceiving by false doctrines, cxxxvii. 281. 

Decrees of God, ix. 75. 

Defence, God is so to his people, xlviii. 87. 

Defilement of sin, xcviii. 208. 

Delight in God, cxiv. 159. 

— In Christ, cxvi. 159. 
Deliverance from sickness, lxvi. 93. 

— From enemies, lxvii. 93. 

— From sins, lxxii. 94. 

— To whom promised, lxix. 94. 

— Of God's church, cause of joy, cvii. 157. 
Deliverer, Christ so called, lxviii. 93. — v. 120. 
Denying God, ii. 138. 

Christ, xxvi. 102. — xii. 140. 

Departing from God, cxlvi. 168. 

Descent of Christ, iv. 99. 

Desiring God, Ixxxiv. 154. 

Despising Christ, xv. 101. 

ministers of Christ, cxlii. 283. 



- one another, xxxi. 237. 



Destruction of the wicked, ccxlii. 187. 

Determinations of God, vii. 74. 

Devils, their sin and punishment, xxx. 71. 

— Their enmity, xxxiii. 71. 

— Their knowledge, xxxv. 72. 

— They were cast out by Christ, lii. 105. 

— They were overcome by Christ, xxxviii. 72. 

— How to be overcome by Christians, xxxix. 
72. 

— Works, and children of the devil, lxxxviii. 
207. 

Diligence and industry, vi. 248. 
Direction from God, lvi. 89. 

— Promised to believers, xxvii. 144. 
Discontentment, xxviii. 253. 
Dishonouring God, ccxxxii. 185. 
Disobedience to God, lxviii. 202. 

— To Christ, lxxii. 203. 



Disobedience to parents, xciii. 264. 

— To magistrates, cxiv. 270. 

— To ministers, cxlii. 283. 
Disputes about religion, cxciii. 297. 
Diviners, clxiii. 225. 

Divisions, xxxiv. 238. 

Divorce, lviii. 259. 

Dominion of God, i. 73. 

Doxologies, or glory ascribed to God in wot* 

ship, ccxxxix. 186. 
Drawing near to God, cxli. 167. 
Dreadfulness of God, clviii. 65. 
Drunkenness, iii. iv. 247. 

— In magistrates, civ. 268. 

— In ministers, cxxxv. 280. 
Duties accompanying faith, xiv. 141. 

— Toward God and Christ, i. 138, &c 



E. 



Edifying one another, liii. 243. 
Efficacy of prayer in working miracles, cxcbc 
176. 

— In defeating enemies, cc. 176. 
Election of grace, cxxiii. 59. 

— Of Jews, xii. 75. 

— Of Christians, xiii. 76. 

— Of persons to office, xiv. 77. 
Enemies of God, cxxvi. 213. 
Enemies to be prayed for, cxc. 175. 

— Overcome by prayer, cc. 176. 

— Their prevailing occasions fasting and 
prayer, clix. 170. 

— Prayers against evil from them, cci. 177. 

— God redeemeth his people from them, 1. 87 

— God delivereth from them, lxvii. 93. 

— Deliverance from them, cause of praise to 
God, ccxxv. 183. 

— Salvation from them, cause of joy in God, 
ciii. 156. 

— God excited compassion in them toward his 
people, cviii. 56. 

— The wicked delivered up to their fears of 
enemies, Ixv. 152. 

— The wicked delivered into their enemies' 
hands, lxxiii. 95. 

Enlightened persons, their duties, vi. 139. 
Enquiring of those who are no gods, forbidden, 

cxlvi. 221. 
Enticing others to sin, lxviii. 246. 
Envy, xi. xii. xiii. 233, 234. 

— Known to God, xlix. 40. 
Eternal life is from God, xiv. 319. 

, to whom promised, xv. 320. 



Eternity of God, xvii. 34. 

— Of Christ, xiii. 118. See Christ's glory 

before his incarnation, i. 107. 
Everlasting God, xviii. 34. 
Evil-doers to be avoided, lxxxi. 205. 
Evil-doing, Ixxix. 205. 



328 



INDEX. 



Evil men, cxviii. 211. — Doing evil to men, 
xxxviii. 239. 

Exaltation of Christ, 108. 

Exalted, God is so, xxvii. 35. 

Exalting self, the sin and punishment there- 
of, 1. 258. 

Examination of self, the duty thereof, xii. 
308. 

Example, giving, lxvii. 246. 

Excellency of God, xxviii, 35. 

; of Christ, xx. 123. 

Excommunication, cxvii. 271. 

Exhort one another, liv. 243, 

Expectation from God, cxxiii. 161. 

— That God will hear prayer, cxcvi. 1 76. 

Expectation of the wicked, cxxiv. 161. 



F. 



Faith in God, viii. 139. 

— In Christ, ix. 139. 

— God is glorified by it, ccxxxvi. 186. 

— The author, cause and means of, xv. xviii. 
142. 

— Marks and evidence of true faith, xiv. 141. 

— Through grace, cxxxiii. 60. 

— Promises to it, xx. 143. — xciii. 155. 

— Prayer to be made with it, clxv, 171. 
Faithfulness of God, lxxxix. 49. 

< — In his promises, xci. 50. 

— In his threatenings, xcii. 50. 
Faithfulness of Christ, xc. 50. 
Faithfulness in friendship, lxiv. 244. 
Fall of man into sin, xv. 68. 
Familiar spirits, clxvi. 225. 
Fasting appointed, cliv. 170. 

— What kind is acceptable, clvi. 170. 

— What kind unacceptable, clvii. 170. 

— Occasions of fasting, clviii. 170. 

— Voluntary fasting, clxi. 170. 

— Miraculous fasting, civ. 170. 

Father, God is so to his people, xxxvi. 82. 

— To Christ, i. ii. 1 09. 

Favour of God promised to the righteous, 
cxxxviii. 61. 

— Denied to the wicked, cxxxix. 61. 
Favour with men promised to the righteous, 

cxl. 61. 

— Denied to the wicked, cxli. 61. 
Fear of God enjoined, 1. 149. 

— Promises as the gift of God, lv. 149. 

— Promises to it, lix. 150. — xx. 320. 

— Duties joined with it, lvi. 149. — clxviii. 172. 

— Its usefulness in life, lviii. 150. 

— Threats against those that fear not God, 

lxii. 151. 
Fear of men, the security against it, cxxxi. 165. 
Feeds, — Christ feeds thousands, lv. 106. 
Fellowship with the wicked to be avoided, 

lxxxix. 207. 



Fig-tree cursed, withers, lv. 106. 
Fightings, xxxiii. 238. 
Filthiness of sin, cvi. 209. 
Finger of God, denoting his power, lxiv. 41, 
First and last, God so called, xx. 34. 
Fishes, a miraculous draught of them, lv. 106 
Flattery, clxxxii. 295. 
Following God, cxliv. 168. 
Christ, cxliv. 168. 



Folly and wickedness the same, xxiv. 252. 
Food promised, ccxvii. 302. 

miraculously supplied, ccxxi. 304. 

Fools described, xiv. to xxiii. 250. 

Forbearance of God, cxv. 57. 

Forbearing one another, lxvi. 245. 

Forgetting God, xlvi. 148. 

Forgiveness in God. See pardon of sin, cvi. 55. 

— Promised to believers, xxv. ] 44. 

— Promised to penitents, xv. 191. 

— Prayed for, cvii. 56. 

— Is of grace, cxxvi. 59. See mercy of God, 
c. 52. to cv. 55. 

Forgiveness in men, xlvii. 241. 

— Required in prayer, clxxi. 172. 
Forms of swearing, cxcii. 227. 
Fornication, cl. 284. 
Forsaking God, cxlv. 168. 

— God forsaketh the wicked, xxxii. 81. 

— Forsaketh not his people, xxx. 80. 
Forsaken of friends, Christ was so, xxv. 102. 
Fortress, God is so to his people, lxiii. 91. 
Fraud forbidden, civ. 287. 

Friendship, faithfulness therein, lxiv. 244. 

Frowardness, cxxi. 211. 

Fruitfulness in religion required, xxxvii. 312. 

— From whence it proceeds, Ixxx. 97. 
Fulfilment of prophecy concerning Christ, 

99 to 104. 
Fury ascribed to God against the wicked, clii. 

65. 
Future punishments, xxviii. 321. 



G. 



Gall given to Christ, xxxii. 103. 
Garments of Christ parted, xxxiv. 103. 
Gentleness toward men, lxi. 244. 
Gestures in prayer, clxxviii. 174. 
Given, Christ was so, and for what end, 

xxviii. 125. 
Glory of God, xxx. 36. 

— In favours to his people, xxxi. 36. 

Glory of Christ, i. 107. See his eternity, 

xiii. 118. 
Glorying of the righteous in God, cxvii. 159. 

— Of the wicked in sin, cxviii. 159. — liii. 
258. 

Glorifying God, ccxxxiii. 185. 

— Christ glorified God, ccxxxiv. 185. 

— How men glorify God, ccxxxv. 185. 



INDEX. 



329 



God, how known, i. 33. — iv. 138.— v. 138. 
God, Christ so called, iv. 110. 
Godliness, promises to it, ii. 138. — xix. 320. 
Goodness of God, xcviii. 51. 

— God doth good, xcix. 51. 

— Matter of praise, ccxv. 181. 
Goodness of Christ, xi. 118. 
Good man, his character, cxvi. 210. 
Good men, promises to them, cxvii. 211. 

— Doing* good in general, lxxix. 205. 
Good, doing good to others, xxxvii. 239. 
Gospel of grace given, cxxix. 59. 
Government of God, i. 73. Cause of joy, cvi. 

157. 

— Over the visible heavens and earth, lxxii. 
42. 

Government is of divine appointment, ci. 267. 
Governors, their duties, xcvii. 265. 
-• The Spirit's influence over them, xiv. 135. 
- Their sins, cii. 267. 

— Duties toward them, ex. 269. 

— Sins against them, cxiii. 269. 

Grace of God in man's salvation, exxiii. 59. 
Grace prayed for, exxxvii. 60. 

— Promised to believers, xxviii. 144. 

— Promised from Christ, xi. 121. 
Graciousness of God, cxix. 58. 

of Christ, exxii. 58. 

Grass, herbs, trees, &c. created, xi. 67. 
Gratitude, lxix. 246. 

Greatness of God, xxvi. 35. 

Giief of parents for children, Ixxx. 262. 

Grief for sin, xx. 309. 

— At prayer not being heard, exeviii. 176. 
Grudging at others' prosperity, xxix. 253. 
Guide, God is so, lix. 89. 



H. 



Habitation of God, holy, xcvii. 51. 

Hand of God, denoting his power, lxiii. 41. 

Hard, nothing is so to God, lxvi. 41. 

Harmless, xli. 240. 

Hated of God, the wicked are so, clvi. 65. 

Hated of men, Christ was so, xvi. 101. 

— Promises to those that are unjustly hated, 
x. 233. 

Haters, duties toward them, viii. 233. 

— Prayers against them, ix. 233. 
Hating God, lxxxii. 154. 

Christ, lxxxiii. 1 54. 

Hatred toward men, vii. 232. 
Haughtiness, xlix. 257. 

Health to be prayed for, clxxxiv. 174. 
Heart known to God, xxxviii. 38. — xlii. 195. 

— Of the righteous described, xxxiv. to 1. 
194. 

— Duties respecting the heart, xli. xlii. 195. 

— Affected for sin, xxiv. 310. 

— Broken, contrite, xxv. 310 — xl. 195. 

42 



Heart, serving God with the, liv. 198. 

— God's influences on the hearts of the 
righteous, xliii. 195. — lxiii. 200. 

Heart, evil, xlvi. xlvii. 196. 

— Of the wicked, Satan's influence on it, 
xiv. 196. 

— God's judgments on it, xiv. 196. 
Heaven and earth, the creation thereof, ii. 66. 

— The dissolution thereof, vi. 318. 

— Holy, xcvii. 51. 

— The happiness of the righteous in it, vii. 
318. 

Heaviness and grief for sin, xix. 309. 
Heirs, Christians are so, viii. 318. 
Help from God promised, lxiv. 92. 

— Cause of joy, cii. 156. 

— From creatures vain, lxv. 92. 
Hell. See future punishments, 321. 
Hill of God, holy, xcvii. 51. 

Holy Ghost, his influences and operations 
upon the creatures, 129 to 135. 

— Promised to believers, xlvi. 104. — xxvi. 
144. 

— Rejoicing in him, xcvi. 155. 
Holiness of God, xciv. to xcvi. 50. 

of Christ, viii. 118. 

of angels, xix. 68. 

in men, God honoured by it, ccxxviii. 



185. 



directions for attaining it, xxiv. 192. 

in ministers of Christ, exxiii. 274. 

Honour due to God, cexxvi. 184. 

— How performed, cexxvii. to cexxx. 184. 

— Due to Christ, cexxxi. 185. 

— Due to magistrates, cxi. 269. 

— Due to parents, xci. 264. 

— Due to one another, xxx. 237. 
Hope in God and Christ, exxi. 159. 

— Through grace, exxxiv. 60. 

— Promises to it, xcii. 155. 

— Of the wicked perisheth, exxii. 161. 
Hospitality, clxiii. 289. 

House of God, holy, xcvii. 51. 

Humble saints, their expressions, xl. 255. 

Humility toward God, xxxiv. 254. 

— Toward men, xxxv. 254. 
Humility of ministers, exxiv. 275. 

— Examples of it, xxxviii. 255. 
Humility in prayer, clxx. 1 72. 

— Promises to it, xxxvi. 254. See pride, xli. 
256. 

Husbands, their duties, lxiv. 260. 
Hypocrisy, xxx. 193. 

— Marks of it, xxxi. 193. 
Hypocrites known to God, xlvii. 39. 

— Their prayer not accepted, cciv. 178 



Idleness, vii. 248. 
Idolatry, exxxvi. 219. 

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INDEX. 



Idolatry, threats against it, 219. 221, 222. 
Jealousy of God for his people, clix. 65. 

— against his enemies, clix. 65. 

Jesus Christ, prophecies concerning him, i. 98. 

— His miracles, xlix. 105. 

— His glory, i. 107. 

— His exaltation, iv. 108. 

— His titles, i. 109.— vii. 112. 

— His works, i. 113. 

— His worship, i. 115. 

, — His perfections, i. 116. 

— His benefits, i. 119. 
Ignorance of God, vii. 139. 
Images forbidden, 222. 

— With threatenings, cxlviii. 222. 

— Are no representation of God, 223. 
Immortality of God, xxi. 35. 

Impenitent known to God, xlvi. 39. See 

xv. 308. 
Importunity in prayer, clxxiii. 172. 
Incarnation of Christ, iii. 99. 
Inchanters, clviii. 224. 
Inconsideration, xiv. 308. 
Incorruptible God, xxii. 35. 
Indignation ascribed to God, cli. 65. 
Industry, vi. 248. 
Influences of God's Spirit, 129 to 135. 

In prayer, 171. 

In praise, ccxi. 180. 

Ingratitude, lxx. 246. 

Inheritance of Christians, viii. 318. 

Iniquity forbidden, cxxxiii. 218. 

— Threats against the workers of it, 213. 
Iniquity is not in God, Ixxxv. 49. 
Injustice not in God, lxxxv. 49. 
Instruction from God, lv. 89. 

From ministers, cxxxviii. 282. 

Not receiving it from ministers, cxlii. 

283. 

Giving and receiving it, li. 242. 

Refusing it, lii. 243. 

Fools refuse it, xv. 251. 

To be given to children, lxix. 260. 

Integrity, xx. 192. 

Intemperance in meat and drink, ii. 246. See 

drunkenness, 247. 

In magistrates, civ. 268. 

In ministers, cxxxv. 280. 

Intercession of Christ, vii. 120. 

Intreaties that prayer may be heard, cxcvii. 

176. 
Intruders into the ministerial office, cxviii. 271. 
Invisible God, xv. 34. 
Joy in God, lxxxvi. 155. 
Joy in God through Christ, lxxxvii. 155. 

In God promised, xciv. 1 55. 

Joy and comfort promised to believers, xxix. 

144. 
Joy in heaven, xii. 319. 
Judge of the world, God, iii. 74. — ii. 316. 
Judge at the last day, Christ, iv. 113. 



Judging one another forbidden, Ixvi. 245. 
Judgment, future, i. 316. 

— The time of it, iv. 316. 

— The persons to be judged, iii. 316. 

— Employment of angels at it, xxvii. 70 

— Uses of the doctrine of it, v. 317. 
Judgments of God right, lxxxiii. 48. 

— Have been inflicted by angels, xxiv. 69. 

— Threatened, occasioned fasting, clx. 170. 
Just, promises to them, cxiii. 210. 
Justice of God, lxxxiv. 49. 

— Of Christ, ix. 118. 

Justice of magistrates, xcvii. 265. 
Justification, from God, xvii. 78. 

— Not by works of the law, xviii. 78. 

— Is of grace, cxxv. 59. 

— Is free, and by grace through Christ, xix.79 

— Is by Christ, xii. 121. 

— Is promised to faith in God, xx. 143. 

— Is promised to faith in Christ, xxi. 143. 



K. 



Keep, God doth keep his people, Ixxiv. 95. 
Kindness of God, cxvi. 57. 

— Prayed for, cxvii. 57. 

— Thanks for it, cxviii. 58. 
Kindness in men, lxii. 244. 
King, God is so, i. 73. 

— Christ is so, xxxv. 126. 

King. See magistrates, 265 to 270. 
Kings, disobeying them sinful, cxiii. 269. 

— When not sinful, cxiv. 270. — cliii. 223. 
Kingdom of heaven, who shall not enter into 

it, xxviii. 321. 

Who shall enter into it, vii. viii. 318. 

Knowing God and Christ, a duty, i. 138. 

— Not knowing God, a sin, vii. 139. 

— How God is made known, iv. 138. — i. 33. 
Knowledge, God's is perfect, xxxii. 36. 

— Things which God alone knoweth, xxxv 
37. 

— God knoweth his people, xii. 38. 

— He knoweth the wicked, xl. 38. 

— Sins against this attribute of God, liii. 40. 
Knowledge, Christ's, i. 116. 



L. 

Labour, a duty, vi. 248. 
Lame cured by Christ, liii. 106. 
Lands, the law thereof, clvi. 288. 
Law of God, holy, xcvii. 51. 

— To be esteemed and obeyed, lxi. 199. 

— Is a means of conversion, ix. 307. 
Lawgiver, God is so, ii. 73. 
Leader, God is so, lvii. 89. 

— Christ is so, lviii. 89. 



INDEX. 



331 



Lending, the law thereof, clvii. 288. 
Leprosy, cured by Christ, liii. 106. 
Liars, clxxvii. 293. 
Life of man, short, i. 312. 

— The term of it, ii. hi. 313. 

Life eternal, the gift of God through Christ, 
xvi. 122. 

— Is from and by Christ, xv. 122. 
Life, Christ so called, xiv. 122. 

Light, the works and children thereof, Ixxxvi. 

206. 
Light of the world, Christ is, xxv. 124. — v. 

138. 
Light and direction promised, xxvii. 144. 
Likeness, none of God, xi. 33. 
Living God, xii. 33. 
Loathed of God, who, civ. 65. 
Loathing of self, because of sin, xxx. 311. 
Loftiness in man, xlviii. 257. 
Longing for God, lxxxv. 154. 
Long-suffering of God, cxiv. 57. 

— Of men, see lxvi. 245. 
Looking to God, xliv. 147. 
Lord, Christ so called, v. 110. 
Love, God's to Christ, lxxviii. 154. 

to believers in Christ, xxiii. 144. 

to his people, cause of joy, c. 156. 

Love to God, lxvi. 152.— xxi. 320. 

— How produced, Ixxi. 153. 

— How evidenced, lxxiv. 153. 

— Prayer to be made with it, clxvii. 1 72. 
Love, Christ's to his church, xviii. 123. — lxxx. 

154. 

— The church's to Christ, lxxix. 154. 

— To Christ, how enforced, lxxv. lxxvi. lxxvii. 
153. 

— How evidenced, lxxxi. 154. 

— To mankind, i. 231. 

— To ministers of Christ, cxxxix. 282. 
Lusts of the flesh, xci. 207. 
Lukewarmness. See want of zeal, xvi. 191. 
Lying, clxxiv. 293. 

M. 

Magicians, clvii. 224. 
Magistrates, 265 to 270. 

— Their qualifications, xcviii. 266. 

— Their duties, xcvii. 265. 

— Their sins, cii. 267. 

— Their concern with religion, xcix. 266. 

— Good ones promised, c. 267. 

— Evil ones threatened to be given as a pu- 
nishment, cvi. 268. 

Evil ones, enemies to religion, cvii. 268. 
—* Enemies to civil interest, cv. 268. 
Magnifying one's self, Hi. 258. 
Majesty of God, xxix. 36. 
Malice, xiv. 234. 
Man, his creation, xii. 67. 

His condition after his creation, xiv. 68. 



Man, his fall into sin, xv. 68. 
Mansions in heaven, x. 319. 
Marks and evidences of faith, xiv. 141. 
Marriage, lvii. 259. 

— Into religious families, lxxiii. 261 

— With heathens, forbidden, lxi. 259. 
Masters, their duties, xcv. 265. 
Means of conversion, x. 307. 

— Of faith, xviii. xix. 142. 

— Of godliness, iii. 188. 

— Of perfection, xxvi. 193. 

— Of salvation, xlvii. 87. 

Meat and drink, temperance therein, i. 246. 
Mediator, Christ, vi. 120. 
Meditation upon God and his word, xlix. 148. 
Meek, they rejoice in God, Ixxxix. 155. 

, promises to them, xxx. 254. 

Mercy of God, c. 52. 

— Promised, ci. 53. 

— To whom promised, cii. 54. 

— Prayed for, ciii. 54. 

— Acknowledged, civ. 54. 

— Cause of joy, ci. 156. 

— Cause of praise, ccxv. 181. 

— Cause of thanks, cv. 55. 
Mercy in men, xliii. 240. 
Might, ascribed to God, lix. 4 

Mind of man influenced by God's Spirit, ii. 

129. 
Mind of Christ, was influenced by it, iv. 130. 
Ministerial abihties are of grace given, cxxxi. 59 
Ministers, their duties, cxv. 270. 

— They are means of conversion, x. 307. 

— Of faith, xix. 142. 

— Of perfection, xxvii. 193. 

— Of salvation, xxvii. 193. 

— Good ones promised, cxxi. 274. 

— Promises to them, cxxii. 274. 

— Wicked ones, threats against them, cxxxiii. 
279. 

— Duties towards ministers, 282. 

— Sins against them, cxlii. 283. 

Miracles recorded in the Old Testament, God'a 
power therein, lxxviii. 45. 

— The design thereof, lxxvui. 45. 

— The evidence thereof appealed to by Christ, 
xlix. 105. 

— Attending the birth of Christ, 1. 105. 

— Wrought by Christ, ix. 100. 

— Wrought by the influence of the Spirit, 
lviii. 107. 

— Attending the death of Christ, lvi. 106. 

— Of the apostles, 107 and 146. 

— Wrought by prayer, cxcix. 176. 

— Wrought for persons of eminent faith, 
xxxvii. 146. 

Miraculous gifts of the Spirit, xii. 132. 
Mischief, doing it, xl. 240. 
Mischievous, fools are so, xviii. 251. 
Money in a fish's mouth, lv. 106. 

— Christ was sold for it, xxi. 101. 



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INDEX. 



Mortification, promises to it, xxii. 320. 
Mothers, God's care of them, lxxviii. 262. 
Motives to prayer, cxcii. to cxcviii. 1 75. 
Mountain of God, holy, xcvii. 51. 
Mourning for sin, xvii. 309. 
Murder forbidden, cxliv. 284. 
Murderers known to God, lii. 40. 
— Threats against them, cxlvi. 284 
Murmuring, xxviii. 253. 



N. 



Name of God is holy, xcvii. 51. 

Name of Christ, prayer to be made in it, clxiv. 

171. 
New creatures, Christians are, Ixxvii. 97. 
— Their duty as such, lxxviii. 97. 
North and south created, vi. 67. 



0. 



Oath, the nature and duty thereof, clxxv. 226. 
Obedience to God, lix. to lxvii. 199.— xv. 320. 

— Must accompany prayer, clxix. 172. 

— Thanks for it, ccxix. 182. 
Obedience to Christ, lxix. 202. 
Obedience is an evidence of love to Christ, 

Ixxxi. 154. 
Obedience to parents, xci. 264. 

— To magistrates, cxii. 269. 

— To ministers, cxxxviii. 282. 
Oblation of Christ, vii. 131. 
Observers of times, clx. 224. 
Offences forbidden, xxxv. 238. 
Offices of Christ, as prophet, 124. 

, as priest, 124. 

■ , as king, 1 26. 

One with the Father, Christ, vi. 111. 
Operations of the Spirit, 129 to 135. 
Oppression forbidden, clviii. 288. 

— Deliverance from it, lxvii. 93. 
Oppressors, threats against them, clx. 288. 
Oppressed, promises to them, clxii. 289. 
Oracle of God, holy, xcvii. 51. 
Ordination of God, viii. 74. 

Overcome, promises to such as do, xl, 72. — 
Ixxi. 203.— xxv. 320. 



Pain, freedom from it in heaven, xiii. 319. 
Palsy cured by Christ, liii. 106. 
Pardon of sin, cvi. 55. 

— Promised to faith, xx. 143. 
— to repentance, xv. 191. 

— Is of grace, cxxvi. 60. 

— Prayed for, cvii. 56. 
Parents, their duties, lxvi. 260. 

— Duties toward them, xci. 264. 



Parents, a fool's conduct toward them,xvii.251 

— Wicked, cursed, lxxxii. 263. 

— Godly, blessed, lxxxi. 263. 
Partiality forbidden, cii. 267. 
Patience towards God, xxv. 252. 

— Towards men, xxvl 253. 
Patience in God. See compassion, 56. 
Peace with God, xxvii. 236. 

— Through Christ, x. 121. 

— Promised to believers, xxviii. 144. 

— Promised to the church of God, xxviii. 237 
Peace with men, xxiii. xxv. xxvi. 235. 
People of God, holy, xcvii. 51. 

— Known to him, xli. 38. 
Perfections of God, ii. 33. 

— Of Christ, i. to xiii. 116. 
Perfection required in men, xxiii. 192. 
Persecution of Christ, xix. 101. 

— Of Christians, xlviii. 104. 
Perseverance, promises to it, xxiv. 320. 
Perseverance in faith, xiii. 140. 
Perverseness, 211. 

Pity ascribed to men, xlv. 241. 

— To God, cxii. 56. 

— Persons that God will not pity, cxiii. 57. 
Place of God, holy, xcvii. 51. 

Planter, God is so to his people, lxxix. 97. 

Pleasures of fools, xxii. 251. 

Pollution of sin, cv. 209. 

Poor, promises to them, clxix. 290. 

— God will deliver them, lxix. 94. 

— Their prayer heard, clxxxv. 174. 

— Duties toward them, clxxi. 291. 

— Charity to them is honouring God, ccxxx 
185. 

Portions to children, lxxiv. 261. 
Possible, all things so to God, lxvii. 41. 
Power of God, lviii. 40. 

— In creation, lxxi. 42. 

— In government, lxxii. 42. 

— Toward his church, lxxiii. 42. 

— Toward the righteous, lxxiv. 43. 

— In spiritual blessings, lxxv. 43. 

— Against the wicked, Ixxvi. 43. 

— Sins and duties respecting God's power, 
Ixxvii. 44. 

— Of Christ, iii. 116. 

— Toward his church, iv. 117. 

— Against his enemies, v. 117. 

— Committed to the apostles, cxvi. 271. 
Praise due to God, and required, ccvi. 179. 

— Subjects of it, 181 to 183. 

— Divine influence therein, ccxi. 180. 

— Must be frequent, ccix. 179. 

— Must be sincere, ccx. 179. 

— God is honoured by it, ccxxvii. 184. 

— God is glorified by it, ccxxxv. 185. 

— Offered by the righteous, acceptable, 298t 

— By the wicked, unacceptable, ccvii. 1 79. 
Prayer, the Lord's, a good model, clxxx. 174. 

— Promises that it shall be heard, cxciii. 175. 






INDEX. 



333 



Prayer, persons whose prayer shall be heard, 
clxii. 171. 

— Access to God in it promised, xxxi. 145. 

— Through grace, cxxxv. 60. 

— In the name of Christ, 171. 

— With assistance of the Spirit, 171. 

— With duties toward God and man, 172. 

— Public, 173. 

— Private, clxxv. 173. 

— Intercessory, for whom, 175. 

— Of parents for children, lxviii. 260. 

— Subjects for governors, ex. 269. 

— Governors for subjects, xcix. 266. 

— People for ministers, cxl. 282. 

— Ministers for people, exxxi. 278 

— For what we ought to pray, 174. 
Prayerless persons, cciii. 178. 
Preacher, Christ one, xii. 100. 
Preaching, its good effects, cxx. 274. 
Precepts of God, righteous, 48. 

— Holy, 51. 
Predestination, xi. 75. 

Presence of God, everywhere, xxv. 35. 

— With his people, xxix. 80. 

— A cause of joy, xcix. 156. 
Presence of Christ with his people, 123. 
Present with Christ, xi. 319. 
Preserver, God, is so, lxxv. 96. 
Precious, Christ is so, xxx. 145. 

Price. Christ is, 120. 
Pride against God, xli. 256. 

— Against men, xlii. 256. 

— Spiritual, xliii. 256. 
Priest, Christ so called, 124. 
Prince, Christ so called, 126. 
Procession of the Holy Ghost, xv. 135. 
Promises of God, holy, xcvii. 51. 
Profaning the name of God, 225. 
Prophecy concerning Christ, 98. 

Prophet, Christ, xi. 100. — xxii. xxiii.xxiv. 123. 
Prophets directed by the Spirit, ii. 129. 

— Were holy, xcvii. 51. 

— Delivered from enemies, Ixx. 94. 

— False ones, 225. 
Propitiation, Christ, xxxiii. 126. 
Prosperity and adversity in God's hand, 42. 

— From God, cause of joy, ex. 157. 
Proud described, xli. 256. 

— They are known to God, xlv. 39. 

— Threats and prayers against them, 257.259. 
Provide for children, lxvi. 260. 
Providence towards kings, 268. 
Punishments, God righteous in inflicting 

them, lxxx. 48. 

— Will be inflicted by Christ, vii. 114. 

— Inflicted by angels, xxiv. xxvii. 69. 

— Future, xxviii. 321. 
P^irge, God doth, xxvi. 80. 
Purify, God doth, xxvii. 80. 
Purity of God, xciii. 50 

— Of heart, 194. 



Q. 

Qualifications of magistrates, 266. 

— Of ministers, 274. 
Quarrels, 238. 

R. 

Railing, 297. 
Raiment promised, 304. 
Ransom, Christ, 120. 
Rebellion against God, 212. 

— Against magistrates, 269. 

— Against ministers, cxlii. 283. 
Rebuke one another, 243. 
Reconciliation by Christ, 120. 
Redemption by Christ, ii. 120. 

— The wisdom of God in it, lvi. 40. 

— Promised to God's people, 1. 87. 
Refine, God doth, xxviii. 80. 
Refuge, God is, lxiii. 91. 
Rejoicing in God, lxxxvi. 155. 

— In things of God, xcv. 155. 

— Through Christ, lxxxvii. 155. 

— In Christ, xciii. 155. 

— To whom promised, Ixxxviii. 155. 
Relying upon God, 163. 
Remembering God, 148. 
Repentance preached, i. 305. 

— Enforced by threats, xv. 309. 

— Enforced by promises, iii. 305. — xxxii. 
311. 

— Promised, xi. 308. 

— Cause and means, God, vii. 307. 
Christ, viii. 307. 

— God's law, ix. 307. 

The ministry, x. 307, 308. 



Reproach, 296. 

— Cast on Christ, xvii. 101. 
Reprove one another, 243. 
Resignation to God, exxvii. 162. 
Resolution to obey God, lxii. 200. 
Restitution, 288. 

Resurrection of Christ foretold, 103. 

— Evidences of it, xli. 103. 

— How effected, xliii. 104. — viii. 131. 

— Of the dead, x. 315. 
Returning to God, 305, 306. 
Revelations of God's will by angels, 69. 
Revenge, xlviii. 242. 

Revilings, 296. 
Revolting from God, 212. 
Rewards, God righteous therein, 48. 

— According to works, 203. 

— Dispensed by Christ, v. 113. 

To the righteous, vi. 113. 

Rich, their duties, 289. 

— Their sins, 300, 301. 

Riches, their disadvantages, 299, 300. 



334 



INDEX. 



Riches., their advantages, 300. 302. 

— Promised, 302. 

— Ministers seek them not, 276. 

— Spiritual, only to be sought, 304. 
Righteous, promises to them, 189. 

— Life promised to them, xvi. 320. 

— Their happiness in heaven, 318. 

— Their joy in God, lxxxviii. 155. 

— God's power toward them, lxxiv. 93. 

— Christ's power toward them, 117. 
Righteousness required, 188. 
Righteousness of God, lxxix. 48. 

— Of Christ, vi. 117. 
Robbery forbidden, 287. 

Rock, the power of God, Ixv. 41. — lxiii. 91, 
Ruler, God is so, i. 73. 

— Christ is so, 126. 
Rulers, their duties, xcvii. 265. 
i — Their sins, cii. 267. 



s. 



Sabbath, 229—230. 

Sacraments, or baptism and the supper, 127. 

Sacrifice of Christ, 125 and 131. 

Safety is from God, 91. 

Salvation from God, xliii. 84. 

— By Christ, i. 119. 

■ — To whom promised, xliv. 86. 
•— Promised to faith in Christ, 145. 

— Through grace, cxxxvi. 60. — xlv. 86. 

— Means of it, 87. 

— Prayed for, xliv. 86. 
Sanctification, 79. 

— Through faith, 145. 

— Through and by Christ, 121. 

— The Spirit's work therein, 133. 
Sanctifying God, 187. 

Satan's influences on the hearts of the wicked, 

196. 
Satisfy, God doth, 158. 
Saviour, God, 84. 

— Christ, 119. 
Scorning, 258. 
Scriptures, holy, 51. 

— Written under the influence of the Spirit, 
132. 

— Are means of faith, 142. 

Of sanctification, xxiii. 79. 

Scriptures are means of perfection, 193. 
Of salvation, 87. 

Sea created, 66. 

Secret things known to God, xxxv. 37. 

Seeking God, 166. 

— Promises to it, 166. 

— Not seeking God, 167. 

Servants of God, promises to them, 94. 198. 

— Serving God, liii. to lviii. 197. 
Servants, their duties, 265. 
Shame for sin, xxvii. 310. 



Shield, God so called, lxiii. 91. 
Shortness of life, 312. 
Sickness, deliverance from it, 93. 
To be prayed for, 174. 

— Cured by Christ. 106. 

Sin, its entrance into the world, xvi. 68. 

— Called corruption, 208. Defilement, 208. 
Uncleanness, 208. Pollution, 209. Filthi- 
ness, 209. Vileness, 209. Abominable- 
ness, 209. Perverseness, 211. 

— Benefits of Christ against it, 122. 
Sinners, threats against them, 213. 
Sincerity, 192. — In heart, 194. — In prayer, 

171. — In praise, 179. 
Singing God's praise, 181. 
Single heart, 195. 

Sitting at God's right hand, Christ, 104. 
Slander, 295. 

Sleep, temperance therein, 248. 
Sloth. See sluggard, vii. 248. 
Slothfulness in ministers, 280. 
Son of God, Christ, 109. 
Sons of God. See adoption, 59. 
Soothsayers, 224. 
Sorrows of God's people known to him, xliil 

39. 

— None in heaven, xiii. 319. 
Sorrow for sin, xvi. 309. 
Speaking evil, clxxx. 294. 
Spirit of God, Holy, xcvii. 51. 

— Sanctifieth or maketh holy, 79. 

— See Holy Ghost, 129 to 135. 
Spirit of grace, cxxi. 58. 

— Was upon Christ, x. 100. — iii. 136. 
Spirits, familiar, 225. 

Spiritual riches to be sought, 304. 
Spiritual things to be prayed for, 174. 
Spirituality of God, xiv. 34. 
Spiritually minded, xvii. 320. 
Statutes of God, righteous, lxxxiii. 48. 
Steadfastness in faith, xiii. 140. 
Strange gods, 221. 

— Are vanity, 221. 

— Worshippers thereof punished, 221. 
Strangers, duties toward them, 291. 

— Promises to them, 292. 
Strength of God, 41. 

— God giveth strength, 89. 
Strength of God a cause of joy, 156. 
Striking, the law thereof, 284. 
Strife, xxxii. 238. 

Strong in faith, xiii. 140. 
Stubbornness, cxxiii. 212. 
Subjection to Christ, vii. 108. 
Submission and resignation to God, 162. 

— Prayer to be made with it, 1 74. 
Sufferings of Christ, xiv. 100. 

— The benefits thereof, 125. 
Sufferings of Christ's servants, 277. 

— Their supports therein, 278. 

— Promises to them, 320. 



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335 



Summer and winter created, v. 67. 
Sun, moon, and stars created, iii. 66. 
Supper, Lord's, its institution, 128. 

— Preparation for it, v. 128. 
Supports of life promised, ccxvii. 302. 

— Miraculously supplied, 304. 
Supporting ministers, 283. 

— Not supporting them, 284. 
Scaring lawfully, clxxv. 226. 

— Sinfully, clxvii. 225. 



Talebearing, 295. 
Talkativeness, 294. 
Teacher, God is, 88. 

— Holy Ghost, 89. 

— Christ, xii. 100. 

— Ministers, 272. 
Tears for sin, 310. 

— With prayer, 173. 
Temperance, i. 246. 

— In ministers of Christ, 277. 
Temple, heavenly, 319. 
Terribleness of God, 65. 
Testimonies of God are righteous, 48. 

— Are faithful, 50. 
Thanks due to God, 179. 

— To be offered through Christ, 180. 

— For what to be offered, 181, &c. 
Theft, 287. 

Thirsting for God, 154. 

Threats, God's faithfulness therein, 50. 

Throne of God, dominion, i. 73. 

— Is holy, xcvii. 51. 

— Of grace, 58. 

Titles of Christ, 109.— xxi. 123. 

Transgressors, threats against them, 217. 

Treatment for fools, 251. 

Trinity, 136. 

Trouble, prayers in it, 177. 

— Deliverance from it, 183. 
Trusting in God and Christ, 163. 

— Joy promised to it, xci. 155. 
True God, xiii. 34. 

Truth of God, lxxxvi. 49. 

— Things of God called truth, lxxxvii. 49. 
Truth of Christ, x. 118. 

Truth, speaking it, 293. 
Turning to God, vi. 306. 



U. 



Unbelief. See want of faith, 146. 
Unchangeableness of God, xxiv. 35. 
Uncharitableness toward the poor, 291. 
— Known to God, xlviii. 39. 
Uncleanness of sin, 208. 
Ungodly, threats against them, 188. 



Unity of God, iii. 33. 

— Of Christ with God, vi. 111. 

— Among men, 237. 

Unjust, threats against them, 210. 
Unmerciful, 241. 
Unrighteous, threats, 190. 
Unsearchableness of God, xvi. 34. 
Un thankfulness, 179. 
Uphold, God doth, 90. 
Upright, xvii. 191. 
Upright in heart, 194. 
Usury, 289. 

V. 

Vengeance of God, 65. 

— Upon the wicked, cause of joy to God's 
people, 156. 

Vileness of sin, 209. 
Vows, 228. 



w. 

Waiting upon God, 161. 

— Not waiting upon him, 162. 
Wander from God, 169. 
Want of children, 264. 

Wants of God's people known to him, 39. 

Warn one another, 243. 

Wash, God doth, 79. 

Ways of God right, lxxxiii. 48. 

Ways of man's heart, 212. 

Weeping for sin, xxii. 310. 

Whispering, 295. 

Whoredom, natural and spiritual, known to 

God, li. 40. 
Wicked, their sins known to God, xliv. 39. 

— His threatenings against them, 213. 

— They glorify not God, 187. 

— God glorified in their destruction, 187. 

— His power against them, lxxvi. 43. 

— Their prayer not heard, 178. 

— Their praise not acceptable, 179. 
Will of God, vi. 74. 

— Revealed is matter of praise, 182. 
Wisdom of God, liv. 40. 

— In creation, lv. 40. 

— In redemption, lvi. 40. 

Wisdom, man's nothing compared to God's, 

lvii. 40. 
Wisdom of Christ, ii. 116 
Wisdom, its excellency, ix. 249. 
Wisdom and religion the same, 250. 

— The study of it recommended, 249 

— Is the gift of God, 249. 

— Prayed for, 174. 250. 

— Promises to it, xxvii. 320 

— Vainly pretended to by fools, 250. 

— Being proud of it, 256. 



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INDEX. 



Witches, 225. 

Witness-bearing, 292. 

Wives, their duties, 260. 

Wizards; 225. 

Wonderful doings, God's power therein, 41. 

Word of God right, Ixxxiii. 48. 

— Faithful, 50. 

— A mean of faith, 142. — Of sanctification, 
79.— Of salvation, 87. 

Words of prayer, 173. 

Words of the righteous, cxcvi. 297. 

— Of the wicked, 294. 

— Of fools, 251. 

Works, God's, matter of praise, 183. 
Works of Christ, 113. 

— Of God's people known to him, 39. 

— Of the wicked, known, 40. 

— Rewards according to them, lxxiii. 203. 

— Good, commanded, 204. 

— God is glorified by them, 186. 

— Of the devil, 207. 

— Of the flesh, 207. 

— Of darkness, 206. 



Worship of God, 169. 

— Of Christ, 115. 

— Of the Holy Ghost, 137. 

Worship offered by angels, xxviii. xxix. 70. 

— Not due to angels, 71. 169. 

— God honoured by it, 184. 

— What kind acceptable, 169. 

— What kind unacceptable, 170. 

— Rejoicing in it, 155. 

— Public. See prayer, 173. Praise, 180. 

— Private, 173. 
Wounding, maiming, 284. 

Wrath of God against the wicked, 64. 

— Prayers and promises to be delivered from 
it, 64. 

Wrath in men forbidden, 235. 
Wrathful, fools are so, 251. 



z. 



Zeal in God, 66. 
— In men, 191. 



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